In about 4 months, I'll be putting together a new system and have decided on the Soyo SY-P4I875P Dragon2 (Platinum Edition) motherboard. Even though I've seen reviews that rate a lot of other I875 boards higher, I have decided on this one for the features that it offers me. Here's what the Soyo site says about the Memory for this board:
Memory Type
Dual DDR400/333
Memory Description
Four 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V DIMM sockets
Support DUAL channel DDR 400/333 up to 4GB (ECC memory)
I'm probably going to get Corsair memory for this system and am not overclocking. The Corsair site shows a recommended configuration for 1GB with my situation as 1xTWINX1024-3200C2 memory. I have a few questions on this:
1. What's the difference between black, platinum and low latency and would any of these be better for my situation? I'm also looking at the Pro Series as a possibility. It seems black and platinum are just colors of the heat spreaders and LL is mostly for overclocking. Any other things about this that anyone can think of?
2. Would 4 512 sticks work in this motherboard or has anyone tried this? I'll basically be buying 2 1xTWINX1024-3200C2 sets in that case. Yes, I know 2GB is a lot, but I'd like to do it if I can because I don't upgrade my computers often and I want to be ready for future games (esp. the custom maps that sometimes require a lot of RAM). Based on other threads at hardware forums, it seems that Intel and Asus have I865/I875 MBs that can run 2GB of memory with 4 sticks. What about Soyo?
3. Soyo says these MBs can take a max of 4GB, but Corsair shows max. memory as 2GB. What's up with that or is it just some marketing thing by Soyo and a covering their a$$ thing by Corsair, hehe.
4. What's the max. memory XP Pro will recognize?
Thanks for any help.
Memory Type
Dual DDR400/333
Memory Description
Four 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V DIMM sockets
Support DUAL channel DDR 400/333 up to 4GB (ECC memory)
I'm probably going to get Corsair memory for this system and am not overclocking. The Corsair site shows a recommended configuration for 1GB with my situation as 1xTWINX1024-3200C2 memory. I have a few questions on this:
1. What's the difference between black, platinum and low latency and would any of these be better for my situation? I'm also looking at the Pro Series as a possibility. It seems black and platinum are just colors of the heat spreaders and LL is mostly for overclocking. Any other things about this that anyone can think of?
2. Would 4 512 sticks work in this motherboard or has anyone tried this? I'll basically be buying 2 1xTWINX1024-3200C2 sets in that case. Yes, I know 2GB is a lot, but I'd like to do it if I can because I don't upgrade my computers often and I want to be ready for future games (esp. the custom maps that sometimes require a lot of RAM). Based on other threads at hardware forums, it seems that Intel and Asus have I865/I875 MBs that can run 2GB of memory with 4 sticks. What about Soyo?
3. Soyo says these MBs can take a max of 4GB, but Corsair shows max. memory as 2GB. What's up with that or is it just some marketing thing by Soyo and a covering their a$$ thing by Corsair, hehe.
4. What's the max. memory XP Pro will recognize?
Thanks for any help.
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