Hello guys,
My computer is slightly older than I would like. Therefore, I have decided to build a new system. So far, I have decided to get either a 3200+ or 3400+ A64 cpu (depending on price at the time) and nforce4 motherboard.
Now, I am on to memory. I have seen memory in all different price ranges and have a basic understanding of what cas latency and other timing specs are. My question is this: how much of a REAL performance gain/loss would I expect for certain timings? I will not be overclicking my system more than 5-10% at the MAX (probably closer to 5 percent).
I looked at corsair 2-2-2-5 memory and mushkin 2-2-2 memory. I am looking for 1gb in a pair of 512s if possible. Any recommendations? Should I use slightly cheaper ram? Or are the 2-2-2 memory modules worth 250?
As I said, I dont do any extreme overclocking so I am pretty conservative. Just want the fastest system but I am not willing to spend $100 extra for 1-2 percent of additional performance. At 5-6 percent, I will give it some thought.
Also, out of the different manufacturers that will be producing nforce4 boards, which would you guys recommend. They seem to be Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, DFI from the ones I have seen. I plan to upgrade to dual core at some point in the future so I would like the manufacturer to be: 1. around at that time 2. still developing bios updates/whatever is necessary to get dual core working.
Thanks in advance for any advice you may give.
My computer is slightly older than I would like. Therefore, I have decided to build a new system. So far, I have decided to get either a 3200+ or 3400+ A64 cpu (depending on price at the time) and nforce4 motherboard.
Now, I am on to memory. I have seen memory in all different price ranges and have a basic understanding of what cas latency and other timing specs are. My question is this: how much of a REAL performance gain/loss would I expect for certain timings? I will not be overclicking my system more than 5-10% at the MAX (probably closer to 5 percent).
I looked at corsair 2-2-2-5 memory and mushkin 2-2-2 memory. I am looking for 1gb in a pair of 512s if possible. Any recommendations? Should I use slightly cheaper ram? Or are the 2-2-2 memory modules worth 250?
As I said, I dont do any extreme overclocking so I am pretty conservative. Just want the fastest system but I am not willing to spend $100 extra for 1-2 percent of additional performance. At 5-6 percent, I will give it some thought.
Also, out of the different manufacturers that will be producing nforce4 boards, which would you guys recommend. They seem to be Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, DFI from the ones I have seen. I plan to upgrade to dual core at some point in the future so I would like the manufacturer to be: 1. around at that time 2. still developing bios updates/whatever is necessary to get dual core working.
Thanks in advance for any advice you may give.
