Ram suggestions??

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jiffz

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Ok people! I need some advice on which RAM to buy and am hoping you guys will be able to help make my decision easier. :)

My current PC specs are:

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Products/ComparisonSheet_GA-K8NSC-939.htm

Processor: Opteron 146 - Unsure of the stepping!

Cooling: Stock cooling on the proccesor. 4X80mm case fans.

Power Supply: Ebuyer Value 600W, this isn't going to help :(

Hard Drive: Western Digital, 120GB Sata2, 8MB cache

I'm hoping to clock up to around 2.6GHZ. I am looking to get 2GB to help with BF2 and future games. I don't want to spend much more than £150 as I find this to be a lot of £££!!

These are the 3 I have come across so far that interest me:

G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 @ 2-3-2-5 - Bit expensive, but will it be used to its full potential in my rig???

G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 @ 3-4-4-8 - Will I be able to run the Opteron in my board at 250mhz stable?

GeIL 2GB PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit @ 3.0 8-4-4 - If my board+PSU arent good enough to work with the expensive stuff, I could buy this at OCUK's weekly offer of £104.95 +VAT and save a bit of cash.

I'd be really greatful if you guys could help me out a bit here as I am going to be spending quite a bit of £ here and I don't know my RAM that well. If you could include a link and a price with any suggestions!!

Thanks!! :D
 
I'm doubtfu of how good that Gigabyte will be for overclockng at all...but if its ok then I'd get Crucial Ballistix PC4000 :D

PQI and Patriot are decent too - but can't see them anywhere in the UK :(
 
Thanks Kemp for the lightning fast reply! That RAM is a bit on the expensive side - closer to £200 rather than £150!! :(

I've found a review that someone has done on my board and it states this:

"Now good, 455 MHz are probably something exaggerated, but in the tests I could nevertheless operate the board with 260 MHz stably and that is a really good result"

So that suggests I could run the Opty at 2.6GHZ?? I'd be very happy with that, but now its a question of what RAM..... :rolleyes:
 
name='kempez815' said:
I'm doubtfu of how good that Gigabyte will be for overclockng at all...but if its ok then I'd get Crucial Ballistix PC4000
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Agreed with kemp on the mobo, Gigabyte have a history of unstable voltages (not good for OC'ing) but if that's all you can afford then that's cool. Crucial ballistix would be my choice for RAM as well mate, unfortunately with wanting performance there is an elevated cost associated with it:cool:
 
name='PV5150' said:
Agreed with kemp on the mobo, Gigabyte have a history of unstable voltages (not good for OC'ing) but if that's all you can afford then that's cool. Crucial ballistix would be my choice for RAM as well mate, unfortunately with wanting performance there is an elevated cost associated with it:cool:
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yeah from experience gigabyte have bad voltage fluctuations when overclocking, tho some nice clocks could be gotten considering the chipset:)

have you looked at the ocz tcc5 ram?
 
name='PV5150' said:
Agreed with kemp on the mobo, Gigabyte have a history of unstable voltages (not good for OC'ing) but if that's all you can afford then that's cool. Crucial ballistix would be my choice for RAM as well mate, unfortunately with wanting performance there is an elevated cost associated with it:cool:
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Yeah that Crucial Ballistix stuff would be my choice too but thats over my limit! It's such a true point you raised there.

Only if we lived in upside down world and the price descends with higher performance :D :D

bloodthirst said:
yeah from experience gigabyte have bad voltage fluctuations when overclocking, tho some nice clocks could be gotten considering the chipset:)

have you looked at the ocz tcc5 ram?
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I'm not lookin to have an AMAZING clock, just a decent one. In the future I am hoping to flog my mobo with the graphics card so I can get a nice board and gfx card. I'll be cookin on gas at that point :)

I've been looking for that RAM but having difficulty finding it around the £150 mark.

Thanks for the suggestions guys but I am imbetween getting these 2 now:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=291360

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/G_Skill.html - and the 1st set on this page.
 
kempez815 said:
I had that stuff mate - twas good :)

The PC4000 2gb right?
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Yeah thats the stuff im lookin at and its on overclockers weekly special price dealy so I'mm definately getting it now.

I just noticed that corsair stuff as it is the same DDR and timings and roughly the same price. G.skill it is!!! Thanks for the advice guys!
 
name='kempez815' said:
The Corsair is decent I just don't like them (I have no idea why :p)
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yep either do i mate never liked them :)

congrats on the purchase mate you wont be dissapointed with it i love my gskills
 
name='kempez815' said:
The Corsair is decent I just don't like them (I have no idea why :p )
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As Bourne once stated "Corsair doesn't know which bed it wants to sleep in...AMD or Intel":D
 
name='PV5150' said:
As Bourne once stated "Corsair doesn't know which bed it wants to sleep in...AMD or Intel":D
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LOL!

Just ordered it! hope its here by Friday :), again thanks for the input!
 
corsair used to be a great company till winbond was making bh5 and bh6. The moment they started using mosel and all the other gay ICs in their memory , they just lagged behind. Also they for some reason cannot optimise the brainpower pcb as well as gskill/ocz/geil can.

PQI turbo ( I did a review on it in this section , search for it ) is a great ram for a great price. Uses Infenion CE-6 chips and goes upto around 260 mhz 3-3-2-7. Thats faster than OCZ 2gb Plat. Edition for 125 USD less. Cant go wrong there.
 
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