Why the hell would you buy expensive ram? (PC2700, PC3200, PC3500...)

[GRagland]

I was thinking of getting a 2100+ bred b, epox 8rda, and pc3200 ram. I though this would be a good buy cause i could overclock the hell out of my cpu and get a huge bang for my buck. But then i though, why would i not use pc2100 ram instead and use that huge amount of money saved and invest that in a much better proccessor? For much less i could get a 2400+, epox 8k7a, and use the crucial pc2100 ram that i already have. Would'nt that be the better choice? Or does having an extremely high fsb make all the difference.

 

[pillage2001]

Making FSB higher = more bandwidth = faster performance.

 

[GRagland]

How much better would a 2100+ @ 2400+ (oc'ed by fsb) be then a 2400+?? Would it be worth all that extra money spent on nice ram?

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: GRagland
How much better would a 2100+ @ 2400+ (oc'ed by fsb) be then a 2400+?? Would it be worth all that extra money spent on nice ram?

5%-10% at most. Might be less than that. As said, the increased FSB increases the bandwidth thus improve the throughput of the CPU to the Memory and vice versa.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

PC2700 is not expensive now, pretty cheap now, almost same price as PC2100.

 

[CraigRT]

Why the hell would you buy expensive ram?

only 3 possible reasons:

Overclocking.
Stability/reliabilty.
Small family jewels.

 

[mrman3k]

Just get some PC2700 as it is in some cases cheaper than PC2100.