4300 Overclock - memory choices

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cerebrex

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I've been browsing around trying to find what would be a cheap solution, but something that won't prove to be a paperweight when I switch motherboards. I went in on the fry's 4300 sale for 149.99 w/ the ECS doorstop mobo and i picked up a zalman 9700... I wanted to toss in some decent memory that I could take with me to an asus board to overclock with... I'm on a budget. I was originally looking at 1GB DDR2-667MHz.. however I ran across a similarly priced 2GB setup...

What is your opinion of OCZ S.O.E memory? Looks like it has pretty rave reviews and it's pretty damn inexpensive! I planned on just a 7600GT and I hope it will run faster than my previous 2.4C @ 3.30GHz system... but it's hard to find any solid evidence how it will compare since its a dated system.. however my 2.4C got a 4.3 score in Vista.. better than some of my friends with E6700 conroe systems?
 
Rurki said:
I went with the lowest price G.Skill 2Gb kit from Newegg and my 4300 is sitting at 3.2Ghz with room to spare.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231098
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169.99 is a little out of my price range.. and I've been told many times DDR2-800 is a little bit overkill for a E4300 overclock, as most of the decent 4-4-4-14 mem's will easily make 800+

I suppose I should have specified I'm looking at 2GB kits of DDR2-667
 
I decided to get a higher end video card and I'm balancing out with less mem. I've temporarily decided on this memory:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820141210

it has good ratings and looks pretty popular. I just want to make sure when I buy another 3 sticks, it will all work well in dual channel... anyone have any experience with any timing differences in pqi brands? I don't want to run into any issues.
 
I got the same at frys and I got the cheapie ram along with it. Paid $160 for 2gb ddr2 667.

It as called "transcend jetram" and the only place I've ever seen it is my frys.

Edit - PQI, afaik, is known as "bottom of the barrel" ram. Buyer beware.
 
okay, PQi sucks everywhere then.. I'm into photography and their CF cards seriously suck.
 
gnf said:
Rurki, which MB are you using, and what voltage do you have that G.Skill set at? Am using a similar setup and have had a hard time with voltages. You using an FSB of 355?
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Running the Asus P5N-E SLI at 1.46v

The FSB is at 356, however I have the memory unlinked and running at 820 5-5-5-15
 
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