Asus P5AD2-E Premium 925XE (LGA775) - Memory DDR2 PC2-4200 or 5300?

[Matt U.K.]

Hi all,

I'm about to buy the above board and I see from the Crucial web site (UK)
that it supports PC2-3200 and PC2-4200. Would like to buy from the
'Ballistix' range (2x512 DDR2 PC2-4200 BL6464AA53V). But further down the
page I see that DDR2 PC2-5300 is 'Most Popular' (BL6464AA664).

Is the PC2-5300 only for "overclocked" setups, or can it be used in a
"standard" setup?

When I say "standard" I don't mean nothing changed. I will probably
select/enable a few things in the bios e.g. 'AI NOS' 'Hyper Path2' and
'Intel PAT' to get a "bit" more performance (CS:S, Doom3 etc ...) but no
real overclocking in the true sense (as I don't know that much about it).

Many thanks in advance

Matt U.K.

p.s.

Here is the link to the Crucial page:-

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/lis...=ASUS&cat=RAM&model=P5AD2-E+Premium&submit=Go

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Machine Spec:-

Motherboard: AOpen 'AX4R Plus' Intel E7205 Chipset (Granite Bay).
Processor: Intel 'Pentium 4 2.8GHz' (Socket 478) 533 FSB.
Memory: 1GB 'Crucial' PC2100 DDR.
DVD Writer: Plextor PX-708A (int)
DVD-ROM: 'Pioneer' DVD-106S.
Hardrive(s):
X2 Western Digital Caviar 80GB 'Special Edition' 8MB Cache 7200 rpm Ultra
ATA/100,
Sound Card: Creative 'Audigy 2'.
Graphics card:
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 128MB DDR III Dual DVI.
Monitor: 17" Samsung 'SyncMaster 700 IFT'.
Keyboard: Windows 125 'AnyKey' Keyboard.
Mouse: MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 USB.
Operating System(s): MS Windows 2000/XP (dual boot),
SpeedTouch 510 v4 - 4 - Port ADSL Router (10/100Base-T Ethernet switch).
3COM 10/100 (PCI) Network Interface Card (3C905CX-TX-NM).
ISP: PIPEX.

 

[LeeBos]

Runs great in my P5AD2 at stock speed, no overclocking.

 

[Matt U.K.]

Hi Lee,

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Matt U.K.

Runs great in my P5AD2 at stock speed, no overclocking.