ddr 2700 or 3200 ?

[fourthbean]

I am about to purchase an epox 8rda+. I have heard about ddr 400 not having all the kinks worked out yet and was wondering if I should just buy 2700 or just go ahead and buy the 3200?

Oh yeah, I was looking at the crucial ram and there 2700 has a cl of 2.5 but there 3200 has 3.0. is it worth it getting the 3200 if the cl is lower?

Thank you for your help,
Christopher

[Telexen]

There aren't any problems with PC3200, but PC2700 does run at lower latency timings at this time. I you're noit going to buy a 400mhz FSB processor for the board then your fastest solution would probably be PC2700.

I run PC3200 (Corsair XMS) on my A7N8X Deluxe without a problem, but know I could get more speed from PC2700

[ZL1]

if you ask me, go with 2700, since the difference aint as big as they say, just trying to pull more money from us
plus in a while the pc3200 will drop in price and you can upgrade later if you want

one thing to consider, what is your CPU's FSB ? I always try to match these two


Dan

[fourthbean]

I will be using an xp2000 on it wich is 266 fsb.

[ZL1]

Originally posted by fourthbean
I will be using an xp2000 on it wich is 266 fsb.

pc2700 will do just fine then, even pc2100 will do in my opinion (thats what I have, also 266fsb cpu)

[fourthbean]

I suppose I could always bump my processor up to 333 and then it would match. lol