What to look for when buying memory

Nixeh

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Well im looking to buy a 2gb kit within the next month to run along side what i hope to be a opteron 170.

Though im a bit stuck on what to buy. I have brushed over the memory threads and still dont know exactly what to look for and whats best to have.

Theres tight timings, high bandwidth etc etc and im not sure whats the best to go for.

Can anyone shine some light on here and help me out. The rest of my computer knowledge is pretty good, memory is the only place i trip up.
 
For A64's, timings over bandwidth due to the memory controller being on die. This means the CPU can access the memory directly without the need (like intel's) to access the memory from across the bus (the memory controller being on the northbridge).
 
Justin said:
It would be best to go for 2 1GB sticks instead of 4 512MB sticks.
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Yeah, knew there was something I forgot to mention. Only use 2 sticks on A64 :) but I think that was the intention of the OP anyway.
 
When you are looking for memory the best guide is probably the aggregate of opinion on boards like this. There are a lot of decent brands, but not all have released the right type of modules for every buyer. I supposed the first things to ask are, what do you want out of your ram? Will you be overclocking? How much do you want to spend?
 
I will be planning to overclock at some point, though i dont know how to. I will be playing a lot of games and doing a lot of rendering and i wanna spend somewhere around £150
 
G.Skill ZX PC3200 1GBx2 RAM. :) - It's what I've got and it's great because of the tight timings.
 
Yep, the G.Skill ZX ram is probably just the ticket. It's a touch more than £150 but it's got very low timings at stock and as you are using an Opteron you'll suffer very little performance loss by using a divider to overclock. Plus it'll stretch a bit too.
 
kk cheers for the advice guys, but what if im not able to get the opteron 170 and have to go for something like the x2 4400+ will it still be a great choice?
 
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