I?m doing a upgrade (Motherboard, CPU, Memory) as my old Asus A8N-SLI has died.
I?ve decided to go with onboard graphics as I?m not a big gamer looking for SLI anymore and I want to have a much quieter machine. I?ve chosen the Asus M4A78T-E and the AMD Phenom II X4 810 purely on personal preferences and budget. I do a lot of video encoding and playback of 1080p with Media Center therefore I?ll be using my old components:
Windows XP Media Center Edition (32bit)
WinTV-HVR-2200 PCI-E Dual TV Tuner
PCI 56k Modem
Creative Aduigy 2 ZS 24bit Sound ? or Onboard I don?t know what?s best but that?s another topic.
Since I don?t know much about computer overclocking and CPU bus/memory matching my question is about DDR3 1333 memory. After searching plenty of review websites and forums I think I?ll go with OCZ or Corsair and not G.Skill, what do you think? Also I can?t get Mushkin or some of the others in DDR3 here in New Zealand.
I?ve read about Corsair voltage going above 2.0v is this why it?s only a 5yr warranty?
Quote from OCZ ?OCZ's hand-tested DDR3 solutions enable ardent enthusiasts to take advantage of the highly-anticipated Intel P35 platform? so is this no good for AMD Phenom then?
I have seen the OCZ OCZ3P1600LVAM4GK DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum AMD Edition mentioned in another topic here so is this the memory I should chasing? If so why because I can?t get it here yet in N.Z anyway and I don?t suppose Newegg.com would ship to me either?
Any help and suggestions welcome please.
Regards,
Simon.
Saying "For Intel I7" or "tested with AMD" is just a marketing strategy. It does not make any difference. All that matters are the capacity, the timing (7-7-7-20, etc) and the MHZ.
A 5-year warrantee is a lot; the memory will be sitting unused in your closet by then.
Corsair still has a better reputation, but lately OCZ has stepped up their game, and I think when I goto DDR3 it will be OCZ.
Don't cry about Muskin not being available; it has been low quality trash for a while.
If you plan to overclock, you are probably going to want a better mainboard; ASUS has terrible quality these days (your old asus burned out on you after all). Gigabyte and DFI are both great options.
