Memory for MSI K8N SLI, help...

onyxwulf

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Specs:
MSI K8N SLI Plat
AMD 3500+
1 gig 2x512 Corsair DDR-333 PC-2700LLPT 2-2-2-5

I don't know much about OCing or tweaking and I don't really want to. I just want my stock computer to be pretty damn good. So a couple questions:
1) Is it worth upgrading?

2) If so which of these is worthy?
a)1 GB DDR (2 pcs 512) PC-4000 (500) OCZ Dual Channel GoldVX - http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...duct_Code=140979&Category_Code=Unbuffered_OCZ
b) 1 GB DDR (2 pcs 512) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Platinum Revision 2 - http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...duct_Code=140736&Category_Code=Unbuffered_OCZ
c) 1 GB (2 pcs 512) DDR (400) PC-3200 Corsair XMS (TwinX1024-3200LLPT) - http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc..._Code=140866&Category_Code=Unbuffered_Corsair
d) 1 GB (2 pcs 512) DDR (500) PC-4000 Corsair XMS (TWINX1024-4000PT) - http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc..._Code=140794&Category_Code=Unbuffered_Corsair

Any help here would be much appreciated. I have read a lot of the different articiles here, on Anandtech, on pcper.com and still don't know if upgrading is worth it, but from what I am reading I am not going to get a big performane jump from the 2700llpt up.
 
if you don't overclock or tweak, most of those are overkill.
you don't need to upgrade to pc3200 ram, though it will give you about 5-10% more performance.. at most.

i personally recommend crucial ballistix. it's good ram, and when you want to, you can overclock later... a respectable amount too. i have two sticks that can do 245mhz at 2.5-2-2 :D
 
Love the OCZ Ram, but it likes 3.3+ volts and the MSI won't give you much more than 2.9 volts, i'm researching a lower voltage alternative myself
 
Since you don’t have the voltage go with the OCZ Platinum Revision 2. TCCD doesn’t need the voltage.
But like Eclipse stated it would be over kill if your not going to OC
 
i'd like to make a clarification though.. i mean 10-20% pure memory bandwidth improvement, which will give.. eh, anywhere from 2% to 15% improvement in actual applications. depends on how bandwidth senstive it is.
 
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