memory for 3700+

[Davegod]

playing around with what i can get for my budget and atm planning for a 3700+ san diago, but what ram? not really intending on massive overclocking, I expect I'd be pretty happy with say 220-230 fsb and decent timings with a relatively quiet cpu fan.

good example of what I'm deciding on is between:
1x1gb stick of ballistix PC4000 at 3-4-4-8 (plus is high fsb available, single slot)
2x512mb sticks of ballistix PC4000 at 3-4-4-8 (plus is high fsb available, dual channel)
2x512mb sticks of ballistix PC3200 at 2-2-2-6 (plus is good timings, dual channel)

Not fixed on Crucial ram, just the above is a good example I could check easily, plus over here (UK) crucial seem to have a smaller price hike than brands (compared to US prices).

Looking like I'll be getting a cheap Asus A8V via board as an interim solution, later to get with a Asus or Abit (possibly a DFI lanparty) board when i swap video to PCIe.

(I assume this is the right forum, since the main affecting factor is the cpu and it's with overclock in mind)

 

[GuitarDaddy]

If only overclocking to 220-230 get the PC3200, the PC4000 is rated at 250 and can go higher

 

[Chef Brian]

Agreed, PC3200 with good timings would be best. Instead of Crucial, I recommend OCZ EL Gold (it's BH5, $160 american ish before tax for a gig).
Anand got it to 255FSB and it has 2-2-2-5 timings so it's a good buy.

 

[Davegod]

those the ones at the top here?

 

[Hacp]

What mobo?

 

[Davegod]

Not sure if i'll go straight for PCIe and go for Abit or Asus nForce4, possibly the DFI lanparty. Not bothered about SLI.

Else might get a cheap Asus A8V via board as an interim solution, to go with my 9800pro.

 

[furballi]

Corsair Value Select and Kingston Value RAM should be able to hit 225 to 230MHz. About $80/gig. You can bump your FSB by about 5MHz to negate the effect of lower latency RAM.