Spec me 4GB of memory (pretty plz + cherry)

Deluxe1 said:
2 x 2gb kits of pc6400 dont tend to overclock that well compared to 1gb modules of the same speed.
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So I gather but if I was going for 4 modules, wouldn't it be better for me to get 4 x 1GB of PC28500 instead of PC26400?


Deluxe1 said:
If you want something with abit more headroom then i`d go for this 4gb kit that costs roughly £150:

http://www.gskill.com/en/f2-8000cl5d-pq.html
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This memory (on paper) at least does appear to throw a spanner in the works when it comes to comparing 2x2GB to 4x1GB 6400 memory. Its definately high up on my list at the moment; I just wish I could see this compared in a review of some sorts, or a first-hand user review (looking at you andyr!). The price isn't brilliant but I know there's a premium for the extra convenience and scalability with larger size modules and I'm ok with that.
 
Right so just casting all the PC6400 memory aside; my real choice is between the 4GB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-8000 PQ Series , 2 x 2gig kit and 4 x 1GB of PC28500 memory.

That does at least narrow the choice down a bit.
 
From my own experience i had 4 x1 gig of cellshock c4 (1000Mhz 4-4-4-12)of which i have sold 2 gig to my bros as top end Mhz suffered by adding two extra sticks which seemed to defeat the object of having expensive tight timings ram, and that was on the striker extreme and p5k deluxe motherboards.Best i could get was just above stock Mhz stable where as any combination of 2 x1 gig would do 1150Mhz @5-5-5-15 2T
I know that the ram i have gone for works well with the Maximus from other users on Xtreme forums
will let you know how they perform as soon as i get my hands on them:) hopefully when i get home from work ,
i am not expecting any more than 1066Mhz speed out of them but thats 2 x2gigs for you i guess
 
The last time I overclocked something it was an AMD Duron 800MHz @ 1GHz and that involved changing the multiplier and a pencil I believe.

I've no idea what the factors are when picking memory in consideration of a desired overclock (which happens to be 3.6GHz). So is 1066MHz going to be ideal for me then?
 
It seems as though its not worth trying to overclock that memory at all, but 1GHz guranteed doesn't sound too shabby.

Edit: Upon further reading around that forum it appears some peeps have got it up to 1100MHz so along with its competitve price its looking good so far.
 
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Yeah I just followed the posting history of one of the posters. I guess there's no reason not to get this then. It will leave 2 banks spare as well in case I want 8GB (!) in the future.

Thanks for all the responses so far.
 
So far so good , will push them up a bit later , but stable and not too much voltage , got one of those Ocz cooler coming so that will help

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Imy said:
* Abit IP35 Pro Motherboard
* Intel Q6600 Quadcore CPU G0
* Areca ARC-1680 SAS RAID Controller
* 2 x Seagate 15K.5 in RAID 0
* 6 x Hitachi 750GB 32MB Cache in RAID 5
* nVidia 88something (waiting for refresh)
* MS Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
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That rig is NIIICE :)
 
And by the time its actually built it will have depreciated by hundreds!

Found out today the special cable I need to connect the cheetahs to the areca is out of stock everywhere and lead time is 4-6 weeks!

Only got 3 hitachi's atm, leaving space to upgrade to 6 later.
 
HEADRAT said:
All that porn don't store itself you know ;)
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I've been sussed out!

The 3 x 750GB's I got at the moment will be setup in RAID5 so will only give 1.5TB of usable space which covers all the data I got now plus a little spare. I'm allowing scalability of up to 3 additional 750GB drives for the future.

The cheetah's are only 73GB each and will be setup in RAID 0 for windows/programs/games.
 
I'd do RAID 1 on the Windows partition if you want redundancy. Raid 0 seems overkill on two 15k RPM disks and offers no redundancy.

Unless you have decent image based backup routines that is
 
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