Deciding on Memory for new PC...Need help.
 

Hey cats and kittens,

I'm building a new PC and I need some logistical help. My new mobo will only have 2 DIMM slots. It supports ddr200 / ddr 266 and ddr 333. Here is the delema. This is the board I'm buying MSI - MS-6580 - 845GE MAX-L Socket 478 ATX Motherboard with Integrated Audio/Video and LAN Ports It's way sweet. Now if I go PC2100 I can go up to 2GB of RAM, but if I go PC2700 I can utilize FSB533 @ 1GB of RAM. Which would U choose?

do you see yourself ever using that ram?

Personally I'd go for 2Gigs but I'm a crazy multitasker and push my machine to it's limits.

So AZ, what do you do with your computer?

I play High Graphic MMORPGs and I'm getting into making VCDs and DVDs hopefully soon.

But I play more games than cut video.

-Azh

If you cut video WHILE playing games (yes, I'm sick) then 2 gigs. But since your gaming, you will most likely upgrade your hardware before you need that extra gig at one time.

And the extra little bit of speed wouldn't hurt.

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I'm with juan on this one. SPEED

PC2700 @ 1G

if you overclock (msi boards oc well) Geil PC3700 dimms give you a lot of overhead

Definitely get the PC2700. It's much faster than PC2100, and on some applications, over 1.5 GB of RAM will slow it down. 1 GB of PC2700 is perfect!

-Lasereth

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Use the 2700, you won't need 2GB RAM