RAM suggestions for A64 3000+ / ECS nForce3-A Combo

[electricJ]

Looking for both size and brand recommendations for this combo. Not really planning to play games on it, just to be used as a day-to-day machine for light Photoshop, browsing, and light encoding work. I would also like to try overclocking as I've been reading a lot of people are able to get about 2.4-2.5 GHz out of this combo (250 FSB). Any suggestions? Looking for the best bang for the buck for overclocking this level of system without going overboard.

 

[Mavrick007]

I would go with either a 1Gig (2x512meg) or 2Gig (2x1Gig) set from either OCZ, Patriot or Corsair. Ram is important for Photoshop, but it really depends on how much you use Photoshop (if you don't do alot of Photoshop work, then stick with the 1Gig and better timings for overclocking).

I would say get PC3200 with 2-3-2-5-1T to have tight timings or PC4000 with 3-3-3-8 with looser timings, but you will have a higher ram ratio. It does not matter as much when overclocking an A64 chip because ram can run asynchronously and not be impacted by performance like older architecture, so you can run a memory divider when you overclock (the ram speed can be different from the cpu fsb with a divider) so the PC3200 ram should be just as good.