what ram to get

ironleg · Jan 7, 2009, 03:00 AM

My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R VER.1.1 BIOS F12E
I have 4 1 gig sticks of OCZ ATI certified crossfire DDR2 PC2 800 MHZ and a Intel Q6600 Quad core 2.4 ghz with G0 stepping. I am going to updatye my video card but the board has only 1 PCI X 16 slot so I figured on a x2 model from ati would work. I have an Antec quttro true power modular 1000 watt with the 80% rating in an Antec 900 case, 2 samsung 500 gig hdd and a wd black 1 terabyte hdd. I have the M1 killer nic and an ageia physix card direct from ageia months before the nvidia buyout.
I want to switch to DDR3 because I have 2 slots and it can handle 4 gigs total. the DDR 2 slots can handle 8 gigs of DDR2 pc210666. My FSB is 1333 and the site mentioned it can overclock the ram and FSB to 1600 so what should I get? I play games and do media stuff on my computer for family website and family reunion dvd`s.

A ny advice is greatly appriciated as well as advice on how to achive the best performance on air. my cpu heatsink is a thermaltake ultima-90 with a vantec tornado 92mm x 323mm cooling fan, and the antec 900 case has 4 120mm fans and 1 200mm blowhole fan. I do not know if a 4870 x2, or a 4870 x 2 will fit in my case- if anyone knows the lengths( I am looking at the ASUS trifan heatsink, 3 fans and it takes 3 slots due to the after market cooling )

any advice is welcome.

thanks!
ironleg

**kris23** · Jan 7, 2009, 04:33 AM

hey ironleg, if you plan to get an i7 system soon, go with DDR3 4GB

but if you plan to stick with your system, id get 8GB of some good low latency DDR2

try some CAS 4 DDR2 800 OCZ platinums

*CyberpowerUK* · Jan 7, 2009, 12:38 PM

I think I'd get 4GB of DDR3 - then you can buy a single 2GB stick when you move to i7 and still get some higher bandwidth and a little better performance currently using 1:1 ratios for your overclock, for instance @1700Mhz you could have 3.4GHz or 3.6Ghz with 425*8 or 425*8.5 with RAM 1:1 giving excellent performance.

G.Skill PQ and Pi series DDR3 are very reasonably priced, the 1333Mhz stuff will do 1600 easily and the 1600Mhz cranks up to 1800Mhz with a little tweaking.
So, from an investment point of view, DDR3 for me

Also, the 4870X2 will fit although you can't have a hard drive in front of it so you're limited to 3 hard drives if you use a long graphics card in the bottom bracket.

Mike

nicnik · Jan 7, 2009, 01:49 PM

you have 4GB ddr2@800 already, so what's wrong?
If you want 8GB DDR2 you're going to have to sell/ditch those 4 sticks of 1GB DDR2. It's upto you really, if you need 8GB RAM or if you plan to upgrade to i7 anytime soon.

Jan 7, 2009, 03:00 AM	#1
ironleg HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Rep Power: 0	what ram to get My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R VER.1.1 BIOS F12E I have 4 1 gig sticks of OCZ ATI certified crossfire DDR2 PC2 800 MHZ and a Intel Q6600 Quad core 2.4 ghz with G0 stepping. I am going to updatye my video card but the board has only 1 PCI X 16 slot so I figured on a x2 model from ati would work. I have an Antec quttro true power modular 1000 watt with the 80% rating in an Antec 900 case, 2 samsung 500 gig hdd and a wd black 1 terabyte hdd. I have the M1 killer nic and an ageia physix card direct from ageia months before the nvidia buyout. I want to switch to DDR3 because I have 2 slots and it can handle 4 gigs total. the DDR 2 slots can handle 8 gigs of DDR2 pc210666. My FSB is 1333 and the site mentioned it can overclock the ram and FSB to 1600 so what should I get? I play games and do media stuff on my computer for family website and family reunion dvd`s. A ny advice is greatly appriciated as well as advice on how to achive the best performance on air. my cpu heatsink is a thermaltake ultima-90 with a vantec tornado 92mm x 323mm cooling fan, and the antec 900 case has 4 120mm fans and 1 200mm blowhole fan. I do not know if a 4870 x2, or a 4870 x 2 will fit in my case- if anyone knows the lengths( I am looking at the ASUS trifan heatsink, 3 fans and it takes 3 slots due to the after market cooling ) any advice is welcome. thanks! ironleg

Jan 7, 2009, 04:33 AM	#2
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Jan 7, 2009, 12:38 PM	#3
CyberpowerUK DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The Toon Posts: 81 Rep Power: 24 System Specs	Re: what ram to get I think I'd get 4GB of DDR3 - then you can buy a single 2GB stick when you move to i7 and still get some higher bandwidth and a little better performance currently using 1:1 ratios for your overclock, for instance @1700Mhz you could have 3.4GHz or 3.6Ghz with 4258 or 4258.5 with RAM 1:1 giving excellent performance. G.Skill PQ and Pi series DDR3 are very reasonably priced, the 1333Mhz stuff will do 1600 easily and the 1600Mhz cranks up to 1800Mhz with a little tweaking. So, from an investment point of view, DDR3 for me Also, the 4870X2 will fit although you can't have a hard drive in front of it so you're limited to 3 hard drives if you use a long graphics card in the bottom bracket. Mike

Jan 7, 2009, 01:49 PM	#4
nicnik In the Land of Snow Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 567 Rep Power: 44 System Specs	Re: what ram to get you have 4GB ddr2@800 already, so what's wrong? If you want 8GB DDR2 you're going to have to sell/ditch those 4 sticks of 1GB DDR2. It's upto you really, if you need 8GB RAM or if you plan to upgrade to i7 anytime soon. __________________ >>Steam<< Currently Playing: BF3 (nic9394), Rift (devilryuji)