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helpd wit ram

Jul 15, 2005 9:31AM PDT

i hav a qs about ram latency
i plan on buyin a 1 gb dual channel ram from ocz...but there diff latency available... the mid priced on at 100$ had 2-3-3-6. is this good for my gamin comp which i planned on puttin the followin config

ABIT AN8-V Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego Integrated into Chip FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA4000BNBOX - Retail

XFX PVT70FUNDE Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card with Battlefield 2(overclocked at 490 mhz) - Retail

Pioneer Black IDE DVD Burner Model DVR-109 BK - OEM

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L160M0 160GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

OCZ Performance Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Copper Heatspreader Model OCZ4001024PFDC-K - Retail

ALSO TEL ME IF THIS CONFIG IS GOOD FOR MY GAMIN COMP TO LAST ANOTHER 2 YEARS

VISHNU.

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nothing is futureproof
Jul 15, 2005 10:30AM PDT

especially the gfx card since ati's new card has not been introduced yet.

as for the ram its good.

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omg you are crazy lol
Jul 15, 2005 11:02AM PDT

" ALSO TEL ME IF THIS CONFIG IS GOOD FOR MY GAMIN COMP TO LAST ANOTHER 2 YEARS"

um lets see, you have a 7800GTX while some of us still use 9200's for gaming. you have a VERY powerful cpu which WILL last you for years.

for your ram, that latency is fine. you CAN always change the timings in the bios.

konny

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thanx guys...but one more qs
Jul 15, 2005 3:28PM PDT

one more thing though...is the 5.1 channel sound SUPPROTED(integrated) by my mobogood enough or should i hav to spend some money to get the the audigy card( im currently over budget)
Vishnu

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RE:
Jul 15, 2005 3:39PM PDT

Audigy will take the load off the cpu, other than that, no other reason. Is it me or is cnet forums really laggy. It seems to take around the same time as dial-up used to take for me.
ROger

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(NT) (NT)agreed with damasta55r on the work off the cpu
Jul 16, 2005 1:41AM PDT
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Budget?
Jul 16, 2005 3:32PM PDT

7800GTX Budget?
BTW Nice Card, too bad if the R520 beats it.