Good Upgrade?

[Franklinwallbrown]

RAM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227239)x2

CPU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115052)

MB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130184)

= $422.13 Before MIR & $357.13 After.

[erocker]

Why wouldn't it be?:confused:

[Franklinwallbrown]

Well, do you know of anything cheaper and/or better?

[ShadowFold]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138123

Even better :)

[erocker]

Well, do you know of anything cheaper and/or better?

Aye! Shadowfold picked a winner for a mobo! There is no better processor in that price range. You should probablly decide on the motherboard before you choose RAM, just to make sure the ram you're getting works well with the board.

[ShadowFold]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148076

I got a set of those coming in the mail, I will tell you how they are. I have the 1066 kit now tho and its great. I really like how they OC good :)

[Franklinwallbrown]

What is the difference between ICH10 & 10R? What about RAID on the BIOSTAR?

Why would you want 800 over 1066? Plus the 800 is more expensive...

[JrRacinFan]

What is the difference between ICH10 & 10R? What about RAID on the BIOSTAR?

I think the difference is different levels of RAID, but someone else will have to clarify.


Why would you want 800 over 1066? Plus the 800 is more expensive...

He probably got the tracers when they were $20 after MIR. Also, I would still want the tracers, rated for a lower dram speed but also rated for tighter timings.

[Franklinwallbrown]

Hmm...how high can the Tracers get? IDK about me and RAID. I've never done it before & am yet to do it with my RAPTORS...

[JrRacinFan]

Best persons to PM that I could think off the top of my head would be either nflesher87 or Cold Storm regarding the tracers. Highest I have seen was 1200mhz, but forget where.

RAID can be good but can be bad.

[ShadowFold]

My 1066 kit does 1066 :p I havent really OC'd them but I will see if the 800mhz can do 1066 at 2.2v.

[cdawall]

get some of the pat extremes mine do 1100 @2.2v and they are old

and i second the Biostar mobo

[Franklinwallbrown]

What about RAID on the BioStar? & OCing? I've had bad experiences with BioStar and OCing...

[cdawall]

the one i have oc's as good as my K9A2 platinum adn google the I45

this one has no raid support

spend a few extra bucks and get this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138118


TP45
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=192930
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=193703

I45
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=194562
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=192921
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=193007

[Franklinwallbrown]

Been looking at these: OCZ RAM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227159)

So, BioStar is better than MSI now?

[ShadowFold]

That ram looks good but Crucial just released some sweet new ram that looks really good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148204

And a few people at TPU including me have this board and its been great,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299
You can get KET's modded bios's which are really good.

[Franklinwallbrown]

What does that RAM get to? 1200?

[robertc]

Go with this for ram:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

and this for the mobo:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299

[Franklinwallbrown]

Wherefore? What is your take?

[ShadowFold]

P5Q Pro rocks. Like I said before its a great overclocker and kets modded bios's rock.

I still say this ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148204

Does 1066mhz @ 5-5-5-15 using only 2v!!

[Franklinwallbrown]

Those are some pretty impressive numbers, my friend.

Do they get over 1066?

[ShadowFold]

No idea they are very new.

[Franklinwallbrown]

Oh, well I would assume so.

[robertc]

I've had g.skill for awhile now and they are pretty good. That ram will run 1066 @ 2.1v. If you want to do something nuts, I just built a rig for a friend with this ram on a P5Q:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145197

It's pretty sweet, stays very cool, and oc's great.

[JrRacinFan]

Those are some pretty impressive numbers, my friend.

Do they get over 1066?

If you have a good, more modern chipset VERY possible.

[Franklinwallbrown]

How do you know if they are new?

[robertc]

Intel's P45 chipset is pretty new and can handle overclocking like a champ. Also, a little pricier, but the X48 chipset is pretty sweet, too.

[Franklinwallbrown]

I was talking about the RAM.

[yogurt_21]

i'd go for a 2x2gig setup on the memory, it's better for overclocking and keeps the option to add more later.

[Franklinwallbrown]

True...& I was looking at a review and a 4x1gb & 2x2gb setup are comparable speed wise.

[robertc]

Ah, sry. In that case, go w/ 2x2gb. Leaves room for the future and better/easier to OC 2x2gb instead of 4x1gb

[Franklinwallbrown]

The Gskill (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166) has an award and the dominators (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145197) are a tad more expensive. Which is better for OCing?

Where are KET's BIOS? (NVM, found them) So, he has a 422FSB. How good is that? Why is everyone using his BIOS?

[cdawall]

Ah, sry. In that case, go w/ 2x2gb. Leaves room for the future and better/easier to OC 2x2gb instead of 4x1gb

way wrong much easier to oc 4x1GB than 2x2GB look at the oc's with each and rethink what you put

[Franklinwallbrown]

Yeah, that is what I read in an article, but 2x2gb was comparable (according to the article). I don't think I would need more than 4gb. So, does that mean that the Crucial is better? What is the difference between Ballistix and Tracers?