Need ram advice.

[jmebonner]

I've got a Barton 2500 coming, but all I have now is pc2700. That's fine for stock speeds, but I'm no sissy, I wanna do some more overclocking

I have a chance to get two 256mb sticks of this crucial for $85
http://www.crucial.com/store/PartSpe...64Z40B&cat=RAM

The CL is 3, though. Is that a bad thing? I thought the lower the better. Also, it's only 3200, I was wondering if 3500 would better suit my needs.

Thanks!

(and if you know of any killer deals on good brand ram, lemme know. I can get Kingston HX for 110)

[Martoch]

What motherboard to you have? You are correct, the lower the CAS Latency, the better.

[jmebonner]

A7N8X Dlx, sorry, shoulda said so

Any bargains?

[peterwilkes]

JME, is the ram certified by ASUS? I have lots of problem running DDR400 / PC3200 RAM on my A7N8X Deluxe untill I fitted a single 512Mb RAM chip on my Mobo.

The certified list is on the product spec pages on the asus website.

[Omardeth]

with luv my friend

AMP-X PC3500 512MB Kit : Dual-Channel DDR433 184-Pin DIMM 32X8 dual channel 256 x 2
115$

or single dimm of AMP-X PC3500 256MB : DDR433 184-Pin DIMM 32X8 CL2 50$

[uethello]

What Omar said, when you run two sticks of memory in a dual DDR board, make sure they're matched sticks or you'll probably run into problems. You can run one stick, but won't get the slight dual DDR performance kick.

I would try for something lower than cl3, you will notice the difference.

[jmebonner]

Well, I picked up a couple stix of TwinMOS from flying hamster this weekend, so hopefully they'll work Thanks fot the helps fellas :_

[Starfury_2260]

i would say go with 2 512 sticks instead. on my old system 512 just wasn't enough with xp.