Looking at the prices on the good 800MHz DDR2, I think I'm going to have to settle for DDR2 @ 667MHz. My price cap is about $300 for 1GBx2.
After catching up a little on RAM, I'm down to 3 ... based on expected compatibility with the Presler 930 (coming Wednesday) + Abit AW8-Max bios revision 15 (most likely, not ordered yet).
Anyway, these are what I was looking at:
- Mushkin DDR2 667MHz (if I can even find them)
- Corsair XMS DDR2 675MHz
- Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667MHz
As I understand it, all of these should have the Micron "Fatbody" D9 ICs.
I've pretty much ruled out OCZ unless Abit comes up with a proper bios in the next couple days. At the moment, bios revision 15 doesn't seem to get along with OCZ and rev. 15 is required for Presler.
So what does everyone think?
p.s. The sticky at the top of the memory forums is outstanding but it seems to lack DDR2 5400.
After catching up a little on RAM, I'm down to 3 ... based on expected compatibility with the Presler 930 (coming Wednesday) + Abit AW8-Max bios revision 15 (most likely, not ordered yet).
Anyway, these are what I was looking at:
- Mushkin DDR2 667MHz (if I can even find them)
- Corsair XMS DDR2 675MHz
- Crucial Ballistix DDR2 667MHz
As I understand it, all of these should have the Micron "Fatbody" D9 ICs.
I've pretty much ruled out OCZ unless Abit comes up with a proper bios in the next couple days. At the moment, bios revision 15 doesn't seem to get along with OCZ and rev. 15 is required for Presler.
So what does everyone think?
p.s. The sticky at the top of the memory forums is outstanding but it seems to lack DDR2 5400.