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Rot Katze
Icrontian
Rot Katze
694 Posts

Ram

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
The Moon In The Stream
Bad_Karma
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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
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Necropolis
1,762 Posts
Agreed. For running at stock speed, you cant beat Crucial. That and the warrenty is amazing on them
Necropolis
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Necropolis
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And why dont you look at buying direct off Crucial

http://www.crucial.com/store/listmod...ackage&cat=RAM
I have bought off Crucial UK and they have always been top notch.
Rot Katze
Icrontian
Rot Katze
694 Posts
what about future plans of OCing?

I plan to upgrade the processor in the next few monthes also
Necropolis
Back from the wilderness
Necropolis
1,762 Posts
Ok, if your looking at OCing then Corsair is going to be better than Crucial.
Rot Katze
Icrontian
Rot Katze
694 Posts
what about a nice gaming processor?

I was thinking a Barton 3200 (after BIOS upgrade on the A7N8X Delux)
Clutch
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Clutch
4,805 Posts
Yea the Barton should do you just fine. Other than that your memory problem seems to already be covered by the other replys.
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Geeky1
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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...
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