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cas latency?
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Here you go:
Link " "CAS" is short for "Column Address Strobe". A DRAM memory can be thought of as a matrix, kind of like a spreadsheet with memory cells instead of numbers and formulas. Like the spreadsheet, each cell has a row address and a column address (like "AA57" or "R23C34" in the spreadsheet). As you might have guessed, there is also a RAS signal, which is shorthand for "Row Address Strobe". "
Now... if you want a *very* interesting read through the workings of DDR2 RAM, check this article out. (Yes, its a MB review... but just read it.) : http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3208&p=4
Link " "CAS" is short for "Column Address Strobe". A DRAM memory can be thought of as a matrix, kind of like a spreadsheet with memory cells instead of numbers and formulas. Like the spreadsheet, each cell has a row address and a column address (like "AA57" or "R23C34" in the spreadsheet). As you might have guessed, there is also a RAS signal, which is shorthand for "Row Address Strobe". "
Now... if you want a *very* interesting read through the workings of DDR2 RAM, check this article out. (Yes, its a MB review... but just read it.) : http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3208&p=4
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may want to read this as well
http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=160
http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=160
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the lower the better. with your ram, you'd want to aim for cas 4 
Reapers are good kits. 
Reapers are good kits. This might help too.
Wierd. I can see the thumbnail but not the picture when I click the link.
Great link! Bookmarked, and thanks!
Edit: Thanks for posting that pic. I saved it for future reference.
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