Thinking of upgrading to 2GB RAM..

Ranger · 24 Feb 2006 at 14:37

My current system is
Asus A7NX8x2.0 Deluxe
AMD XP 2700+
1GB RAM Twinmos 2x512 sticks
128mb ATI 9800pro Flashed to XT

I am thinking about upgrading to 2GB RAM, what would you guys suggest?
Don't want to spend over £150. Would Value ram be sufficient? Or should I go for the better stuff?

I would want something that would go in my next upgrade which will probably be another ASUS motherboard and an AMD 64 CPU.

Cheers

vanandjuanunited · 24 Feb 2006 at 14:40

Would be better spending the money on a new board and cpu.
AsRock 939 Dual Sata £50
Cpu Opteron 146 £120

Sell your current mobo and cpu.

Would give you more of a performance increase than more memory.

Ranger · 24 Feb 2006 at 14:44

Hi there williamw11

Thanks for your reply.
I was going to go for a memory upgrade now as I could then move the RAM over to a new system when I had the spare cash for it (hopefully in 2-3 months). I will probably be going PCIe which would mean new CPU, Motherboard and graphics card for which I don't have the cash yet.

Cheers

vanandjuanunited · 24 Feb 2006 at 14:48

Asrock has agp and pci-e.
If you go for memory go for something like

G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel Kit (F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ) (MY-008-GS)
Will save you using a divider if you overclock up to a certain point. 3200 memory will need a bigger divider at higher settings.

Ranger · 24 Feb 2006 at 14:51

Please excuse my ignorance on the overclocking subject, but what is a Divider and how is it used?

Cheers

vanandjuanunited · 24 Feb 2006 at 14:56

On Amd 64's once the HTT (old FSB) goes above certain levels you have to run the 3200 memory at slower speeds otherwise it wont overclock. i have to run mine at 166 or 133 which with a high htt means the memory isnt quite running at 200. If the memory clocks higher then you dont need the divider. Not the easiest to explain.

Ranger · 24 Feb 2006 at 17:34

Looking at gskill's website about the memory you suggested, it doesn't have asus as a recomended motherboard manufacturer. Will there be compatability issues?