OK..thinking about using the asus MB

[gupps]

I'm getting ready to build a new system within the next month or two
(depending on the price drop of the Intel 3 GIG/800 MGH chip) and was
originaly going to use the Intel 875 PBZ but after posting on another group
I think I may be better off w/t the ASUS P4P800 . The pc will be mostly used
for gaming and internet. Heres the main question I have..whats the best
memory for this board ? Im looking for matched chips (2X256) and want to get
the best bang for my buck.
I'm torn between:
Kingston HyperX
Geil
OCZ
Corsair

Its gotta be 3200 memory, I'm not interested in overclocking that much tho I
will be using the TURBO mode. I will also be upgrading my video card to the
ATI 9800 PRO (128 meg).

Heres what will be left over after the upgrade:

FrozenCPU case..blowhole on the top, 2 fans on the side and 1 in the rear
Enermax 350 watt power supply
Philips Acoustic Edge sound card
2X Klipsch 2.1 speakers (and yes they rock)
2 IBM deskstar 40G hard drives, a Pioneer DVD, and an HP burner.
OS is WINXP Home and am hoping to convert w/tout wiping out the system and
reloading(is that being to optimistic?)

Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance.

Gupps

 

[Froggy]

I'm getting ready to build a new system within the next month or two
(depending on the price drop of the Intel 3 GIG/800 MGH chip) and was
originaly going to use the Intel 875 PBZ but after posting on another group
I think I may be better off w/t the ASUS P4P800 . The pc will be mostly used
for gaming and internet. Heres the main question I have..whats the best
memory for this board ? Im looking for matched chips (2X256) and want to get
the best bang for my buck.
I'm torn between:
Kingston HyperX
Geil
OCZ
Corsair

Its gotta be 3200 memory, I'm not interested in overclocking that much tho I
will be using the TURBO mode. I will also be upgrading my video card to the
ATI 9800 PRO (128 meg).

Heres what will be left over after the upgrade:

FrozenCPU case..blowhole on the top, 2 fans on the side and 1 in the rear
Enermax 350 watt power supply
Philips Acoustic Edge sound card
2X Klipsch 2.1 speakers (and yes they rock)
2 IBM deskstar 40G hard drives, a Pioneer DVD, and an HP burner.
OS is WINXP Home and am hoping to convert w/tout wiping out the system and
reloading(is that being to optimistic?)

Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance.

Gupps

--
God is dead.
Nietzsche
Nietzsche is dead.
God

I went with the kingston and have been very happy. It's running at 2-2-2-5
with no problems at all. I paid $30 more for a matched pair of OCZ when I
built my dads system a couple weeks later and had problems. Couldn't run
stable at 400MHz even with timings turned way down. I ended up sending it
back for the Kingston and had great results again.

~Froggy

 

[Steve Colburn]

I'm getting ready to build a new system within the next month or two
(depending on the price drop of the Intel 3 GIG/800 MGH chip) and was
originaly going to use the Intel 875 PBZ but after posting on another group
I think I may be better off w/t the ASUS P4P800 . The pc will be mostly used
for gaming and internet. Heres the main question I have..whats the best
memory for this board ? Im looking for matched chips (2X256) and want to get
the best bang for my buck.
I'm torn between:
Kingston HyperX
Geil
OCZ
Corsair

Its gotta be 3200 memory, I'm not interested in overclocking that much tho I
will be using the TURBO mode. I will also be upgrading my video card to the
ATI 9800 PRO (128 meg).

Heres what will be left over after the upgrade:

FrozenCPU case..blowhole on the top, 2 fans on the side and 1 in the rear
Enermax 350 watt power supply
Philips Acoustic Edge sound card
2X Klipsch 2.1 speakers (and yes they rock)
2 IBM deskstar 40G hard drives, a Pioneer DVD, and an HP burner.
OS is WINXP Home and am hoping to convert w/tout wiping out the system and
reloading(is that being to optimistic?)

Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance.

Gupps

--
God is dead.
Nietzsche
Nietzsche is dead.
God

I put 2 - 256mg sticks of Corsair XMS PC3200 memory in a system I built early last month. Rock solid. And in mine I put 2 sticks
of 512mb XMS PC3500 memory. Same - rock solid.

Steve

 

[bigbrian]

I put 2 - 256mg sticks of Corsair XMS PC3200 memory in a system I built early last month. Rock solid. And in mine I put 2 sticks
of 512mb XMS PC3500 memory. Same - rock solid.

I'll second that. I'm running mine with 2x512 Corsair XMS3200 -
expensive memory and worth every penny

Brian