Need some new RAM.

[leecho7]

Ok, I'm about to order some new ram for my system. I'm still running a pair of old school pc 2700s at 1 gig (2x512).
I was looking around and saw that there were pc 3500, pc 4000, pc 5000 and above.
I have an Asus A8n5x mobo, dunno if that makes a difference.
I was thinking of going 2 gigs of pc4000 and above, but am afraid of mobo compatibility. I should be able to run pc 4000 and above fine on my mobo if I adjust the timings or something right?
Or should I just stick with pc 3200?

[Rob Williams]

What CPU do you have again? I would personally buy a 2GB of PC4000. How much do you want to spend? There are many quality memory kits out there for good prices now.

Don't worry about CPU incompatibility.. just don't buy DDR2 ;)

[leecho7]

I have an AMD 3700 San Diego core. I'm looking to spend no more than $210 for a 2gig set. I'm looking at Newegg.com and I see a couple of sets for under 200, but I don't know if they're any good.

Oh yeah, and getting better ram for my system would definately allow me to overclock my cpu with more stable results right? Cause right now, if I overclock my cpu to 2.6gigs it freezes after like 30 minutes of gameplay. I'm guessing it's cause of the memory.

[Rob Williams]

Corsair 2GB PC4000PT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145596)
OCZ Gold 2GB PC4000 XTC (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227066)

Both are superb kits and you will do well with either. The Corsair one will likely overclock a wee bit better, but both are great.

[madmat]

You might also look into the G.Skill PC 4000 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231021)

[Rob Williams]

I agree with Matt, go with that. That one didn't come up in my search.