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Andy Gullans
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:35 am    Post subject: TWO GB 1066 or FOUR GB 667? Reply with quote
For an all-around AM2 box (X2 Brisbane 3600+ placeholding....awaiting
Agena/Barcelona K8l/K10), which is better?

The first package contains 2 GB of DDR2 with those nifty new Promos
chips; they like high voltage, but I've never seen such low timings on
DDR2 before:
Timing 4-4-3-5
Voltage 2.0V - 2.1V
Numerous reviews say these babies will clock beyond DDR2 1000 with
tight timings (at 2.3V)
Brand G.SKILL
Model F2-6400CL4D-2GBHK
Price for a pair of gigs: $150.

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual
Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231114
Price: $189.99
Sale Price: $149.99

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The second deal lets me buy twice as much RAM (4 GB) for about $165,
albeit slower. CAS speed is listed as "5", so I'm guessing it's
timed 5-5-5-15, but because it's Micron modules used by Crucial,
voltage should be about 1.9V.
Brand Crucial
Model CT12864AA667


Crucial Technology
Crucial 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) System Memory -
OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146571
Original Price: $50.99
You Save: $10.00
$40.99




So, for a gaming, HTPC, audio/video-editing, folding, rendering, do-it-
all box, which road would you take? 2 gigs of FAST RAM or 4 gigs of
slightly slower RAM?
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Andy Gullans
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:39 am    Post subject: Re: TWO GB 1066 or FOUR GB 667? Reply with quote
BTW, forgot to mention -- I'll be running the X2 CPU @ 9.5 x 333 FSB
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Conor
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:18 pm    Post subject: Re: TWO GB 1066 or FOUR GB 667? Reply with quote
In article <1177990527.766724.203310@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
Andy Gullans says...

Quote:
So, for a gaming, HTPC, audio/video-editing, folding, rendering, do-it-
all box, which road would you take? 2 gigs of FAST RAM or 4 gigs of
slightly slower RAM?

4GB of slightly slower. The speed differential of the faster RAM will

never make up for the difference between 2GB and 4GB.

Remember though, you'll need a 64bit OS.


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Conor

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Andy Gullans
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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:18 am    Post subject: Re: TWO GB 1066 or FOUR GB 667? Reply with quote
Quote:
4GB of slightly slower. The speed differential of the faster RAM will
never make up for the difference between 2GB and 4GB.

Thanks -- that's what I figured. Can anyone think of a good reason
for going the other route?
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kony
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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:18 am    Post subject: Re: TWO GB 1066 or FOUR GB 667? Reply with quote
On 1 May 2007 16:19:28 -0700, Andy Gullans
<andrew.gullans@gmail.com> wrote:

Quote:
4GB of slightly slower. The speed differential of the faster RAM will
never make up for the difference between 2GB and 4GB.

Thanks -- that's what I figured. Can anyone think of a good reason
for going the other route?


Sure, if you wanted to use 32 bit WinXP, or your jobs don't
need over 2GB of memory but one of their bottlenecks is
memory throughput.

Odds are you will benefit more from 4GB in the long run,
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