The best and the worst RAM and motherboard in the world

[bandana163]

Originally posted by: WaiWai
Oh. I got the STOP code DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1) again from my computer...

Up till now, it seems Kingston and Crucial are regarded as the best
The brand of motherboards seem to be Asus and Gigabyte and DFI, altohugh there're negatives voices relating to Asus too (including me :> )
Still no common trend relating to which chipsets of which motherboards are the best.

Try loosening the memory latencies (maybe even all the way up to 3-4-4-8).
What kind of RAM do you have?

 

[WaiWai]

Originally posted by: Mem

I wonder if I should follow the motherboard newest drivers, or each manufacturer's newest ones.
Eg: if motherboard provides a chipset driver update which is 4.5, but the chipset manufacturer provides a 5.0
Which one should I choose>

Do you know if there're any porgrams which can test the health of a HDD?

Personal preference on drivers ,but I like many go with chipset manufacturer(unless they give you problems) ,since they normally have newer versions.

There are programs to test your HD,start with your HD manufacturer`s website to download the HD test programs ie (Seagate,Maxtor etc...)you can also run the basic Chkdsk command
which is in Windows.

Is it possible to use other manufacturers' software to check?

 

[WaiWai]

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: WaiWai
Oh. I got the STOP code DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1) again from my computer...

Up till now, it seems Kingston and Crucial are regarded as the best
The brand of motherboards seem to be Asus and Gigabyte and DFI, altohugh there're negatives voices relating to Asus too (including me :> )
Still no common trend relating to which chipsets of which motherboards are the best.

Try loosening the memory latencies (maybe even all the way up to 3-4-4-8).
What kind of RAM do you have?

I am using Kingmax DDR400 512MB.

I wonder the following components are faulty:
- RAM (Kingmax DDR400 512MB*2. I got 2 RAM of the same brand and module)
- Motherboard (Asus A7N8X-X, non-deluxe one)
.. <-- In fact I got A7N8X-VM/400 previously. But due to compatibility issues with my RAM said by Asus distributor, I exchanged this with A7N8X-X.
- Display card (Asus Radeon a9200se)

The full details of my problems:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...4649&amp;enterthread=y

 

[jterrell]

1. Asus
2. Chaintech
3. DFI(would be higher if they had more recent boards out) Put out a friggin s939 board out already.


1. OCZ
2. PQI
3. PDP/Patriot

 

[WaiWai]

What chipsets will you all guys prefer?