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To get 2x512mb sticks (OCZ Gold) or 2x1gb sticks (?)

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TailsNZ

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For my upcoming computer, I was planning on getting 1 GB (2 pcs 512) OCZ Technology Gold VX 1GB PC4000 DDR DIMM Memory or the same in DDR (500) PC-4000 Mushkin Redline at 3.5V (I'll have the DFI lanparty motherboard),

From the reviews on this site, it seems the OCZ Gold is the best stuff, but sadly both that and Mushkin Redline comes in 512mb sticks. Which means I wouldn't be able to have more than 2gb in the future.

Since I'm planning on lots of 3D modelling/rendering work, I guess 4gb one day would be nice.

It seems reviews of 1gb sticks aren't so easy to find though, and they are different from those kinds reviewed often. I've narrowed down a list of pricegrabber.com to 2GB packs, of 2 sticks DDR, and was hoping people could take a look and give any thoughts? Thanks!!

Or if you know of any good comparison reviews, I'd be very interested to read them.

Here's The List
 
Well it depends what you are going to do with the ram if it is overclocking then mushkin or ocz are the best in that department but 1 gb sticks are hard to come by make up your mind
 
Yeah Frackal I read through your topic on this also. It seems these are what people linked to: (looking at them I guess the OCZ would be the best choice?)

Corsair xms 2gb (2x1Gb) Twinx2048-3200c2pt (2-3-3-6) (rumoured might not go well with the DFI Lanparty Motherboard)
OCZ 2 GB DDR (2 pcs 1GB) PC-3200 (400) Dual Channel Platinum (2-3-2-5)
Patriot 2 GB (2 pcs 1GB) DDR (400) PC-3200 (2-3-2-5)

I was planning on overclocking the Muskin / OCZ yeah, to 3.5V. But while that would give extra speed, I guess in the end it comes down to is that speed better/worse than having twice the ammount of phsyical memory, if a bit slower. Any thoughts?

Thanks!
 
well exactly why are you planning to oc memory with an amd64 processor? it would be faster for your system to get 2x 1gb value ram, use a divider when yuo oc your cpu and just run it like that. there is virtually no performance gain from faster speeds/lower latency. go to cpu/mb forum and search 939 memory matrix.

save some money my man and get a better video card or cpu with the money saved. You'll see much bigger increases in perofrmance with that.
 
I'm curious as well... I do lots of multitasking and encoding, so 2GB of RAM would be a fun time for me. I know that OCZ is probably the best quality -- and most expensive -- RAM out there. I've also heard great things about Mushkin, especially Redline, so it's a tough call.
 
EDIT - I have a topic here which pretty much sums this one up I think, and hopefully others can find answers there too.

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Oh, it's to go with the X2 4400, which seems to have excellent performance. Also as time goes on even more so, I imagine I'll be doing something like rendering a scene on one core, and maybe moddeling it on the other... both of which are very memory intesive. So I thought I'd try and get the fastest stuff, can't hurt.

About the video card though, at the moment it's up in the air (Topic Here About It) but it'll either be a 6800 GT or X850 something... or maybe twin 6600 / X800's (one for each monitor). But I don't play PC games (just consoles) so having a fantastc card doesn't seem needed.

If there's virtually no performance gain from faster speeds/lower latency though, then more Ram would certainly win. Looking at so many review charts, benchmarks etc... makes it more confusing than helpful sometimes.
 
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