STORY:I would like to upgrade my PC but to do so I need to be 100% sure that the things I would like to get are worth of my money.
My brief current specs:
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
OCZ Plat 2x512mb Rev2
I would like this to be the last upgrade for my PC until I will build a new one, in a few years or so
Lets get down to business
I would like to get 4600+ since it is REALLY cheap now and get a set of 2Gb kit for future and present games.
AMD X2 4600+
Which one of these should I get?
OCZ PC-4000 DDR500 Platinum XTC 2GB 3-3-3-8
OCZ 2Gb PC3200 Plat XTC 2-3-2-5
OCZ PC-4000 XTC 2GB(2X1024MB)
Now here is a thing, I would like to keep my 1Gb kit because I doubt I will be able sell to for a good price. Also, my motherboard manual says it is better to have the SAME cas latency and the SAME vendor. And it is betetr to have the RAM even on both sides(a1+a2=b1+b2).
I am leaning more to 2-3-2-5 kit because its PC3200, nearly the same timings as one I have and it should overclock quite nicely together.(?)
Please give me some feedback and your reasoning.
Thanks in advance
My brief current specs:
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
OCZ Plat 2x512mb Rev2
I would like this to be the last upgrade for my PC until I will build a new one, in a few years or so
Lets get down to business
I would like to get 4600+ since it is REALLY cheap now and get a set of 2Gb kit for future and present games.
AMD X2 4600+
Which one of these should I get?
OCZ PC-4000 DDR500 Platinum XTC 2GB 3-3-3-8
OCZ 2Gb PC3200 Plat XTC 2-3-2-5
OCZ PC-4000 XTC 2GB(2X1024MB)
Now here is a thing, I would like to keep my 1Gb kit because I doubt I will be able sell to for a good price. Also, my motherboard manual says it is better to have the SAME cas latency and the SAME vendor. And it is betetr to have the RAM even on both sides(a1+a2=b1+b2).
I am leaning more to 2-3-2-5 kit because its PC3200, nearly the same timings as one I have and it should overclock quite nicely together.(?)
Please give me some feedback and your reasoning.
Thanks in advance