What mem for A7N8X ??

[tjb9269]

I'm still working on my shopping list. Gonna get a AMD 2500 Barton
Asus A7N8X deluxe
plan on over clocking in the future
way in the future.....smile
What brand of memory should I get and
will 3200 make a difference over the 2700. Thanks

[Xtreeme]

For oclocking yes it will give you more room to raise the fsb. So if you plan on oclocking a 333fsb chip with locked lower than 12.5 multi (2500+ exactly) then YES get ddr400 now for later use.

[tjb9269]

Is this the right kind and a good buy?
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...refer=Dealtime

[agathodaimon]

yeah, that's the right stuff... I've used corsair in an A7N8X before and it worked GREAT!

That particular stuff you picked out is some of the nicest ram available.... A bit pricey, but you get quality.

[Eryk]

geil, corsair, ocz, mushkin.

[jmebonner]

I'm running pc2700 mushkin black. I wish I'd gotten the 3200, but I'm still happy w/ my 1700 @ 2600 speeds www.mushkin.com
14 day money back guarantee no questions asked.

[Xtreeme]

Kingston is good to when run within its rated speed. IE 400mhz for ddr400 etc. You prolly wont need to oclock 400mhz mem to get the cpu oclock you need. I mean 11x200 is 2.2 (3200+ cpu) out of a 2500+ chip. Anymore than 200fsb is WAY overkill for a XP cpu you'll hardly gain anyhting from it after that...That means max oclock without oclocking mem is 12.5x200 for 2.5gig which your not gonna get on air more than likely anyhow. Kingston and crucial both also have life-time warrentys so does alot of other brands. Id choose one with a good warrenty.

[kaziah]

Yeah, Corsair is great memory. Like the others said, go ahead and nab the PC3200... I'm not an overclocker myself, but it's like the others said, it will give you headroom for later when you choose to OC. Also get the lowest latency that you can afford. Those modules you linked above are real nice. I have similar modules in my A7N8X Deluxe.

Definitely only run the modules at 333 though... even AMD themselves say that running your FSB and memory at the same frequency is better performance than running your FSB at 333 and say, your memory at 400 for instance... it has something to do with memory timings not syncing up... that's over my head, but I believe them =) I've seen benchmarks results posted on places like Tom's Hardware and so on that confirm what they say too though.

I'm running Corsair XMS CAS2 PC3200 modules in my board... two 512 moduels... AND the 2500+ Barton just like you =) It's sweet! =) Wonderful price/performance.

Have fun!
Kaziah

[Ultima]

It's actually very easy to explain.

When you run your cpu at a 333Mhz fsb and your memory, then your memory processes the stuff faster then the cpu, and thus there will be buffers that will be waiting for the cpu.

When you run the cpu at 400Mhz fsb and the memory at 333Mhz, the memory will be amxed out, and the cpu will have to wait for the memory.
When you have dual channel enabled, the gap will be closed a bit by it, but without dual channel, the cpu will be creating buffers which also drops the performance pretty hard.

When running syncronised at 400Mhz, both cpu and memory run tuned up to eachother, no buffers will be created and no part will be waiting for the other, thus it will be running optimally.

The only thing that is important then, is what the speed is that you deside to run at.
400Mhz will be a lot faster then 333Mhz, I know, cause I run 400Mhz fsb synced and I love the performance.

[Xtreeme]

yea, its called aysynch mode. It increases latency at NB chip due to the mem running faster than cpu. The other way around is bad too. Either way wether its latency due to cpu or mem its bad as cycles are spent waiting for other to catch up with it. Run synch for best speed. But this will give you upwards of 200fsb to oclock cpu in synch mode which is why you want ddr400 I.E. pc3200 (3.2gig bandwidth)