RAM update, 2 more sticks, or only 2 sticks.

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

Alright, My ram is not cutting it anymore, used to be cool. My DFI board is a picky, picky board. I was going to get some more ram, or upgrade to real ddr400 ram. And no, not getting a new board for ddr2. So its either buy 2 more sticks of my ram to get 2 gigs(not prefered) or get some pretty new sticks, and if new sticks, what ones to get? And what setup for them?

devguy · Jul 14, 2007

Normally I'd say go with whatever is cheapest, but looking at your current ram, finding 2 nice sticks of ddr 333 is going to be very difficult. Having mixed ram speeds can sometimes lead to problems or instability (I have one pc with a 512mb pc3200 and a 512mb pc2700 and if I could, I'd go back and change it to a 1gb pc3200). Although if you can find 2x512mb Hyperx pc2700, go for it.

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

yea I will never mix ram, bad stuff. I was really thinking of getting the ddr33 because ill lower the ddr400 to 333 anyways when I overclock

But I dont know if my board will want to work with all the ram sticks

DrunkenMafia · Jul 14, 2007

grab a 2 gig DDR500 kit man... that is what I would be doing. You can still find em on ebay quite cheap. OCZ sticks work really well with DFI boards....

http://cgi.ebay.com/OCZ-DDR500-PC-4...ryZ80202QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/OCZ-EL-PC4000-2...ryZ74942QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It will let you oc that venice to 3 gig with 1:1 memory.... It will make a huge difference bro. that is your best option imo

sneekypeet · Jul 14, 2007

Dude you would be silly not to buy yourself some good latency PC3200....And if you can find some Crucial Balistix PC4000....that DFI will become a whole new animal!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!~!!!!!!
@ mafia ....terrific finds for a DFI NF4....OCZ is also highly recommended

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

ddr 500?

never seen it, seriously. Not to be a mem. noob but would the 500 work with my boards rated 400 slots?

sneekypeet · Jul 14, 2007

yes you can flash bios for a DDR500 setting ,so no OC...Or start it at DDR400 an OC it till it quits!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148015

These are what I run and they are availiable in the 2GHz kit also

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

i think Id start it at 400 cause I dont feel like flashing :laugh:

So maybe Id be better off with just ddr 400 eh?

sneekypeet · Jul 14, 2007

what bios do you run now....You should be on 04-06-06

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

to be honest I havn't flashed it since I got it....I went to one time but couldn't find the revision of my board on the pci slot or w/e and the website lagged and I didn't even know how to flash it. nVidia cards are easy to flash and edit. Not my board, is it even worth flashing?

DrunkenMafia · Jul 14, 2007

man if you get some ddr500 you can run your FSB@ 300 ( no probs on that board) putting your cpu @ around 3gig.

If you get ddr500 you will also be able to run it a DDR400 with nice tight timings - 2,2,2,5 1T.

It says in your sig that your cpu can do 3 gig, therefore you must have your fsb around 300 and a massive mem divider on your ram. Imagine 3 gig without the divider.. it would fly

sneekypeet · Jul 14, 2007

@ mafia...A-Men brother preach that stuff....Couldn't agree more!

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

I rose my cas latency to 3, rose the ram volts and just raised the fsb to get to 3. I know my ram is lagging me back cause anything else I change doesnt do anything its my darn ram. idk I'll have to see price ranges to decide if I want 400 or 500 I suppose

DaMulta · Jul 14, 2007

I recommend going to DDR2 and not looking back.

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

DaMulta said:
I recommend going to DDR2 and not looking back.

And the earth shattering da multa post. Well I could get the am2 lanparty with an am2 Opteron....no! :eek:

I need to conserve money here. Back to ram..

sneekypeet · Jul 14, 2007

Here's the lowdown Fox in simple terms....I run 7600's in SLI and can out score say 7800's in SLI only because I can run my system @ 1:1 @ 280Mhz

http://img.techpowerup.org/070713/2800MHz.jpg

Here have a look and decide for yourself.

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

bah I suppose its worth it :cool:

And I should be getting a 7900gs soon enough which will be coo.

sneekypeet · Jul 14, 2007

Oh and to answer the flash mobo question...If you Oc its a must to run the 4/06/06 bios...There is a program and the flash rom all to be found @ DFI and it CAN be done through windows w/DFI fash....never had any issues and I've flashed this mobo like 3 times and the same to the others!

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

alright I'll try it out later when I'm on my rig(upstairs celeron :shadedshu) But dont I need to find the correct rivision of my board or w/e?

sneekypeet · Jul 14, 2007

BTW if you really want to flash it I can set you up! I got KennyT through it , i think you should be ok too!

Any revision will run the 4/06/06 bios.... mobo Version should be right above the SATA ports....seen in black ink on the PCB itself!

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

Oh yea I think I'ma ready. Just gotta do it tommorow, first work, then fireworks at the fair, asking out a girl ftw :cool:

then home. I :confused:

think

DrunkenMafia · Jul 14, 2007

then home!!! WTF you shouldn't even be thinking about home if your chasing some skirt bro... Be OPTIMISTIC man... haaahaaa

GL

Fox34 · Jul 14, 2007

aahha Quick thinking I suppose

3991vhtes · Jul 16, 2007

you could run ddr pc3200 and pc2700 it will be stable because ram always runs at it's slower speed for example pc3200 and pc2700 are in the same board the pc3200 will run at the pc2700 speed.

Fox34 · Jul 16, 2007

Knew about that, just wanted faster ram and still get my high clock.

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