RAm Question

[Daniel Yates]

Well, in my ever long quest to ake sure I have every angle covered with this
PC I am building I have tackled the RAM issue, the one part I am clueless
on.

I am wanting performance so I have opted for PC3200 DDR and crucial are
recommending this for the mobo I am getting

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/PartSpecs.asp?imodule=CT6464Z40B&cat=RAM

I have a few questions on this module though. After reading up on CAS
Latency I was a little concerned that this module was only CL3 but looking
on the recommendations page

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/lis...oards&mfr=Asus&cat=RAM&model=P4S800&submit=Go

It is the only PC3200 512 stick recommended. Should I really be concerned
about CAS latency or is it a moot point?

Also, it says the module is 5ns - could someone explain this to me? Is this
value good, bad or about mid range?

TIA

Daniel

 

[Bob Day]

Well, in my ever long quest to ake sure I have every angle covered with this
PC I am building I have tackled the RAM issue, the one part I am clueless
on.

I am wanting performance so I have opted for PC3200 DDR and crucial are
recommending this for the mobo I am getting

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/PartSpecs.asp?imodule=CT6464Z40B&cat=RAM

I have a few questions on this module though. After reading up on CAS
Latency I was a little concerned that this module was only CL3 but looking
on the recommendations page

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/lis...oards&mfr=Asus&cat=RAM&model=P4S800&submit=Go

It is the only PC3200 512 stick recommended. Should I really be concerned
about CAS latency or is it a moot point?

Lower is faster. Kingston (www.kingston.com) has PC3200
for the Asus P4S800 board in CAS 2.5.

-- Bob Day
http://www.bob.day.name

 

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i dont recall seeing your pc spec, but i`m running an asus a7n8x dlx with
twinmos with the winbond CH-5 controller. can run ddr420 (210fsb) @ 3-3-2-2
(ie, cas = 2)

you probably wont SEE the difference in CL/cas ratings, but 'behind the
scenes' it will probably add 5-10fps onto games.

tim