ram question

[moonyangel]

ok . got a question? i plan on buying corsai xms 3700 2x512 for my asus p4c800 deluxe mobo cas latency 3-4-4-8 I heard lower numbers are better .i will be purchasing from new egg.com is their better ones that i should buy as i plan on overclocking and can i find them on new egg?

 

[WA261]

Better? There is always better. It jsut depends on the $ youwant to spend.

 

[moonyangel]

i dont want to get caught with my ram down. 340$ is what i will spend what best ,can i get for them dollars???

 

[myocardia]

OCZ Enhanced Latency Gold PC3700 is only $269 for a 2x512mb dual-channel kit, and runs it at 2.5-3-3-7.

 

[WA261]

Running a P4 I would look at PC4000 and up.

 

[myocardia]

Shoot, I'd rather have PC3200 at 2-2-2-5 than PC4000 at 3-4-4-8. Ram dividers don't hurt the performance of the P4's at all, like they do with our Athlons.

 

[Soulkeeper]

there is some geil pc3500 2-3-2-6 or something for like 60 bucks on newegg for 256mb

 

[flydian]

That depends on which P4 you'll use. From what I've read plus experience with my setup, 2.8C and higher doesn't OC quite as high. So if you're in that range, there's no reason to pay the extra $$ for anything higher than PC3700. Plus you'll get tighter timings with it anyway. Good thing for me I'll be RMA'ing my current RAM due to a bit of a screwup on the part of Corsair, and I'll replace that with some nice PC3700 OCZ Gold.