P5W DH Memory

thegamer36 · Sep 19, 2006

Hey peeps, I am in the process of putting to gether a new Conroe system.

Here are the specs so far:

Asus P5W DH DLX
Intel E6600
ATI X1950XTX
Raptor Harddrives in RAID 0

The system will be water cooled.

I am looking for suggestions on what would be the best memory to get for this combination.

Thanks.

TimoneX · Sep 19, 2006

How much you lookin' to spend? I'd probably grab this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220095

It's cheap, reliable, and overclocks a bit. The C2D doesn't seem to benefit much from pricier RAM.

thegamer36 · Sep 19, 2006

I am willing to spend about $400.00 for 2GB of memory. I am looking for good memory that will overclock well with the setup above.

Thanks.

TimoneX · Sep 19, 2006

Willing to spend more eh? This is nice memory IMO:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220144

...and on sale it's really not a bad deal. The Corsiar XMS2 is okie doke(though overpriced) and Geil has some nice (overpriced) DDR2 within your price range if I can dig up the link.

wa77ss · Sep 19, 2006

This memory here is prolly a better choice if you want a guaranteed overclock - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85026-3&ps=ho1

Guaranteed for 1000+mhz 5-5-5-15 ...

And if you want cheaper, teamgroup "d9gmh" 333mhz 3-3-3-8 http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-1676.html?osCsid=c6b3a2f3cf1afe352539672de6398c0e

The team group stuff has been giving outstanding results, most people get 550mhz or more with 2.3-2.4v

Both are a good choice, both are a variant of micron d9

Good luck :beer:

Alchemy1 · Sep 19, 2006

I agree with wattz. Why spend $400 if you don't have to? BTW, I didn't realize that memory had gone up in price again.

thegamer36 · Sep 19, 2006

I do not necessarily want to spend $400, that is my upper limit. I am looking for the best memory for the cheapest price of course.

meionm · Sep 20, 2006

I went with Crucial Ballistix PC6400 2gb they were going for $200 after rebate in the beginning but once demand increase resellers increased price on them.

HHH · Sep 20, 2006

I would go with G.skill (HZ)

S_Wilson · Sep 20, 2006

HHH said:
I would go with G.skill (HZ)

I agree, definetly good stuff. Uses Micron chips and scales well with voltage. Mine are flexible enough to allow tight timings or high FSB with relaxed timings.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065

Audioaficionado · Sep 20, 2006

Anyone using 2gig sticks? Can they be OCed?

That's the only way to get the 8GB max out of these boards if you wanted to build a budget single socket workstation/gaming rig.

RangerXLT8 · Sep 21, 2006

Let's think about it for a second. I can tell you from first hand experience, the P5W DH is not going to run 1:1 much over DDR2-800 or 400FSB. PC6400 should be more then adequite.

If I was you, spend less money on the memory(269.00 gets a 2x1gb kit of the gskill 6400), and get a better MB, like the P5W64, or even the P5B Deluxe if you are not runing Crossfire.. The P5W DH is nice and dandy, I run it, but it's not going to clock more then 425FSB STABLE.

meionm · Sep 21, 2006

RangerXLT8 said:
If I was you, spend less money on the memory(269.00 gets a 2x1gb kit of the gskill 6400), and get a better MB, like the P5W64, or even the P5B Deluxe if you are not runing Crossfire..

New ati 6.9 cat driver suppose support Crossfire on 965 chipest

Stilletto · Sep 21, 2006

HHH said:
I would go with G.skill (HZ)

Gskill has major compatibility issues with Asus p5w dh. I went with crucial ballistix 2x1gb. It's even on the tested memory from Asus.

S_Wilson · Sep 21, 2006

Stilletto said:
Gskill has major compatibility issues with Asus p5w dh. I went with crucial ballistix 2x1gb. It's even on the tested memory from Asus.

Really! Certain G Skill or all G Skill? What is your source of info?

OniKoroshi · Sep 21, 2006

I've only heard of people having problems with OCZ mem and the p5w. Luckily my platinum pc6400 worked.

Stilletto · Sep 23, 2006

It seems that a multitude of people buying Gskill from Newegg for their P5w DH have had issues.

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