Sorry, advice on RAM thread. :)

[Dropmachine]

SO I just bought an ASUS p6t6 WS Revolution board (http://ca.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=WqMFKNkS6ZjDLx4S&templete=2), and an i920 processor. Now I have to fill it with RAM. I am not very up to date on RAM, so I was hoping somebody could give me some advice on the best ram to get for a machine dedicated to heavy photoshop work (illustration and photos) and 3d animation? Of course, theres a damn good amount of gaming goin on too. (5870 2gb, waiting on you!)

I would prefer OCZ stuff, just because I've dealt with them before and gotten excellent service, but I am open.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Beautiful_Life]

Ram speed doesn't make a difference. Paying more for faster RAM or performance RAM will just buy psychological comfort.

So get 3x 2GB stick, cheapest combination. You can setup them up in Triple Channel if that makes you feel good.

I doubt you'll need more than 6GB of Ram for Photoshop unless you're dealing with some technical showcase like stitching up thousands of pictures to for some gigabyte size composition.

If you've dealt with OCZ and they give good service, then stick with them. RAM nowadays come with warranties longer than it takes for it to become obsolete. So good service = you will be guaranteed working ram sticks.

 

[Yellowbeard]

Ram speed doesn't make a difference. Paying more for faster RAM or performance RAM will just buy psychological comfort.

This is not entirely true. OCing past a certain point requires faster memory. For most of the world, 1333 or at most 1600 is all you'll need.

 

[Beautiful_Life]

This is not entirely true. OCing past a certain point requires faster memory. For most of the world, 1333 or at most 1600 is all you'll need.

Stable overclocking for any kind of normal computer use, even video editing, gaming, 3d modeling or 3d rendering won't see any performance hit even if you were using the slowest DDR2 ram with the highest latency.

The slowest, DDR2-400 can transfer up to 3200MB/s, even if it transferred at a tenth of that, the processor isn't able do any meaningful processing of 320MB/s.