New ram purchase help!

[killas1moBrandt]

I have a gigabyte GA-7VAXP mobo and I have kingston pc2700 ram (2 sticks of 256mb)<BR><BR>looking to upgrade to new ram and was wondering what brand, speed, and amount I should get <BR><BR>im thinking kingston's hyperX pc 3200??<BR><BR>let me know what you think<BR>Thanks!!

[GNXtreme]

can your board handle all of that memory bandwidth?&nbsp; seems to me it might be a little overkill.

[TranceJunkieXL]

Pimpin' Joe seems to be fond of his Kingston HyperX. I always hear good things about CorsairLL series. I purchased a PC3500 512MB GEIL Dual Channel Kit(saw it the other day on sale for $105USD) and haven't had any problems with it. I am not sure, though, what is limiting my FSB to 209 on that board. Might be the RAM and it might not. GNX is right though, Gigabyte mobos are not good overclockers, and you would probably just be wasting your money on PC3200.

[killas1moBrandt]

well im going to be getting a new mobo soon as i asked about before (the a7n8x or the abit n7f)<BR><BR><BR>i dont know what im going to get yet (still saving....almost there bout 100 more bucks)!!

[BAM!]

this might be a little off topic and overkill for killa's current gigabyte. but the newest GEIL GOLDEN DRAGON is looking very good. it looks so tempting!!!! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" border="0"> i was shocked when i read the news on this ram. the industry's first memory chip that's directly mounted onto the PCB rather than using fin insersion. just see it for yourself!!>. looks very promising. i can't wait to see the reviews and benchmarks on this thing. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" border="0"> <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" border="0"> <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" border="0"> <BR><BR><a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.geilusa.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=23">Golden Dragon</a>

[BAM!]

and killa!.. i would strongly recommand the A7N8X dx rev 2.0. it is by far themost stable Nforce2 mobos out there which also overclocks VERY well. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> the abit is also awsome. tho i've heard some people having BIOS crash with it. i've never came across one myself thus i can't speak for it. you really can't go wrong with either one man <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.

[PCgeek]

That RAM looks awesome (Damn im in need of cash) <BR>The only nforce2 mobo i've used is my beloved EPOX EP-8RDA and its been very stable and a pretty good overclocker (Even with my cheap-a$$ ram)

[TranceJunkieXL]

Damn, that RAM looks awesome. Has it reached the open market yet?<BR>They still haven't matched CorsairLLs 2-6-2-2 latencies yet.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"><BR>They have an LED on that thing? <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif" border="0">

[neverfastenuf]

I am running the corsair xms 3200LL at 2-2-2-7 at 2.8 volts and currently running smooth at 211 fsb. Excellent ram, just hope I don't fry it at 2.8 volts

[GNXtreme]

yeah you just need another excuse to buy that new ram, don't ya!!!

[TranceJunkieXL]

Welcome to pcstats neverfastenuf.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> Nice OC on that 2600+. Those timings aren't bad either. 2.8v shouldn't fry your RAM.<BR>That's a nice set-up you have there. Have you modded the NF7-S (replaced the chipset cooler, etc)?