Mem and Mobo for A64 3200+

[FrankieF21]

Just wondering if people here had any experience on what memory to get for the athlon64 3200+ cpu? any suggestions thanks

[Xtreeme]

Registerd Unbuffered mem. ECC is still optional and depends on support by mobo you are useing.

[tony_j15]

WTF? Only the FX-51 requires registered RAM. For ANY Athlon64, get regular DDR400. You dont need 2 sticks either, the A64's only run single channel. Get at least 512mb.

[rourkchris]

The nForce3 chipset will run dual channel registered RAM, like the ASUS SK8N.

[Xtreeme]

Iwas thinking nf3. I was pretty sure it had to have registerd mem. I have the a7n8x del (nf2) asus and looked over the Nf3 they offer. Must have been where I seen it. Cause the mem costs more. I thought it had to do with the cpu integrated mem controler and registering the mem. Before registerd mem was only needed like in servers that had HUGE amounts of memory.

[FrankieF21]

I am planning on putting a gig in it. The memory controlor is not on the mobo it is in the chip so wether the mobo accepts it doesnt matter cause the chip is the determining factor.

[squeech]

Athlon FX series and Opteron CPUS (i.e. socket 940/939 chips) require registered DDR RAM

Athlon64 desktop CPUs do not (i.e. chipsets written for the 754 socket don't need it).

Currently the A64's out there are supporting PC3200 for best performance. I've been sticking 2 Kingston DDR400 chips in all the 64's I build (they're less expensive and they work REALLY well). They are about $95 apiece...I think.

Go with the nForce3 chipset. The single chip design is far superior to VIA's K8T alternative (nothing against VIA...I love them, but they lost this one for sure)

[tony_j15]

Originally posted by rourkchris
The nForce3 chipset will run dual channel registered RAM, like the ASUS SK8N.

The SK8N is for FX procs. AFAIK (though I would love to hear otherwise) all chipsets for the A64's are single channel only.

[squeech]

I second the motion that non-FX motherboards run in single channel

[Xtreeme]

"I am planning on putting a gig in it. The memory controlor is not on the mobo it is in the chip so wether the mobo accepts it doesnt matter cause the chip is the determining factor."

Uh ECC support is still determined by mainboard NOT the cpu. Why? Its called a SPD chip. Thats a small chip on corner of mem stick. That ID's the mem to the BIOS. Which isnt in the cpu. LOL. The spd also tells the bios what the timings are. So if the spd and bios are incompat (which happens ALOT on nf2 boards) you STILL will have mem issues. Its not entirly cpu run. The mem contoler is imbeded but that isnt the whole deally. The mobo still does things. And the bios is still dang similar. The northbridge chip is what went through radical changes.