caebron Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 I'd agree with chubbyfatazn's suggestions for the most part - the Mushkin are way overpriced imo tho. And as I pointed out before, I would go directly for 2GB. No point wasting money (ie if you invest in 2GB now you will be saving in the long run as you would be paying for 1GB now and then again later for 2GB). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckDK Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 My current configuration: Antec SX1000II VAR Series ATX Mid Tower ASPIRE ATX-AS520W ASUS P4S800-MX 661FX Socket478 800FSB Intel Celeron 2.53GHz 256K Cache 533MHz OCZ 2gb (2x1gb) OCZ4002048V3DC-K PC-3200 Dual Channel Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT AGP 8x I am upgrading to a AMD X2 and I am considering the DFI NF4 Ultra Infinity or the Lan Party UT NForce4 Ultra-D (I'm not still trying to figure out what the major differences between the two are--aside from price). I need to know whether I can reuse my PSU and/or memory. From what I've read in the PSU thread, I will probably need another one. Would this work? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 I'd agree with chubbyfatazn's suggestions for the most part - the Mushkin are way overpriced imo tho. And as I pointed out before, I would go directly for 2GB. No point wasting money (ie if you invest in 2GB now you will be saving in the long run as you would be paying for 1GB now and then again later for 2GB). mushkins are cheaper on outposts website.. i think some dude posted it as a price of 160ish but im not goingmushkin and yes take the plunge and go for the 2gb. ur more futureproof plus vista will run a lot smoother (and faster) if u do decide to install it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 My current configuration: Antec SX1000II VAR Series ATX Mid Tower ASPIRE ATX-AS520W ASUS P4S800-MX 661FX Socket478 800FSB Intel Celeron 2.53GHz 256K Cache 533MHz OCZ 2gb (2x1gb) OCZ4002048V3DC-K PC-3200 Dual Channel Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT AGP 8x I am upgrading to a AMD X2 and I am considering the DFI NF4 Ultra Infinity or the Lan Party UT NForce4 Ultra-D (I'm not still trying to figure out what the major differences between the two are--aside from price). I need to know whether I can reuse my PSU and/or memory. From what I've read in the PSU thread, I will probably need another one. Would this work? im assuming that you're on a budget seeing your components.. first off, the lp is more enthusiast-orientated. im guessing it has more bios features... not sure bout this. dont buy cheap psus. aspires are dirt-cheap-- like they said, it probably doesnt work well. the enermax ones should work pretty well-- ive heard good things about them. and on the mobo--since your on a budget, im also assuming u dont wanna oc.. correct? if you are you might take a gander at different memory--there are some 2gb kits at outpost.com oriented for ocers/enthusiasts. otherwise, its ur joe schmo ram. EDIT there is a 2gb set of gskill ram (good ram!) on the egg for 150 bucks.. and its enthusiast orientated... go for that instead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmadka Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 ok.. i still would go for crucial, but thats my opinion... im assuming since you called yourself a noob you dont wanna oc yet... do u want the option to later? anyways either way i would go for some G.SKILL 2x512mb Ram (all s work) or g.skill 2x1gb Ram (more ram) OCZ XTC PC4000 mem (they use samsung uccc chips) Mushkin Extremes (PC4000) All of these work fine and dandy. for one gb, definitely go for the gskill ram, any will work. all of the ram here uses uccc chips (cept fo r 2x512, they use the better tccd), so if u wanna oc, these are the ones to get. i think g.skill sounds good....can u point out a good RAM of g.skill from newegg, that is under about $115 ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 heres a cheap 2gb kit with no heatspreaders, i bet they use uccc chips: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231039 search on the egg for gskillies; cheapest pc3200 1gb kit (2x512) is 125 bucks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmadka Posted March 17, 2006 Posted March 17, 2006 no, i wud rather go for a faster 1GB kit, rather than a slower 2GB one... EDIT: checked newegg according to the following search: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....0147+1052707870 only the $193 one has a heat spreader, and that is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of my price range ?? is this information on newegg correct ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 18, 2006 Posted March 18, 2006 guess my post didnt appear. actually, not first off, everything with a colored piece of crap on top of a pcb is a heatspreader. if u see the chips, it doesnt have a heatspreader. vice versa. newegg has a special on 2gb pc4000 ram: 146 dollars. best gskillies u could buy, especially at that price. look it up ont he egg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbailey18 Posted March 20, 2006 Posted March 20, 2006 Hello Everyone ! I would like to say this is my first posting here and I hope to find all the info one could ever find in any forum anywhere !! I'm in the process of building a new system and this is my first Board from DFI. I have read the recomendations for sticks of dimms in the forum and still would like some help as to a good to best choice. Will be doing mostly video editing and such but want to be able to jump on a good game once in awhile . The OCZ Gold sounds wonderful and so does the G-Skill . Would hope to leave today with a done deal! Thanks again for any and all help and advice ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 First off, welcome to the Street. to answer your question, people have had good results with the gskill (more ppl seem to buy that more than every, there is an hz kit (2x1gb pc4000) on sale at the egg) the ocz is a good contender too; if you want to oc (dont know, you didnt specify), i would recommend the gskill hz kit, 2x1gb pc4000, since it uses uccc chips ocz xtc pc4000 2x1gb, also uses uccc i heard that the mushkin 1gb pc4000 sticks also use uccc generally, anything with samsung should have good, if not excellent oc capabilities. the kits listed above seem to be one of the most common sticks bought.. gskillies, then ocz.. generally thats what ppl buy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 DFI Lanparty UT nf4 SLI-DR Venus(BIOS N/A) AMD FX60 Toledo 1GHz HT 2x1MB L2 Cache 2xWD-Raptor 150GB-10,000RPB 16MB Cache PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW 1000W Thermaltake Super Tower (Armor) VA8000BWS (Still Building) damn nice computer... hows that 1kw psu doing? XD it must have cost a fortune.. damn nice computer, congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbailey18 Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 Hi Chubbyfatazn ! YeH! Can't wait till it's up and walking or running!!! Will do alittle oc but more in to video than anything. Will probably go with the Gskill I saw that newegg had a deal may jump on it . Just wish I could stick 4 sticks in and stay with the 400 spd but thats ok still will run great. Thanks very much for the words Hope to return the same soon ! The 1KW is super tooo!!!! Can cook up some grub in between breaks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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