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Small Form Factor More ram confusion (Running faster spec ram)

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by JonDixon, 3 Jun 2004.

  1. JonDixon

    JonDixon Decking is the new modding

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    Oh well

    Ive order an SN45G v2 and bought an XP3200 processor.

    Im looking at 512MB of ram. Corsair, Crucial or Geil.

    Question 1: Can I use Geil in an SN45?

    Question 2: Does it make a big difference having dual channel (2x256MB) sticks rather than 1x512MB stick

    Im not planning on doing any overclocking at all so will I see a performance gain

    Question 3: As Im not overclocking should I just by the 'value' ram in the configurations or should I invest in the good quality stuff.

    If I was to buy dual channel ram then currently Im looking at Geil Golden Dragon as its the cheapest so far for 2x256MB ram

    *LATEST* A friend of mine has offered me some Geil dual channel PC3700 golden dragon ram

    He's had it in an Nforce2 board so I guess it'll work. Is it worth putting in higher rated ram? I guess it'll just run at 400Mhz. Any advice/info???
     
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    SN45 does, dual channel nforce2 goodness. Its also less picky (in my experience) than the 42, Geil (value w/ blue heatspreaders) does work.
     
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  3. schmitty511

    schmitty511 What's a Dremel?

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    I am currently using 1 stick of Crucial 512 in my sn45g and it is working great!!! :rock:
     
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    JonDixon Decking is the new modding

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    Thats good to know, but is it worth paying the extra for dual channel sticks?

    If it is I'll buy some Geil value.
     
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    I just run a matched pair of Crucial bought at the same time... the SN45 like the SN41 does support dual channel memory. So 2 * same make, same size, same speed, same CAS should be fine if you dont buy a twin-x pack.

    However I have had big problems with Geil memory in SN41's with graphical corruptions, but as the SN45 wasn't got onboard video you should be OK.
     
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    A friend of mine has offered me some Geil dual channel PC3700 golden dragon ram

    He's had it in an Nforce2 board so I guess it'll work. Is it worth putting in higher rated ram? I guess it'll just run at 400Mhz. Any advice/info???
     
    JonDixon, 5 Jun 2004
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    well with higher rated ram, the timings will be looser to allow it to reach the higher FSB's. so, unless you are overclocking i would go with the lower rated ram (PC3200) and get some tighter timings!
     
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