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DDR2-675Mhz vs. DDR2-667Mhz
This is the situation:
I bought an ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard and supports DDR2 667/533 RAM and I'm a little confused on a subject involving the RAM speeds. For now, my two RAM choices are: Kingston Hyper-X DDR2-675Mhz 2Gig (2x 1Gig Dual Channel Sticks) Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667Mhz 2Gig (2x 1Gig Dual Channel Sticks) I'm unsure if the Kingston RAM will work with the motherboard, though there is the capability to overclock on the motherboard. My preferred choice would be the Kingston if it could work but if anyone knows if it won't work then I'll go for the Crucial. Also, the price for both are roughly the same so there is no question about cost in the end of the problem. I would just like to know if it is possible to put this Kingston RAM into this motherboard or not. I will be purchasing two sets of one of the above choices, meaning I will have a total of 4Gigs. Any help on this problem would be wonderful, thanks in advance. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
return the board and processor and buy an Athlon 64? ^^;
667MHz and 675MHz memory sticks are both within PC2 5400 specifications, so either stick will work fine. If they both have the same latency specs, they should perform the same, too. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Though it's not your question, I'd reccomend 4x512 sticks since that'll give you better performance than 4x1gb. Especially considering it's doubtful that anything but a server box could manage more than 1gb of usage. I've rarely seen it go above 500mb, actually....
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
People's experience with those RAM types determine's their choice here. If its just about brand, go with whatever you've had the best experience with.
I've been a fan of Crucial, so if I had to pick, I'd say that one. But yeah, more RAM > faster. I was speaking idiomatically. ![]() |
Wrong. Windows and most windows programs need the pagefile. From prior experience with high-ram systems, lowering or turning off the pagefile does not increase performance, however it does increase compatibility problems. Many programs, such as Photoshop, refuse to run unless there is a significant page file.
And you guys forget, programs would have to be coded to take advantage of 4gb of ram. And that's ridiculous. There's absolutely no reason to store that much information in RAM, not even for video editing. 2GB is enough for HDTV in video editing, jeez. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
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Kingston Hyper-X DDR2-675Mhz (PC2-5400) 2Gig (2x 1Gig Dual Channel Sticks) Latency: 4-4-4-10-1 Voltage: 1.85V Web Reference: Kingston UK Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667Mhz (PC2-5300) 2Gig (2x 1Gig Dual Channel Sticks) Latency: 4-4-4-10 Voltage: 1.9V Web Reference: Crucial UK The latencies are the same, but the Kingston has an extra fifth digit that handles the Command Rate.
Thank you all for your comments, I've enjoyed using Kingston RAM in the past and unless anyone else knows that this type of RAM is not compatible with the P5N32-SLI motherboard, I will place the orders at the beginning of next week. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
I noticed that Kingston only recommends running up to 2GB of memory at 667MHz speeds on the Intel chipset. If you want to use more memory than that, they recommend using 533MHz modules instead. ASUS and nVidia don't mention that limit anywhere on their websites, though, so Kingston's website might be wrong. It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to buy the memory from newegg or another site with lenient return procedures, though.
ASUS also recommends running the 64-bit version of Windows XP if you want to use more than 3GB of memory, so if you aren't running it, you'll probably want to upgrade to that as well. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
There's nowhere I can't reach. I didn't say I wouldn't go fishin' with the man.
All I'm sayin' is, if he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall. |
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
After looking over some of the websites a bit more, I found the following information:
After reading both thoroughly, I came to the conclusion that if I do purchase enough RAM to make 4Gigs, in theory, about 3Gigs would be left since there will be dual graphics cards present on the motherboard. 4Gig System Memory Support Web Reference: Intel White Papers (Acrobat Reader Required) I was speaking idiomatically. |