what ddr ram?

thinking of getting some new ram for my pc

seen some named corsair value 512 sticks for about £30 each

but have seen folk on ebay selling 1gig high density ram for £30ish

system is

a64 3000 (can do 2300mhz but current generic ram lets me down)
Abit AV8-3rd Eye
6800le with 12x5 unlocked

thanks for any advice

btw wifes given me £60 budget :(

most a games machine bf2,wow and css but play almost anything

If your playing BF2 you need a gig minimum (512 youll be chopping all over the place)

Ideally 1.5gb / 2gb for bf2

I went from 1gb to 2gb and the difference in bf2 was brilliant :)

Pands' right, for BF2 1.5GB or 2GB is what you really need but considering it doesn't seem to be your main game, you could do a lot worse than 1GB Corsair VS.

Plus it's in keeping with your budget... something people around here don't really like doing... :p

but would i be worth taking risk on the high density ram

could get 2 sticks (2x1gig)

or better sticking with name brands?

I would personally go with the corsair stuff, life time warranty and peace of mind, never had any problems with them. if you thinking of going 2gb eventually get a stick of 1gb atm and save up, I think 2x1gb dual channel will be better than running 4x512mb

Basically what ady said, go for something like this and simply get another whenever you can afford it/need it

cool think i will go for the 1gig stick then :) when i get my post count up a bit

yea, well its not in stock atm, so might be worth posting in the scan forum to find when they are getting more in :)

4x512 is basically the same as 2x1gb

you can lose some timings but using 4 dimms gives a little extra speed compared to 2 dimms at the same timings which makes up for near all the loss

BUT if youve got an older chip (anything except venice/san diego) then youre stuck with 2 dimms max for dual channel anyway or youll have to clock it down to DDR333

is a64 3000 i think is a winnie

so better to buy 1gig sticks then?

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you can lose some timings but using 4 dimms gives a little extra speed compared to 2 dimms at the same timings which makes up for near all the loss

BUT if youve got an older chip (anything except venice/san diego) then youre stuck with 2 dimms max for dual channel anyway or youll have to clock it down to DDR333

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Will dual channel then run on different brands of memory with same CAS latency then and has to be in pairs for use, say, on the AsRock SATA dual (agp/pci) mobo?

atm ive got 4xTCCD sticks but when i built this comp i was using 2 x Winbond CH5 with 2 x TCCDs (Samsung)

that was fine in dual channel mode (1 of each type per channel)

that asrock board always works at 2T even with 2 dimms so theres no problem using 4 in it, it will actually be faster slightly

I can back up chem's statement there, using 4 sticks of 512mb on my Asrock Dual with no problems at all. Highest graphics on BF2/CSS and WoW with absolutely no lag.