Which Memory

[Big George]

Currently Running this System:

A7V8X Deluxe 106 rev
1800xp
512mb pc2100 (2x 256) dual channel
Geforce 4 TI4200 64MB
120GB Maxtor 7200 H/D
46GB IBM 7200 H/D
A05
52/24/52


Looking to upgrade and memory is 1st but have a few choices:

1: DDR-400 B 256Mb PC-3200 (Major) £27.35

2: DDR-400 OEM 256Mb PC-400/3200 £22.50

3: Corsair DDR-3200 256Mb (Overclocking) £43.40

4: Corsair DDR-3500 256Mb (Overclocking) £54.40


These prices exclude vat in the uk and as you can see there is a major
different in
prices from the cheapest to the corsair, over a new stick of the cheapest.

I'm very tempted with the cheapest stuff at £45 for 2x256mb, Not into
overclocking so as
long as it runs at stated speed should be ok.

The Corsair has a good rep but has the price premium with it,

Any advice gratefully received, Anyone running the cheapo memory (3200 dual
channel)

George

 

[callsignviper]

Looking to upgrade and memory is 1st but have a few choices:

1: DDR-400 B 256Mb PC-3200 (Major) £27.35

2: DDR-400 OEM 256Mb PC-400/3200 £22.50

3: Corsair DDR-3200 256Mb (Overclocking) £43.40

4: Corsair DDR-3500 256Mb (Overclocking) £54.40


These prices exclude vat in the uk and as you can see there is a major
different in
prices from the cheapest to the corsair, over a new stick of the cheapest.

I'm very tempted with the cheapest stuff at £45 for 2x256mb, Not into
overclocking so as
long as it runs at stated speed should be ok.

The Corsair has a good rep but has the price premium with it,

Any advice gratefully received, Anyone running the cheapo memory (3200 dual
channel)

If the reseller has a good return policy why not get the least expensive
since what you want is stability?

Once you get the ram, install it and ensure your BIOS is set appropriately.
Then run memtest86 overnight or at least several times to verify the ram is
working properly. If the ram fails any of the tests then return it for an
exchange and upgrade one step in quality(?), paying any difference in price.
Repeat previous until satisfied with system/ram stability. Either all that
or just get the best that you can afford and run the same test.

Memtest86 can be found here: http://www.memtest86.com/ . One of the
downloads is an ISO image so you can create a bootable CD-ROM for diagnostic
testing. I did that and it works great. I had been having some odd problems
after installing some ram and half way through one pass of memtest86 that
ram started showing errors. That module will be going back for replacement
under its "lifetime warranty." The replacement module (different brand) I
bought 2 weeks ago passed memtest86 with flying colors (colours(?)). ;-)

HTH and good luck.

 

[Cliff]

Hi,

I opted for cheap Kingston ValueRam. Working fine (not overclocking)

2 x Kingston ValueRam 256MB - KVR400X64C25/256 (Winbond W942508CH-5) on ASUS
P4P800



Cheers, Cliff

 

[Big George]

Cheers Heenan,

Seperate purchases as money flows in,

Next on list is a Barton 3200 which runs at the 400fsb

Until then, Anyone overclock a 1800xp, How far you get
It is locked so limited to fsb only

George

 

[S.Heenan]

Cheers Heenan,

Seperate purchases as money flows in,

Next on list is a Barton 3200 which runs at the 400fsb

Until then, Anyone overclock a 1800xp, How far you get
It is locked so limited to fsb only

George

I read "A7N8X Deluxe" rather than "A7V8X Deluxe". Sorry about that. At any
rate, keeping the FSB and memory in sync is probably best with the KT400
chipset anyway.
The Palomino core XP 1800+ wasn't the greatest overclocker. 1700-1750MHz is
about the best I can recall seeing. Try it and see. Worst thing that can
happen is that you might have to reset the CMOS