Ram

[Rot Katze]

upgrading my RAM soon

system specs are:
- AMD Athlon XP 2700
- Asus A7N8X Delux
- Radeon 9700 Pro built by ATi
- 2 x 256MB PC2700

need to upgrade the RAM to a gig...

thinking of two CRUCIAL MICRON 512MB 64x64 PC 3200 DDR RAM - OEM

seen here:

at the bottom of the page

any comments or suggestions?

[Bad_Karma]

If you don't plan to overclock then go with those 2 sticks from crucial. If you do plan on overclocking go with corsair xms or kinston hyper-x.

[Necropolis]

Agreed. For running at stock speed, you cant beat Crucial. That and the warrenty is amazing on them

[Necropolis]

And why dont you look at buying direct off Crucial

http://www.crucial.com/store/listmodule.asp?module=DDR+PC3200&Attrib=Package&cat=RAM
I have bought off Crucial UK and they have always been top notch.

[Rot Katze]

what about future plans of OCing?

I plan to upgrade the processor in the next few monthes also

[Necropolis]

Ok, if your looking at OCing then Corsair is going to be better than Crucial.

[Rot Katze]

what about a nice gaming processor?

I was thinking a Barton 3200 (after BIOS upgrade on the A7N8X Delux)

[Clutch]

Yea the Barton should do you just fine. Other than that your memory problem seems to already be covered by the other replys.

[Geeky1]

however the A7N8X can run the RAM asynchronously and since it'd be dual-channel, 2x PC3200 = 6.4GB/s & 800MHz effective clock- you could run an Athlon with an 800MHz (400MHz DDR) bus which is 2X what the 3200 runs with 2 sticks of PC3200 at stock speed and not have memory bandwidth problems. You CAN overclock the RAM, but you don't have to...