"SomeBody" wrote
> Hey,
>
> I received my UN-LOCKED XP-2500 week 34, looking to purchase my ASUS
> a7n8x-Deluxe motherboard and need some advice on the memory choices. I
> know that I will be OC'ing the CPU and want to get the best I can afford,
> I don't want to go way overboard with memory but I understand this is a
> weak link in the OC'ing arena.
>
> I've been reading and have determined that the PC3200 is the way to go.
> I have seen at Newegg the Corsair XMS 256m PC3200-OEM sticks with CAS Lat.
> 2-3-3-6-T1 with voltage at 2.6V, item number: N82E16820145415 for $58
each.
> I'm planning on two sticks.
>
> Not knowing to much about which memory sticks are applicable to my
> proposed system. Any comments?
Hi,
yes PC3200 or PC3500 is best. If this is your first time overclocking I
think an ABIT board would be better than the ASUS. To get the max
performance from the memory you may have to run it at 2.7/2.8 vDimm.
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Wayne ][
Barton (AQXEA) XP2500+ @ 2.2GHz (10x220) - 1.775vCore
CoolerMaster Aero 7 Lite - 3,200rpm
ABIT NF7-S (v2.0 - BIOS#14)
512MB Dual TwiSTER PC3500 @ DDR440 1:1 (9,3,3,2.0 - 2.7v)
Sapphire Atlantis 9800 - 3.3ns Samsung (325/290 Default)
240GB (2x120GB) WD-SE SATA RAID-0 (NTFS - 16k Stripe)
Antec SX630II Mini-Tower Case Inc 300w PSU
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