As for ram go for Mhz or MBs ??

What's your chipset / mobo / processor ?
That will determine what ram is best...

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I'd go with 512 of 333. If you have a newer AMP CPU the FSB will be @ 333 and it will run in sync with the RAM which is what you want. To answer the other question: 512@266mhz would be quite a bit faster than 256@333mhz. The higher RAM speed is nice, but the difference isn't dramatic like people make it out to be. The jump from 256 to 512 will be help you out quite a bit, but from 512 to a gig will only get you about a 3 to 8 percent increase, and that's only with certain apps.

Thats
MSI K7N2-L
with 2000+ T-Bred
surely i'll overclock (slightly though)
will 2000+'s FSB sync with the DDR333 ram , i'm not very clear of the idea "sync", so...

Yo A,

Get the 2 sticks. You are using a "Dual Channel DDR" mobo.....even though most people are saying that they are not seeing much improvement running 2 sticks of Ram over 1 big stick. Also with the nForce2 mobos, most benchmarks show the best performance at running the DDR in-sync with the cpu bus........ all the Athlon XP's 2400+ & slower are 133 mhz(this will "sync" with DDR 266/PC2100) cpu bus processors, most XP 2500+ are 166 mhz(this will sync with DDR 333/PC2700) cpu bus processors. There is not that much performance gained by running your DDR faster than you cpu bus, in anything other than memory benchmarks.

My advice: get 2 sticks of good quality PC2700/DDR 333, & run it at the most aggressive 133/266 mhz memory settings that your mobo bios will allow, do not adjust the DDR voltage higher than stock(when OC'ing do not go higher than 2.7 volts). When you OC, work on your FSB, keeping your CPU & DDR in-sync..........until your sanity tells you your cpu is running too hot.

Peace Out...................tg

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Yo A,

Your cpu will be at 133 mhz & your DDR 333 will be "under-clocked" to run at 133 mhz(because it is "DDR" it will run at 2X 133mhz).............your FSB will be only 133/266 mhz not 166/333 mhz. I advised you to get PC2700/DDR333, because it would be easier to get a pair of quality DDR333 sticks that could run CAS 2.0 @133 mhz over getting a pair of quality DDR266 sticks that could run CAS 2.0 @133 mhz. Also there is not much in price difference between PC2100 over PC2700. About DDR400........ with no set standard, who knows for sure if paying the extra cash is worth it. Hope that helps, again, if you want both the Ram & CPU to run at 166/333 mhz, think about very good cooling solutions like water cooling. My suggestion, is to go the other route, & under clock your DDR to 133/266, until you can get a 166/333 mhz CPU.

Peace Out................tg



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