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Nukemall
03-13-04, 09:57 AM
Im about ready to buy myself all the parts for my new rig but im once again lost on what kind of ram to get. I was planing to get a gig of patriot ram, but it has gotten pritty expensive. Whats the best stuff in the lower 200$ range for a 2500+ mobile? (motherboard will be a NF7)
Suma
03-13-04, 10:16 AM
How about some Kingston Value Ram with BH-6s, you can see my thread.

Suma.
LuckyOne
03-13-04, 10:35 AM
Originally posted by Suma
How about some Kingston Value Ram with BH-6s, you can see my thread.

Suma.

NF7 has 3 slots. He won't be able to get a gig in that board if he can find it at all.
Suma
03-13-04, 10:41 AM
What's wrong with 512mb sticks?

Suma.
LuckyOne
03-13-04, 03:33 PM
Originally posted by Suma
What's wrong with 512mb sticks?

Suma.

Have you seen any 512 sticks of value ram with BH-6?
Nukemall
03-13-04, 05:29 PM
Links apperciated :)
asdasd
03-13-04, 10:03 PM
no links, you'll need to go shopping at best buy and circuit city; look for the memory that has the bh-6 modules on it. good luck
LuckyOne
03-13-04, 10:57 PM
Originally posted by asdasd
no links, you'll need to go shopping at best buy and circuit city; look for the memory that has the bh-6 modules on it. good luck

If you want a gig, the value ram idea isn't going to work for you. I haven't heard of anyone finding a 512 stick with BH-6. Just the 256 sticks.
Nukemall
03-13-04, 11:33 PM
i guess i can settle for 768megs but dose it work very well with 3 sticks of ram the same size?
LuckyOne
03-14-04, 01:33 AM
With three sticks of 256, you won't be able to run it in dual channel.
Nukemall
03-14-04, 09:40 AM
didnt think so
jkj
03-15-04, 07:12 PM
What chips do the patriot ram have?
skitlets
03-15-04, 07:34 PM
check out kreton down at newegg. pc3500 2-3-3-7 ~90 for 512. doesnt look too bad.
adelphia83
03-15-04, 10:33 PM
Wow this is probably the fifth post today I've typed in concerning Kreton RAM. (i don't visit here often)

Not many people know much about it, maybe I was the ginuea pig on this one. Anyways I cannot say enough good things about it I have yet to see other RAM obtain the same speeds (stable of course!) on a comparable Athlon system. I'll let the image below speak for itself:

http://www.image-hosting.net/images/messageboard/adelphia83/mem.jpg

The above is 100% stable both Prime95 and MemTest86. The image was taken at 230fsb w/ 2.5CL - 3 - 3 - 11 timings.

It's done 245mhz FSB stable at CAS3 (MemTes86), but Prime95 fails because my chipset cannot support those speeds.

See the other post in this section concerning Kreton RAM for more info about what speeds are stable. Hope this helps.
jkj
03-16-04, 06:06 PM
I thought Id jump on and second the kreton ram I ordered some from newegg yesterday. Let you know how it works out when I get it.