What RAM to get for Asus A7N8X Deluxe ?

[Jeomite]

I haven't really bought any new memory since there was DDR266... ehhe...
but I plan on building a new system soon with the Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard and was wondering what memory I should get for it..

I see various memory from PC2100 to PC3200 nowadays... any help is much appreciated.

 

[wicktron]

For price/performance: TwinMos PC3200 with WinBond chips.
For strict performance: Kingston HyperX PC3500

I don't include Corsair because their prices are higher than the TwinMos and the Kingston, and don't seem to be any better. Although 90% of the people that reply to this thread will probably go with Corsair.

 

[floccus]

Corsair is the best... it will always run more stable in an overclock (at least in all my experience so far.) Crucial is nice and realiable with a great price but you would want to skip their PC2700 line b/c they've had issues with it not workin in nForce2 boards. Their PC3200 line is great though and I would highly recommend it if you don't intend to OC and want some fast, cheap, and stable ram.

 

[Santai]

Hey,


I am also buying this board and was planning on getting


SAMSUNG3200-512M SAMSUNG 512MB PC3200 DDR400 184PIN OEM

http://www.ncix.com/canada/productdetail.php?sku=9545

Is that ram good? Can you think of anything better from ncix.com I can get?


Thanks

 

[Jeomite]

Originally posted by: floccus
Corsair is the best... it will always run more stable in an overclock (at least in all my experience so far.) Crucial is nice and realiable with a great price but you would want to skip their PC2700 line b/c they've had issues with it not workin in nForce2 boards. Their PC3200 line is great though and I would highly recommend it if you don't intend to OC and want some fast, cheap, and stable ram.

Yeah, I currently use Crucial PC2100 on my current system, but I wasn't sure if their PC3200 was good. As you stated, I heard bad things about their PC2700 with nForce2 boards as well. I have no intentions of overclocking this new system. Thanks for the input.

 

[floccus]

Yeah, get some of their PC3200 then if you want the value that Crucial is known for. Corsair XMS might give a little better performance due to latency stuff, but you'll never notice.

As for Samsung, not my favorite. I think I used some cheap EDO from them or something a while back, nothing to rave about, nothing to complain about. As for buying from nicx... ? I get most of my stuff from Newegg and Googlegear and Crucial memory from, well, Crucial.

 

[snidy1]

Corsair TwinX is the best IMO

 

[Jeomite]

Is there a big difference when comparing CL2.5 vs CL3?
I ask this because Crucial only carries CL3 for a 512MB stick of PC3200...
while the TwinMos PC3200 stick is rated CL2.5.
There a price difference as well...


MemoryX Store - TwinMos PC3200 CL2.5 $122
Crucial Store - PC3200 CL3 $96
MonarchComputer Store - Corsair XMS PC3200 CL2 $166

 

[EpOxY]

Oh yeah, depending on how much ram you want in your computer.... you might want to buy two chips, rather than one, to take advantage of the dual channel that the A7N8X offers.

If you don't know how much ram you want to end up with... *shrug* but if you only wanted 512... you might want to look into getting two sticks of 256 instead.

 

[Jeomite]

I plan on buying two 512MB sticks.. just the matter of deciding which brand to get...

 

[Dreadogg]

so the crucial 3200 does not have the compadibility issues that the pc 2700 has with Nforce2?