What memory can I get?

clueless · 23rd Feb 2009, 12:11 AM

Hy I am buying an E8400/Asus P5Q-C, what memory should I buy for using stock and what memory for OC?
I dont have a clue about memory and how and why to buy a spcific one, talking about speed not brands.
Thanks!

Chai · 23rd Feb 2009, 08:04 AM

If you are not overclocking, any DDR2-667 would do. But DDR2-800 is dirt cheap now. You should just get that instead.

clueless · 23rd Feb 2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Chai

If you are not overclocking, any DDR2-667 would do. But DDR2-800 is dirt cheap now. You should just get that instead.

Hy Chai thanks for answering, does this mean that if I buy DDR2 800 it will operate as DDR2 667 because of the 333 mghz of the cpu or something like that? (333x2=667)
I mean, there wont be any real gain? And also, if I had a cpu that uses 400 mghz, in that case DDR2 800 fits great?

Chai · 23rd Feb 2009, 02:59 PM

Yup, you can buy a DDR2 1066 and run at 667MHz without issue.

Adrian Wong · 24th Feb 2009, 10:09 PM

You can set the memory to run at the higher speed.

Lacus · 25th Feb 2009, 01:04 AM

ram's speed are set in the bios if i'm not mistaken right? One can set to run the rams at 667 or 800 or even 1066..but for now, just get ddr800 rams since they are widely available (if you're from malaysia) and it's cheaper too o_O

Adrian Wong · 26th Feb 2009, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacus

ram's speed are set in the bios if i'm not mistaken right? One can set to run the rams at 667 or 800 or even 1066..but for now, just get ddr800 rams since they are widely available (if you're from malaysia) and it's cheaper too o_O

Yup, you can set them in the BIOS, although all BIOS now auto-detect the RAM speed.

Lacus · 26th Feb 2009, 01:22 AM

yeah,but heck..some bios detect the ram speed as slower rams for some reason...eg: 667 rams but detect it as 533mhz =.="

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Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Location: Some gundam factory o.o Posts: 1,302 Reputation: 180 Rep Power: 4	ram's speed are set in the bios if i'm not mistaken right? One can set to run the rams at 667 or 800 or even 1066..but for now, just get ddr800 rams since they are widely available (if you're from malaysia) and it's cheaper too o_O __________________ GUNDAM 00[Intel Xeon E3110 E0 Stock\|Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\|Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2\|4x2gb DDR2 1000Mhz OCZ SLI-Ready Edition\|Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB\|Creative X-FI XtremeMusic\|Creative Inspire P5800\|Silverstone Strider ST56F\|Acer X233H\|Keyboard=Microsoft Sidewinder X6\|Logitech MX518\|Lian Li PC-7YCF]

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