Building my own PC - Page 2

Ramrod · 22-03-2005, 12:17

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

As far as the memory goes, I think the main difference between some of those Corsair chips is the number of LED's attached! If you're going to have a window on your case then get nice flashy LED memory, otherwise just get the lowest latency matched Corsair sticks you can afford.

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

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Originally Posted by Richard M

As far as RAM goes, I've never looked back since getting 2x512MB of this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Corsair_XL.html

The Athlon64 (939) needs the best low latency RAM you can give it to perform at it's best.

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

Aragorn · 22-03-2005, 12:32

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/)

Ramrod · 22-03-2005, 12:37

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

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/)

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?

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Aragorn · 22-03-2005, 12:44

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.

marky · 22-03-2005, 12:55

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

Ramrod · 22-03-2005, 12:55

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

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.

Okeydokey.......so lower number is better

.................what does it mean when they put '2-5-2-2' as a latency?

Richard M · 22-03-2005, 13:37

It means it's fast.

More here:
http://www.ocfaq.com/article.php/overclocking/63

22-03-2005, 13:42

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

Okeydokey.......so lower number is better

.................what does it mean when they put '2-5-2-2' as a latency?

They are CAS Latency

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

Rough.D · 22-03-2005, 13:51

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.

to you mate

Ramrod · 22-03-2005, 14:33

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Originally Posted by Richard M

It means it's fast.

More here:
http://www.ocfaq.com/article.php/overclocking/63

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They are CAS Latency

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

Cheers guys

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Originally Posted by Rough.D

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.

to you mate

Thanks m8

edit--speaking of all the parts.....I still cant find the new nvidia 512mb gpu for sale anywhere

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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

Or does anyone have any other suggestions for a cpu/mobo combination?
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I suppose that this would do but even that doesn't have a due date

Nemesis · 22-03-2005, 14:35

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

Ramrod · 22-03-2005, 14:41

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Originally Posted by Nemesis

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

Yep, noticed that .pdf on my trawl but thanks for that

It looks like the ram I want to use (Corsair 512MB DDR XMS3200XL Platinum CAS2) isn't on that list......but it should work

...Off to look at the corsair site for more info.............

Salu · 22-03-2005, 14:48

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...

Ramrod · 22-03-2005, 14:52

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Originally Posted by Salu

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...

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

Ramrod · 22-03-2005, 15:35

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Originally Posted by Richard M

It's very important otherwise it will default to single channel - s939 can take advantage of dual channel and despite what anyone says, it does make a difference.

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)