One thing to keep in mind as the newer stuff rolls out...
I think it highly unlikely that DDR3 will ever reach the rockbottom price levels we now see with DDR2.
Current cheap RAM is the result of a perfect storm type scenario involving new fabs, overproduction and cheap shipping. We already know what happened to cheap shipping and, much like OPEC, the major producers have curtailed production to stabilize pricing.
Although DDR3 has come down in price from former eyebleed levels, I'm betting it will still be expensive for quite a while.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
Hey Nails how you been? I am seeing my Q6600 not being able to OC much anymore without restarts/trouble. I asked around and wise clocker suggested it may be the MoBo itself. Then the other day I lost my RAID out of no where 3 750's in raid 0 500 gigs of Movies music and pictures . This is adding to my fear of my mobo being troubled. I am thinking of going DDR3 but honestly I don't know much about it pros/cons? Glad to hear your board is going well tho
What firmware are you using ATM?
You still using the wolfdale? Speeds?
Well no Im not rich, but I do update my rig around every 6 months. It's kind of my hobby so I don'tmind spending a few bucks now and again.
I agree that I don't thing DDR3 will come down for at least a year maybe more. What do you think bro? Money isn't really the issue (to a degree) but if I go DDR3 do you think:
a) is it worth it? Pros/Cons
b) What board looks good to you $300 range??
c) What kind of performance increase are we talking about here?
Haven't really looked into it, TBH.
I did just read a roundup of DDR3 (here) and was somewhat disturbed to see that two of them wouldn't even run at their rated speeds.
Whether this was due to board or memory issues, I don't know but I'm planning on sitting out the first year of the transition.
My current setup works fine and I don't do anything that requires more horsepower. I need hard drives first and I'm still holding out for SSDs.
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
Really Solid state!? I didn't know but they're pricey as hell, even for me. Meh maybe I'll wait till the new CPU's and do the whole rig over.
I'd like to go for SSD too, but at the moment the options seem to be single-level cells for speed (and high price) or multi-level cells for size. I wonder what the wafer size is for the latest devices, how soon it will come down, or even if it is relevant.
What I really find worrying though is the (possibly-mis)quoted access time of 3.5ms. Although that sounds faster than conventional drives, you have to remember that for conventional drives the quoted delay is the average, and assumes a full drive with data allocated randomly. If you have a sparsely occupied drive or the opportunity to organise your data the access time could be reduced considerably on a conventional drive, so if those quoted figures are correct then the SSD drive could actually work out slower, particularly for the MLC devices.
I believe Samsung and M$ are in discussions on ways to improve performance by adjusting the block size, but if 3.5ms access time is a real figure then there's still some way to go before these drives can really expect to take off.
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I always thought SSD's were slower but more reliable. I thought that was their drawback along with the price of course.
Still guys I need a good recommendation for a really good mobo DDR2 now please, Thanks
Thats a nice board you got there, i'm stuck on my cheap Gigabyte DS3L. Wanna trade? lol
What CPU are you using?
If my Gigabyte (GA-P35-DS4) were to die I'd probably try a DFI of one sort or another.
Maybe this one...
"I am the one who knocks."- Heisenberg
y not ABT IP-35 pro ? Rock Solid and overclocks well ..
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