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10-09-2005, 05:26 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,261
|  DDR2? should I?
I'm currently running 1 GB of dual channel DDR400 RAM. Question: Will I see an increase in performance if I install 2 GB of dual channel DDR2 RAM? I know that by virtue of simply having twice as much RAM, I will, but is DDR2 worth it? Also, what frequency should I (and can I?) get? 400? 533? I'm runnin a P4 3.4. Oh, and I read Elbatrop1's RAM guide of course. | 
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10-09-2005, 05:32 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,261
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Right now I'm lookin' at this: Corsair Value
Whatcha'll think? 2 GB DDR2 533. Looks good to me. | |
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10-09-2005, 06:55 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 693
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DDR2 is 240 pin RAM while DDR is 184 pin.
Are you getting a new motherboard?
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10-09-2005, 07:25 PM
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Wizard Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 3,791
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Yeah, they're two different platforms...it's either one or the other depending on your motherboard
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10-09-2005, 07:27 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,261
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Negative. My mobo has 2 slots for DDR and 2 for DDR2. I knew someone was gonna ask that.
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10-09-2005, 07:30 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,261
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Anyway, should I go with the DDR2 533? In other words: Will 2 GB of DDR2 533 be better than 2 GB of DDR400?
Oh, and should I go registered or unbuffered? What's the diff?
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10-11-2005, 04:49 AM
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Super Techie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 354
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I think you would see very little increase in performance from ddr1 to ddr2 but i suppose if u got good ddr2 ram (3-2-2-8 or better) it would be better than ddr400 but not much .. go with wateva is cheaper (at lowest latencys)
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10-11-2005, 06:54 AM
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Lord Techie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 7,557
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go with unbuffered ram, registerd ram and ECC ram is for servers. just go with non ecc and some unbuffered ram
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10-11-2005, 11:38 AM
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Field Engineer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 4,687
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Quote: Originally posted by woot6600GT
Anyway, should I go with the DDR2 533? In other words: Will 2 GB of DDR2 533 be better than 2 GB of DDR400?
Oh, and should I go registered or unbuffered? What's the diff? | Just so you know you cannot use DDR and DDR2 together. Either You use the DDR slots or the DDR2 Slots.
Let me know if this makes sense cause I am not sure but I am going to try to explain. Anyone correct me if i am wrong please. I have been trying to make sense of this.
Your processor has a 200x4 (800mhz)fsb. DDR400 runs at 200mhz a (double data soif runs like 400mhz) you have a 1:1 ratio. DDR533 has a speed of 266. So your running 266mhz ram with a 200mhz fsb, the fsb would be a bottle neck no? Or is it considered that the fsb is running at 800mhz and with the RAM running at DDR533, the RAM is the bottleneck. | |
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10-12-2005, 05:41 PM
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Field Engineer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 4,687
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