Thinking about upgrading/building new system

hottshotts
edited July 2005 in Hardware
What I was thinking was a ASUS A8N-SLI Premium with a AMD Athlon64 FX-57 Socket 939 processor with 2 nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB.. anyways to my main question.. would it be wise to go with Corsair TwinX 1024MB 3200XL-PT (2/512mb) for my memory or Corsair TwinX 2048MB 3200XL-PT (4/512mb) ?? i read somewhere it wouldnt be best to used 4x512 but idk. i also heard some of the newer games coming out might use more than 1gb or ram.. anywaws what do you guys think. any suggestions are welcome. :scratch:

Comments

  • RiversCuomoRiversCuomo Missouri New
    edited July 2005
    I think you need to pass some money my way :p
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2005
    Someone else just had a problem with that board running 4 sticks of RAM. I guess they have to be single sided sticks and not double sided.
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    Some boards care, some don't.
    Look at the reviews at anandtech.com
    When you go to 4 sticks you have to go to T2 command.
    For some systems this really slows down the memory system.
    Also some mobos will not let you use maximum memory speeds with 4 sticks.
    If you want 2GB then buy 2 x 1GB.
  • sfleurietsfleuriet Texas New
    edited July 2005
    RiversCuomo wrote:
    I think you need to pass some money my way :p
    I agree. I'll take a loan via PayPal
  • hottshotts
    edited July 2005
    lol, im not that rich! ;) well thanks for all the replies.. hmm.. do I even really need 2gb .. im not sure. maybe heh.. but 4 sticks would be bad with this board?? nothing wrong with doin 2 i suppose
  • sfleurietsfleuriet Texas New
    edited July 2005
    1gb is all the average person would need but heck if you're a gamer, go with 2gb. More is pretty much always better :p
  • djstubbsdjstubbs NJ
    edited July 2005
    Get OCz ram and go with the DFI - sli mobo.

    You'll thank me later.
  • hottshotts
    edited July 2005
    hey stubbs.. ive seen that suggestion several times.. im sure i could find out why.. but would u mind explaining why exactly u would do that instead ??
  • djstubbsdjstubbs NJ
    edited July 2005
    hotts wrote:
    hey stubbs.. ive seen that suggestion several times.. im sure i could find out why.. but would u mind explaining why exactly u would do that instead ??

    sure, memory: http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2386

    mobo: http://anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2465

    ram again, better for you actually:

    http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2145
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