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[Peter797]

Get the ram for $109. Best deal, and performance difference will be invisible.

[Bman.]

You think?   It is a 33% increase in cost to go with the CAS 7...  

I am coming from DDR2-800 so it's all going to be fast to me.

[Peter797]

My personal opinion. Is just to go with the $109 ones. Wait for maybe Toby or b0gey for the second opinion

[Bman.]

Well, what are they waiting for?  Don't they know I am sitting here with my hand on the trigger?  

Haha.

Of course there is also this option - by two kits and have 8 gigs.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231430

By general principal is there anything gained by doing 2x4GB versus 4x2GB?

[_BD6_]

Bman., on Jan 14 2011, 02:23 PM, said:

Well, what are they waiting for?  Don't they know I am sitting here with my hand on the trigger?  

Haha.

Of course there is also this option - by two kits and have 8 gigs.

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231430

By general principal is there anything gained by doing 2x4GB versus 4x2GB?

It is cheaper buying 2x 2x2GB for 8GB, however you run the risk of each 2x2gb kit being slightly different in performance/stability from each other (DEFINITELY not a big deal at all, just advising you... I would get 2x 2x2GB kits )

I would say memory frequency is more important than latency in this case when you have the choice between 7 or 8.. I am currently running my 6gb kit at 9-9-9-24 which is the motherboard's defaults (my RAM is rated at 8-8-8-24) to rule out any instability related to RAM while overclocking.. and there is certainly no difference to be noticed especially in FSX.

That being said, if your budget allows for it I would get the lowest possible latency, but don't beat yourself up if you decide to get CAS8 instead.

Edited by b0gey_dead_six, 14 January 2011 - 02:40 PM.

[Tree Trimmer]

Ben

You are going to drive yourself ….NUTS. Just go for what you want and be done with it. By the time you get your order in I'll have my New Machine up and running. The case came in about 1 hour ago and I have an outside chance of the other parts coming on Saturday. Not a good one but it may happen.

Tree Trimmer

[_BD6_]

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231303 - get  2 of those and be happy..

edit: posted wrong set in the first link, now correct link for 2x2GB of g.skill ripjkaws 7-8-7-24

Edited by b0gey_dead_six, 14 January 2011 - 02:57 PM.

[Bman.]

You guys are all a bunch of jackalopes.

Deed = Done.  Bring it.

Talked myself in to everything whether or not I needed it.

[_BD6_]

Bman., on Jan 14 2011, 03:33 PM, said:

You guys are all a bunch of jackalopes.

Deed = Done.  Bring it.

Talked myself in to everything whether or not I needed it.

you're going to love it.

[Robin.]

You sure are. I seemed to have missed some parts of the thread. What graphics card have you ordered? I can't see it on the list above.

EDIT: Just realised the GTX 460 was being carried on. Any thoughts of upgrades on that? I would've thought it would really struggle with 3 monitors on its own

Edited by Robin., 14 January 2011 - 03:57 PM.

[Bman.]

I won't upgrade the 460 GTX for now.  Maybe after all of this pile is paid down.
It should handle fine.  

Matrox seems to handle the resolution fine.  FWIW - I get way better FPS running the matrox with x3 lcd versus x2 lcd from the GPU output.

...besides out of general principal I can't.  it's only 4 weeks old.  

[Robin.]

Bman., on Jan 14 2011, 11:00 PM, said:

I won't upgrade the 460 GTX for now.  Maybe after all of this pile is paid down.
It should handle fine.  

Matrox seems to handle the resolution fine.  FWIW - I get way better FPS running the matrox with x3 lcd versus x2 lcd from the GPU output.

...besides out of general principal I can't.  it's only 4 weeks old.  

Ah fair enough. I guess it all depends on whether you'll play any game other than FSX. In any case it can't be hard to add another 460 - assuming the P8P67 Pro supports SLI (I seem to recall it does, albeit at 16x/4x)

[Tree Trimmer]

The only difference between our machines are the screens … I have (3) 22 Acre, (2) SSDs and I picked up the Full Tower HAF 932 Black Edition case. We are going to rock our socks off.   I'm going to pull the case out of the box and see if I have to cut anything to hide the 2 loop cooling system. Heck I can put another 2 or more SSDs in one HD bay so I have all the room I could ever need.

I have to start working on an Insanity Plea for when the other half sees it. Then again she never notices anything I add but the New Case may give it away.   OH WELL only time will tell but it doesn't hurt to get ready.

I do have to be NUTS to replace a machine running at 3.67 GHz QX9650 Extreme with a NVIDIA 480 Hydro in it. OH Well we will see.

What do you think Ben ……. By the end of next week?????

While I'm thinking about it I have to Thank You Again Ben for putting me onto the Electric Smoking. I saved almost all of the money for this machine by not smoking almost 3 packs a day at $7.50 +/- a pack.