What Ram should i buy?

[jumpertk]

Hi im trying to figure out what ram i want to upgrade to. Right now i have 2x512 of Generic 3200 its running at 2.5-3-3-8. Ive been looking up prices of Corsair memory PC3200XLPRO that is 2-2-2-5 and have been looking at PC4400PT 3-4-4-8. Both of these are the matched pairs of ram. Im wondering if i get the 4400 if i will be able to use its potential of the 550 mhz because on the site they recomend the 3200 sticks.

I have the following:
AMD 3200+ 400
AN35N Ultra
5900 Ultra with bios of 5950 545mhz/955mhz (CoreClock/MemClock)

There is like a $40 difference in price so cost is not a big deal

 

[Proneax]

On a similar note:

I'm looking for memory for an athlon 64 socket 754.

Do you think it would be more beneficial to get pc3200 memory with lower latency (corsair xms 2-3-2-6) or higher latency pc4000 (HyperX pc4000 cas3)?

Will the higher bandwidth/higher latency give the same 'snappy' feel as a lower latency/(yet lower bandwidth)?

Thanks

 

[Liam]

Theres almost no way in hell you'll be using pc4400 on an a64, only rare p4's hit 275 fsb. Grab some XL, amd's love tight timings and if u need to overclock it will give you some nice headroom

 

[burningrave101]

Mushkin has some low latency PC3200. The lvl 1 stuff will be plenty good enough and will run 2-3-2-5 no problem. Mushkin also has some more expensive stuff that will run 2-2-2-5 and OC well like the Corsair XL PRO. Mushkin also makes the highest quality PCB's out of any RAM manufacturer.

Excessive bandwidth from PC4000+ is a waste of money IMO. The lax timings will just hurt your performance, especially in gaming.

Mushkin, Kingston, and Corsair are the only brands i will use. OCZ looks pretty good though but they have a bad reputation from past products.

I really dont think the Corsair XL PRO is worth $375 but thats just me. I only payed $203 for 1GB of my Mushkin PC3200 lvl 1 but prices have went up since then.

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