I got one of those Intel Retail Edge packages a few weeks ago (the P4 3.0 GHz 800 MHz FSB and the Intel D865GBF mobo) and I'm wanting to build a "future proof" system that should last me for the next year or so.
I'd like to get some DDR400 for the board since it does support it and I've even spent time looking over Intel's support site for the memory that they tested on the board with no problems. Of course, Intel doesn't test Corsair or Mushkin stuff, they test the most common kinds of memory in the corporate IT world (Infineon, Dataram, Viking, Kingston, etc).
I want some good stuff, not the best of the best of the best (Corsair high end stuff that's just too damned expensive). My primary uses of this PC will be video encoding work (DV stuff I shoot myself and maybe some MPEG2 transcoding), some games (Quake 3 diehard player and some newer ones), 3D animation (3DStudio, Maya) and other things. Standard work, not dedicated to one specific type of application.
Again, I'd like it to be DDR400 stuff so any suggestions you fine peeps can offer is welcome. I'd like to try and keep the pricing to about $100-125 per stick of 512MB. I know this board can support up to 4GB of RAM but my target zone is to put 4 sticks of 512MB DDR400 memory on it for 2GB total and I'll be set for the future.
Thanks in advance,
br0adband
I'd like to get some DDR400 for the board since it does support it and I've even spent time looking over Intel's support site for the memory that they tested on the board with no problems. Of course, Intel doesn't test Corsair or Mushkin stuff, they test the most common kinds of memory in the corporate IT world (Infineon, Dataram, Viking, Kingston, etc).
I want some good stuff, not the best of the best of the best (Corsair high end stuff that's just too damned expensive). My primary uses of this PC will be video encoding work (DV stuff I shoot myself and maybe some MPEG2 transcoding), some games (Quake 3 diehard player and some newer ones), 3D animation (3DStudio, Maya) and other things. Standard work, not dedicated to one specific type of application.
Again, I'd like it to be DDR400 stuff so any suggestions you fine peeps can offer is welcome. I'd like to try and keep the pricing to about $100-125 per stick of 512MB. I know this board can support up to 4GB of RAM but my target zone is to put 4 sticks of 512MB DDR400 memory on it for 2GB total and I'll be set for the future.
Thanks in advance,
br0adband