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03-18-2004, 07:53 PM
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Ram question
A guy at work is about to build a high end system and ask me about memory. I want to be sure before I give him any advise on this one.
He is planning on going with an intell 800fsb processor. For Max proformance, I believe he will need to run Dual channel pc3200 DDR correct?
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03-18-2004, 08:01 PM
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Yes, that is correct. Make sure to get ram with good latency though, but it latency doesnt have as big as an impact on Intel as it does on AMD.
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03-18-2004, 08:02 PM
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Yes, 3200 to take advantage of Hyper Threading.
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03-18-2004, 08:03 PM
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correct, that would be a minium, personaly I would run faster, like 3500, you never know what he might want to do in the futurem 3700 would not hurt eather
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03-18-2004, 08:14 PM
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Believe the "Dual channel" terminology more applies to the motherboard capabilities than ram capability. However, in order for a motherboard's dual channel to work, you need 2 identical sticks of ram. (or 4 sticks works also on some boards) Rather than try find two that work together, it's easier to buy the "matched pair".
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