Which is better

Chabsy · 12 Jan 2008 at 20:10

Just about to do some upgrades

I'm staying with XP pro for now

Probably going for an Asus P35 board with a 6600

So do I stick with 2x1 gig 2x2 gig or 4x1 gig

I will be overclocking only on air though

Cheers

WJA96 · 12 Jan 2008 at 20:25

If you can try and get at least PC6400 in 2 x 2Gb sticks as the prices really are absolutely on the floor at the moment.

Chabsy · 12 Jan 2008 at 20:40

GeIL 4GB PC2-6400 C5 Black Dragon

This any good ?

I cant believe how cheap ram is i paid £160 for 2 gig of corsair value about 2 years ago

I can see it going up once the factories switch to ddr3

Fire Wizard · 12 Jan 2008 at 21:11

Hello Chabsy, the GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit will be absolutely fine. However, take a look at the Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) kit, slightly cheaper but will perform exactly the same as the Black Dragon kit.

Chabsy · 12 Jan 2008 at 23:10

Fire Wizard said:
Hello Chabsy, the GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit will be absolutely fine. However, take a look at the Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) kit, slightly cheaper but will perform exactly the same as the Black Dragon kit.

Thanks, but a competitor is doing the geil for £59inc at that price it would be rude not too

Chabsy · 12 Jan 2008 at 23:18

Or what about getting 2x1 gig of pc8500

Fire Wizard · 12 Jan 2008 at 23:30

Hello Chabsy, you would be far better of with 4GB of 6400 than 2GB of 8500 and for the price that you have seen the Black Dragon kit for, then defiantly, without a doubt, go for that. I would be very surprised if you could actually notice the difference between 8500 and 6400 in day to day tasks.

Chabsy · 13 Jan 2008 at 17:26

I have been reading up a bit and as i am still using xp 32 getting 4 gig will be pointless

I can only see 4 gig being useful for video work and only if I use a 64 bit OS, but not for games