Okay, my K8N Neo is stable @ 240 - 250+. Memory??

[anvil]

This is not a speculative question. My new system (K8N Neo/3000+ CG Newcastle) is fairly happy around 250 (2.5 ghz) with 1.5-1.6 vcore. I'll need a little more cooling than stock if I run at the high end much, since the no load to load range is 40C to 62C with the 1.6 vcore. I could get by on 512 meg, though 1 gig might be better.

Actually there are two questions:

1) for these speeds, what rating (brand?) should I be looking at, 3200, 3500, 3700 or 4000 to achieve 1:1 cpu to mem in this A64 board?

2) should I stick with one dimm to ensure I can achieve my goal?


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[faruquehabib]

well, as anyone will concur i think, ocz EB pc3700 is the best choice out there right now for A64 rigs.

[McDrokz]

I agree OCZ PC 3700 EB is the best choice for your board.
Since you got a newcastle I assume your CPU is still a Socket 754 CPU, In that case I would recommend 1 dimm rather than 2 dimms.
I've had more succes with 1 dimm on my MSI motherboard. 2 Dimm's mostly degrades the stability.

[anvil]

Thanks for the replies!

I have seen one remark that the OCZ 3700eb was stable to 260 - 262, which should do the trick.

Installing only one dimm had been my opinion also, but where does one find a single 512 meg stick of OCZ 3700eb?

It doesn't come in 1gig, I gather, but if that much is needed then the reference above, which was one individual's experience, as far as I know, claimed 2 sticks were also stable. If so the 512 meg would seem to be the way to go, if available.


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[Abel Wingnut]

The K8N Neo Platinum only supprts up to DDR 400, so you'll want to procure the OCZ3200 Enhanced Bandwidth instead of the OCZ3700.

[Xaggerate]

This has been very secretive...but you can find a single stick of 3500/3700EB @ SVC.COM :)