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- Feb 18, 2004
Hey guys,
Im pretty new in the AMD scene, and have read tonnes of reviews on the Athlon64 3200+ and 3400+ Im most likely gonna go with one of the two, with a gigabyte GA-K8VNXP m/b. Ive got a Powercolor 9800XT, and a ultra160 SCSI HD.
Question is now......what speed RAM should I be going for? I understand that it would be pretty pointless going for something like corsairs xms4000 with an athlon64, due to the latency timings. I was thinking about TwinX 3500's, which are the last corsairs to have low timings.
Can somebody tell me simply:
- should I be looking at no higher speeds than 3500 for the athlon64 3400+/3200+?
- is memory like the twinx1024 3200LL/C2 *IDEAL* for this type of CPU?
- IS there any benefit running faster ram worse timings in an athlon64?
- IS aggressive timings much more favourable in an athlon64 than fast clock speeds with worse timings?
I would love to get some XMS4000 or 4200, but is it just a waste for a 64? Like I said, im pretty new with these athlon64's, and want to get an ideal setup, just the DDR is the thing I have to decide on.
Thanks in advance!!!!!!
PS. Also, if there is better DDR than corasir, or better suited to 64's let me know.
Im pretty new in the AMD scene, and have read tonnes of reviews on the Athlon64 3200+ and 3400+ Im most likely gonna go with one of the two, with a gigabyte GA-K8VNXP m/b. Ive got a Powercolor 9800XT, and a ultra160 SCSI HD.
Question is now......what speed RAM should I be going for? I understand that it would be pretty pointless going for something like corsairs xms4000 with an athlon64, due to the latency timings. I was thinking about TwinX 3500's, which are the last corsairs to have low timings.
Can somebody tell me simply:
- should I be looking at no higher speeds than 3500 for the athlon64 3400+/3200+?
- is memory like the twinx1024 3200LL/C2 *IDEAL* for this type of CPU?
- IS there any benefit running faster ram worse timings in an athlon64?
- IS aggressive timings much more favourable in an athlon64 than fast clock speeds with worse timings?
I would love to get some XMS4000 or 4200, but is it just a waste for a 64? Like I said, im pretty new with these athlon64's, and want to get an ideal setup, just the DDR is the thing I have to decide on.
Thanks in advance!!!!!!
PS. Also, if there is better DDR than corasir, or better suited to 64's let me know.