Ram to buy for future Duron system....

[Caitiff]

Since prices are so freakin' low, I want to buy some pc133 ram now. There is a huge disparity between the 'budget' ram and the high end stuff in price. I know the overclockability of ram is important on an Intel system, but since you don't really use the FSB to O/C AMD stuff, can't you get good performance out of cheaper ram?? I know you can get a good boost outta cas2, but is there any incompatibility w/ 'lower grade' pc133? I'm trying to keep the cost down on this system, so this is important to me....

 

[dew042]

Buy namebrand RAM. You will thank yourself later.

It will make sure there are no compatibility probelms. I have tried buying the cheap stuff for AMD. It didn't work...

Athlons and Durons can be quite picky. If you find some cheap SDRAM that works on your board go for it, otherwise play it safe...

 

[Mem]

Buy high quality like Crucial(from Crucial.com) & you can choose between Cas2 & Cas3,knowing whichever way you go it will be excellent.

 

[Howard]

Picky? I have some generic stuff in my Duron 600 and K7T Pro... Works fine. I'd say PC100 is fine, just don't buy from a bad reseller.

 

[AmdEmAll]

Just get some Kingston value ram or something.