The Best Ram for AMD 3700+ San Diego!!!

[jimipal56]

i have just decided that i will be buying AMD 3700+ San Diego so im looking for best and i mean it by saying best RAM for this CPU i want 1GB=2X512MB ram.

Thank You

 

[GuitarDaddy]

The ram is very dependant on the mobo you pick. Many will tell you that BH5 chips like OCZ VX or Musckin redline are the best because it can hold very low timings at high speeds, but unless you use a DDR booster or volt mod your board the DFI ultra series is the only board that can give it enough juice 3.2v+, and even then you need active cooling on the ram.

For any other board good TCCD chips or TCC5 chips with 2-2-2 timings will be the best, but about twice the price of value ram. The real truth is highspeed low latency ram only really benifits synthetic benchmarks on A64's, and doesn't help realworld performance hardly at all because A64's aren't starved for bandwidth. Unless benchmarking is your main objective, I would recommend saving money and going with value ram and spend your money on a better videocard or power supply

*edit*
Or use the extra money to get 2gb of ram, I hear some of the new games like BF2 will benifiet from more ram

 

[jimipal56]

i think i will stick with 1GB for now

 

[vtohthree]

mmm.. 3700+ San Diego, sexy choice.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

What motherboard did you pick? You need to pick the motherboard before you pick the RAM.
If you get ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Epox, etc: Corsair ValueSelect. If you get the DFI: OCZ Value VX. Pretty much in the same price range, but the DFI does not tolerate Corsair ValueSelect.

 

[jimipal56]

Ok thanks i will go with OCZ and DFI LAN NF4 Ultra ND bur i don't want SLI

 

[KoolDrew]

The DFi board loves UTT RAM.

 

[angstsoldat]

why do you only want 1 GB? if ur gonna get 1 GB I'd at least get it in one stick instead of 2 sticks of 512

 

[jimipal56]

Y is that 1 Stick is better or 2 sticks or 512MB?

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: jimipal56
Y is that 1 Stick is better or 2 sticks or 512MB?

2x512MB will give you slightly better performance since you will be running dual channel, but if you get a 1Gb stick you can easily just buy another later for 2x1GB which would be best.

 

[jimipal56]

oh i see well i will think about it then and look at price difference and post it here!

 

[jimipal56]

well i i saw review on newegg they say this memory i choosed it awsome!

 

[jimipal56]

new 600 memory is out i think but DFI don't support it. y?

 

[jimipal56]

well i just saw i think Computex they are coming outwith DDRII 1066MHz only one word CRAZYY

 

[Jimit87]

OK so OCZ came out with DDR600 but don't no if it is supported by DFI NF4 Ultra D.

Jimit87=Jimipal56

 

[teutonicknight]

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Are 2 threads really nescessary?

What's your budget? I'm guessing extremly high. Anyway, I think you should go for 2 GB too (2x1GB). More future proof, and you can avoid all those nasty side effects with 4 sticks of ram if you every decide to get 2GB with your current choice.