Re: Building my own PC
 

I'm not going to have a window on the case so I'm not bothered about the led's :D
__________________

The Corsair 512MB DDR XMS3200XL Platinum CAS2 (MY-048-CS) looks like the one I'd likely go for :)

As far as I can see, the only thing stopping me buying the parts right now is the fact that I can't get hold of the 512mb GPU................anyone know where I can get my hands on one?
__________________

Does anyone know if the corsair xms-2 ram would work in that mobo?

Re: Building my own PC
 

No, the XMS-2 is DDR2 and that Asus only supports DDR. IIRC all 939 mobos only support DDR and they get almost the same memory bandwidth as Intel DDR2 chipsets. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06...ew_socket_939/)

Re: Building my own PC
 

Cheers m8..........that answers that question. I'll probably go for the ram that Rich M suggested..........unless anyone can recommend anything with lower latency (wtf is 'latency' anyway? :dunce: )

Re: Building my own PC
 

In laymans terms, it's the clock cycles taken to retrieve data from a location in memory. Most 'fast' memory has CL=2. Mine is CL=2.5, Most 'bog standard' generic memory is CL=3.

Re: Building my own PC
 

What you put it is up to your bank account as for building it the mobo cd will have instructions on it ( good luck )

Re: Building my own PC
 

Okeydokey.......so lower number is better :dunce: :D .................what does it mean when they put '2-5-2-2' as a latency?

Re: Building my own PC
 

It means it's fast. :D
More here:
http://www.ocfaq.com/article.php/overclocking/63

Re: Building my own PC
 

They are CAS Latency

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1637826,00.asp

Re: Building my own PC
 

:Yikes: OMG this is going to be worse than teaching the wife to drive ;)

Good luck rammy I am on the end of the phone if needed. It realy is not that difficult once you have all the parts.

:tu: to you mate

Re: Building my own PC
 

Cheers guys :tu: :)
__________________

Thanks m8 :)
edit--speaking of all the parts.....I still cant find the new nvidia 512mb gpu for sale anywhere :(
__________________

Now...are we all agreed that the mobo I selected is the best for gaming with a FX64 cpu and if it is that it will fit properly in that case I like :D
Or does anyone have any other suggestions for a cpu/mobo combination?
__________________

I suppose that this would do but even that doesn't have a due date :mad:

Re: Building my own PC
 

Board is standard ATX size so should fit in any ATX based case.

Also http://uk.asus.com/products/mb/qvl/A8V-E_Deluxe.pdf shows the approved memory for that board

Re: Building my own PC
 

Yep, noticed that .pdf on my trawl but thanks for that :tu:
It looks like the ram I want to use (Corsair 512MB DDR XMS3200XL Platinum CAS2) isn't on that list......but it should work :disturbd: ...Off to look at the corsair site for more info.............

Re: Building my own PC
 

Getting 2 banks of DDR memory gives better performance than 1. So for 1gb of memory get 2 512MBs sticks etc. This only gives a 15% increase though allegedly...

Re: Building my own PC
 

Should I go for 'matched' memory or does it not really matter?

Re: Building my own PC
 

How can I put this?............should I buy the 'twin' sticks or can I just get 2 sticks of the same memory.( If you look at the overclockers page that you linked to, some memory is sold as a pair and some isn't)