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OrangeDoor

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I'm going to get a 256 meg ddr pc2100. Mushkin has some with Hyundai chips and I belive their others are crucial chips right? The mushkin basic looks very tempting at only 44 dollars. I'd like to order today if I'm getting crucial ram (free shipping ends today). The other ram is saw was Micron at a site. What kind of ram is good, best, and which should i avoid? Thanks.
 
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Grendel99

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You can't go wrong with either of those. Crucial, Mushkin, Micron are all good. And actually the Crucial and Micron ram use the same chips I believe. I would go with the Crucial.
 
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NoreagaCNN

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If you really wanna overclock go for some PC2400, Crucial PC2100 is really good also though. I would recommend some Crucial ram as they are a subsidiary of Micron and they have free shipping till 2morrow, hehe.

-Nore
 
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AppleTalking

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Since they are a subsidiary of Micron, Crucial sells Micron brand memory. It's cheap and it works. Buy it. ;)

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OrangeDoor

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I heard about the pc2400. Is it just pile pc150, tested to run faster than normal. And how is the pcxxxx calculated? FSB*...

Thanks for the info.
 
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OrangeDoor

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If i order crucial ram then i will DEFINETELY go through the anandtech link. I am just curious as to how my ram will affect my overclocking. I am definetely going to oveclock as much as possible and by changing the FSB it will directly affect ram, so if my ram can't handle the speed then the comp won't work. Am i right (i would like to know the mathematical formula for pcxxxx,i forget where i saw it)? I really don't think that i'll need pc2400 because I'll be alright even if I can not OC at all due to hardware, w/e. I'm just getting a new mobo (epox 8k7a + 950 mhz 200fsb tbird). Thanks for all your help.
 
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Even at PC2100, Crucial RAM is good for overclocking. You'll be able to get it up to 150 or even 166 or so on the FSB if you don't use aggressive memory timings. I have run my PC2100 stick at up to 150 FSB and didn't have any problems. I later took it back down to the default speed because it's summer and it gets hot in the room where I keep my computer.

FYI, the PCxxxx spec is different for different kinds of memory. For standard SDRAM, the PCxxx refers to the speed of the front-side bus (e.g. PC133 is for 133MHz. FSB systems). For DDR memory, the PCxxxx refers to the bandwidth of the bus (e.g. PC2100 has 2.1GB/sec of bandwidth). PC2100 is for 133MHz. FSB systems, although as I said above most people have been able to get it to overclock much higher.

Nick

Edit: BTW, thanks for supporting Team Anandtech! :)
 
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OrangeDoor

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I will be satisfied with a formula for attaining the ddr memory speed. I looked around and it's hard finding it in long articles. PCx: x = fsb*y*z ?fill in the y and or z. thanks
 
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I just pickup 2 strips of the pny 128mg pc133 from staples. The chipsets on the rams are Infineon and CAS 2. Went home plug them right in and removed the Kingston pc133 CAS 3 that I got from Buy.com and dang....my pc boots up faster and all my apps runs a bit faster also.
 
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AppleTalking

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Here's the formula:

Bandwidth (MB/sec) = FSB x 64bits (data path width) x 2 (DDR) / 8 (bits in a byte)

So for a 133MHz. FSB with DDR memory:

133 x 64 x 2 / 8 = 2128MB/sec = 2.1GB/sec

Nick
 
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OrangeDoor

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so PC2400 ddr ram is gauranteed to run with a 150 mhz fsb? Thanks for your timely informed info, you get payed for this?
 
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sblake

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Your lucky. The PNY PC133 memory I bought was CAS2 only up to 125MHz then it was CAS3. It was manufactured by Hyundai Electronics.
 
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