Ram.

[Z|insane]

Allright my friend got some ram specificly This one. (He got it because it was cheaper then the 3200.

His mobo clocks the ram down to 3200. Now he wants another stick at 3200, what we tried to do was go through the store.kingston site and buy through the farcry premotion. They wont take the US credit card because were Canadian (EVEN WITH THE SHIPPING AND BILLING ADDRESS SET WITH VISA TO GET STUFF FROM THE STATES as we live by the border.)

So looking for ram on Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-144-132&depa=1

or

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-144-160&depa=0

The only difference is the cas latency. I don't understand how it works exactly. What would be his best choice in ram?

 

[bosox188]

Those are like the timings or something, I've seen a lot of people talk about them, but I don't really know much about them. I'd say the more expensive one would be better, the numbers look better. Maybe.

 

[barnacle]

i will ask a ram question as well, don't wanna start another thread.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-474&depa=1

or

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-489&depa=1

how much of a difference does 4400 and 3200 have? what is it anyway?

 

[Z|insane]

Whats your mobo?

The 4400 is faster yet if your mobo cant handle it, it will clock down to the max the mobo supports.

 

[barnacle]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-510&depa=0&manufactory=BROWSE

what is its max?

 

[Asus]

I would match the same memory that your friend already has for the kingston. If it runs at PC3200 instead of PC3700, generally it will automaticly operate at lower timings.

PC3200 is the highest standard memory. It will do you no good to get faster memory unless you plan to Overclock.

Timings are a series of numbers that tell you how quickly the memory goes through the proccess of storing, reading and clearing the memory. Lower is better. The first number is the most talked about and you will generally see it listed as CL2 instead of 2-3-2-6 for example.

 

[bosox188]

Hmm I'm not on my good computer right now but I think I remember my timings as 2.5-3-3-6.

 

[Z|insane]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-510&depa=0&manufactory=BROWSE

what is its max?

RAM: 4x DIMM Dual Channel DDR400/333/266 Max 4GB

DDR 400 is 3200

So get that.

 

[barnacle]

after i posted my post i studied the ram and mobos on newegg and found that out, thanks for the confirmations, i wasn't 100% sure i was right.

 

[Z|insane]

Okay now I need help...

My motherboard supports 400 Mhz ram. Why is this running at 200?

 

[Asus]

DDR400 sends Double the Data for it's Rate or speed, which is 200MHz. That means it performs like memory that sends data once per clock and runs at 400MHz. Hence the rating.

 

[iamaelephant]

That CAS latency makes close to no difference at all in real life. I'm running CAS 3 and I couldn't be happier with my in game performance.

 

[barnacle]

how do you open the window that shows all that info on your pc specs????????????
as shown by Zinsane

 

[bosox188]

Okay now I need help...

My motherboard supports 400 Mhz ram. Why is this running at 200?

You double that to get the real speed. You ram is made by Hyundai?! They make cars, I've never seen them make computer hardware.

 

[Z|insane]

how do you open the window that shows all that info on your pc specs????????????
as shown by Zinsane

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

 

[TheHitman5]

Allright my friend got some ram specificly This one. (He got it because it was cheaper then the 3200.

His mobo clocks the ram down to 3200. Now he wants another stick at 3200, what we tried to do was go through the store.kingston site and buy through the farcry premotion. They wont take the US credit card because were Canadian (EVEN WITH THE SHIPPING AND BILLING ADDRESS SET WITH VISA TO GET STUFF FROM THE STATES as we live by the border.)

So looking for ram on Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-144-132&depa=1

or

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-144-160&depa=0

The only difference is the cas latency. I don't understand how it works exactly. What would be his best choice in ram?

Get the Kingston HYPER X 3200 C2, those sticks rule. Basicly, the lower the cas settings, the faster things get done. Less cycles=less time. Cas 3 really isnt that great unless you
re running an intel rig with 250mhz fsb+ because the FSB picks up for the slow ram timings. If you're running 200mhz fsb or lower, you want cas 2. Since you said he has 3700 though, I would also stick to another stick of 3700 if he is overclocking. He has three options:

Buy another stick of 3700 and run them both at the same speed+settings

or

Buy a stick of 3200 and run the fsb:ram 1:1 and lock it at 200mhz. The 3700 MIGHT be able to do cas 2 with enough voltage. My PC4000 does cas 2 at 200mhz with 3.2v though.

or

Buy a stick of 3200 and overclock it/ then downclock the 3700 to those speeds and run them both at the same timings