BEST Corsair/Kingston DDR for an Athlon64 3200+ or 3400+???HELP

[RB26DETTGT_R]

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.

[dropadrop]

Have a look if you can find kingston hyperX with the following model: KHX3200 (without the letter A).

There is also KHX3200A, and this won't work as well...

[RB26DETTGT_R]

So......going over DDR400 would be pretty uselesss with the Athlon64?

[Freddie]

Yeh but 3500 is ok. Corsair is the way to go.

[RB26DETTGT_R]

Is that because the 3500 is the last to have those agressive timings like the 3200s?

[RB26DETTGT_R]

OK, how about these to use in either a Athlon64 3200+ or an Athlon64 3400+:

CMX512-3500C2PT| XMS3500| 512MB| 2-3-3-7|

CMX512-3500C2| XMS3500| 512MB| 2-3-3-7|

CMX512RE-3500LLPT| XMS3500| 512MB| 2-3-2-6|

I just realised something though: The last one is registered. I was looking strongly at that one, but is there really no point now as they are registered? Would they be slower, although they have agressive timings?

What speed do you guys think an:

- A64 3200+ would be running, and the XMS3500?
- A64 3400+ would be running, and the XMS3500?

Or, should I stick with a 3200LL or C2 with one of them?

[Maxvla]

if you are willing to wait a bit i will have some pc4200 to run on my system which should be good for loose timings. i'm currently running pc3200 mushkin black level 2 which really loves tight timings. best i can do 24/7 stably is 235mhz cas 2.5 2 2 5 which is why i'm limited to 2.35ghz. the new ram should easily allow me more fsb but at the price of tight timings. i'll report my findings and scores once i get the ram and give it a work out.