Whats your opinion on this ram.

[Zero Plasma]

Here it is from NewEgg.
Any others you can think of for about the same or lower price that are better?

Also it's for an new Athlon 64 gamming rig. I've got all the other parts mostly figured out.

Thaks in advance.

 

[FFactory0x]

Its good stuff but if you not ocing, then you could save yourself some $$ and buy regualr stuff

 

[Zero Plasma]

Whats the diference to look for between this and "regular stuff"?

 

[Machine350]

The regular stuff generally has more relaxed timings and can't be pushed much more than what it's rated. The good stuff has tighter timings and can be overclocked by relaxing those timings. Like ffactory0x said, if you aren't overclocking, the regular stuff will be just fine.

When we say "regular stuff", that doesn't mean no name house brands. That means name brand value series.

 

[Zero Plasma]

So then would this be much less proformance then the other.Not much diference in price.Here

 

[Zero Plasma]

bump

 

[Machine350]

Originally posted by: Smoke0
So then would this be much less proformance then the other.Not much diference in price.Here

Not much difference is price = not much difference in performance.

 

[Zero Plasma]

Thanks.Sorry for my lack of knowlege with ram,... but if my mobo is this then can it run ddr 433 when it says it can run ddr 266/333/400?

 

[Zero Plasma]

bumpity, bumpity, bumpity

 

[WebDude]

Originally posted by: Smoke0
Thanks.Sorry for my lack of knowlege with ram,... but if my mobo is this then can it run ddr 433 when it says it can run ddr 266/333/400?

It can run DDR433 (PC3500) ram at DDR400 speeds (PC3200). You can always run the ram at lower speeds than is spec'd for.

 

[DealMonger]

But then you'd just be wasting money ,right?

 

[DealMonger]

I just made a post on the subject.But it would be a wast right.

 

[Machine350]

Originally posted by: DealMonger
But then you'd just be wasting money ,right?

It would be a waste if you didn't overclock.

 

[Comparisonman]

It's not necessarily overclocking, he could actually sete the memory speed to a higher speed without really overclocking anything. The OCZ memory he picked is designed to run at 216mhz, so if he sets it to that, he's not overclocking.

 

[WebDude]

Originally posted by: Comparisonman
It's not necessarily overclocking, he could actually sete the memory speed to a higher speed without really overclocking anything. The OCZ memory he picked is designed to run at 216mhz, so if he sets it to that, he's not overclocking.

Errr, he would be overclocking. Anytime you run faster than spec., you're overclocking the system. True, he would be running the ram within it's specified parameters. But the rest of the system, the cpu, motherboard buses, etc. would be overclocked (although not the buses if the motherboard has frequency locks for them).