Which speed and memory technology should I buy?

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Matt U.K.

Hi,

In an effort to gain more performance I would like to install "faster"
(Dual-Channel 2x 512) memory in my gaming pc, according to
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.asp?model=AX4R+Plus&tabid=PM web
site my choices are:-

DDR PC2700
Ballistix DDR PC3200, PC4000
Ballistix Tracer DDR PC4000

As I'm running a 533MHz fsb Pentium (3.06GHz) what speed of memory (2x 512)
would you guys recommend for the best performance?

Cheers

Matt U.K.

p.s.

The motherboard manual mentions PC-1600, PC-2100 and PC-2700 DDR DRAM speeds
but the web site shows speeds up PC4000 as compatible hence my question.

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Machine Spec:-

Motherboard: AOpen 'AX4R Plus' Intel E7205 Chipset (Granite Bay).
Processor: Intel 'Pentium 4 3.06GHz' (Northwood,533 FSB) Socket 478.
Memory: 1GB 'Crucial' PC2100 DDR.
DVD Writer: 'LG' 4163B.
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:
'XFX GeForce 6600GT' 128MB DDR3 TV-OUT/Dual DVI (AGP).
Monitor: 17" Samsung 'SyncMaster 700 IFT'.
Keyboard: Windows 125 'AnyKey' Keyboard.
Mouse: MS 'Intellimouse Explorer' 3.0 USB.
Operating System : Windows XP (SP2),
DSL Connectivity: SpeedTouch 510 v4 - 4 - Port ADSL Router (10/100Base-T
Ethernet switch).
3COM 10/100 (PCI) Network Interface Card (3C905CX-TX-NM).
ISP: PIPEX 'Solo 2000' (2Mbps).
 
Faster memory won't help.Any memory you buy will run at 533 FSB. And, are
you sure your motherboard supports dual channel? If it does you might get an
extra 5 percent performance increase at the outside.
What you can do is overclock the FSB. Then you could use faster memory
 
Hi Dawg,

Thanks for the info.

Matt U.K.

dawg said:
Faster memory won't help.Any memory you buy will run at 533 FSB. And, are
you sure your motherboard supports dual channel? If it does you might get
an
extra 5 percent performance increase at the outside.
What you can do is overclock the FSB. Then you could use faster memory
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