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I am planning on purchasing this board and an AMD Athlon 64 3400+ with 1MB L2 cache. It runs up to three DIMM's in a single-channel configuration and utilizes the Nforce3 250GB chipset. The board also offers VDIMM up to 3.1v and possibly 3.2-3.3v in the next BIOS rev. The board also allows a selection of 1.5CAS in the memory timings. I am planning on buying a single 512MB DIMM for this board and can't seem to find which memory would be best for this setup.
I hear the best memory for the Athlon 64 is the OCZ DDR PC-3700 Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth, any of the new Samsung-based OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Revision 2, PQI Turbo PC3200, Corsair XMS CMX512-3200XL, and the Micron-based Crucial Ballistix PC3200. I know that most people are looking to use multiple DIMMs and dual channel, but I'm wondering what RAM will give me the best performance using a single DIMM in single-channel mode.
On Pentium 4's, bandwidth is more important than latency. Is this the case with AMD's as well? The EB memory appears to advertise more headroom whereas the others advertise lower latency. I am not sure whether I will be overclocking, but will most likely attempt a higher FSB with lower multiplier combination. Would it be better to max out the FSB sticking with lower timings 1.5(If possible, otherwise 2)-2-2-10 or run higher FSB with looser timings 3-2-3-10+?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
-Josh
I hear the best memory for the Athlon 64 is the OCZ DDR PC-3700 Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth, any of the new Samsung-based OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Revision 2, PQI Turbo PC3200, Corsair XMS CMX512-3200XL, and the Micron-based Crucial Ballistix PC3200. I know that most people are looking to use multiple DIMMs and dual channel, but I'm wondering what RAM will give me the best performance using a single DIMM in single-channel mode.
On Pentium 4's, bandwidth is more important than latency. Is this the case with AMD's as well? The EB memory appears to advertise more headroom whereas the others advertise lower latency. I am not sure whether I will be overclocking, but will most likely attempt a higher FSB with lower multiplier combination. Would it be better to max out the FSB sticking with lower timings 1.5(If possible, otherwise 2)-2-2-10 or run higher FSB with looser timings 3-2-3-10+?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
-Josh