PC2100 vs. PC2700 ram - which will be better for my new system?

[UberNeuman]

Well, I'm upgrading my system to a Pentium4 - it's a Northwood 2.0A with an Asus P4S533 SIS645/961 motherboard that I'm getting but I am really stuck on what memory to get to bring out the best performace for my new rig.

I've been looking at Mushkin memory and can't decide which will be the better match for the combo I mentioned above: here's the links to the memory:

512MB Hi Perf LEVEL 2 PC2100 RAM

or

512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
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I'm really stumped as to what to buy, as I thought PC2700 would be faster than PC2100... I'm not planning to overclock this system, but I am looking to get the better preforming ram that will allow me to get the most out of it...

Any insight or help is most welcome...

Thanks,
Uber

 

[JDJ]

PC 2700 should be the better way to go. I think Tom's hardware guide did some benchmarking on DDR with CAS 2/CL2 versus CAS 2.5 and CAS 3.Tom's Hardware

Anyway PC 2700 should get you closer to the FSB bandwidth that the P4 uses.

JDJ

 

[Shooters]

Get the PC2700.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: Shooters
Get the PC2700.

 

[dbwillis]

I have that exact stick in my P4S533+1.6a combo (the level 2 stick), it does 210mhz (DDR420) at 2.5-3-3-7-2t and 2-2-2-5-1t at 150mhz (DDR300)
Its very nice stuff!

 

[UberNeuman]

Thank you everyone. I'm going to go with the PC2700 and if the price drops after I buy it I'll blame you all for pushing me to buy it...

Peace,
Uber