CPU/Mobo Upgrade path and old parts sale

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@Chaos,

To clarify: Performance wise, High FSB > lower timings ?

Also, x-bit labs stated thusly:

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The BIOS Setup of the ASUS P5W DH Deluxe offers limited control over secondary memory timings, which affects an attempt to overclock DDR2 SDRAM above 1GHz. In other words, not all modules are capable of revealing their full potential on this mainboard when overclocked to frequencies of 1.0 to 1.1GHz. Users of this mainboard recommend sticking to the automatically assigned values for the memory subsystem settings, but we couldn't follow that advice in our overclocking tests. The other mainboard, ASUS P5B Deluxe, offers much more memory-related settings in its BIOS Setup, but is overall less stable than the ASUS P5W DH Deluxe when you choose aggressive memory timings.

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I am going for >=1GHz modules with reasonably tight timings and most of the top OCs in OC databases use the p5w dh, all of which confuses me still more. More research needed, I think.

Is the p5wn32-e sli better than the intel chipsets? No one answered my earlier query so I'll ask again: which deal is better?

E6700 + P5W DH deluxe = 30K or

E6600 + P5N32-E SLI = 30K (approx)

It seems like I'll never buy anything anytime soon (where are you Mr.Bodka? :( ). With the recent price drops over at memory-configurator, I browsed through again and found these as good offers too. The problem is, I don't know which one will be better:

2Gb OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 CL5 EPP SLI-Ready (Micron D9GKX)

2Gb SLI-Ready DDR2 PC2-8500 (1066MHz) memory kit from OCZ. With cool black XTC heatspreaders, and designed especially for use in select NVIDIA nForce motherboards. Rated 5-5-5-15, 2.1V, 240 pins, lifetime warranty.



2Gb G.Skill DDR2 PC2-8000 HZ Series 4-4-4-5 Dual Channel kit (Micron D9GKX or Micron D9GCT)

G.Skills top-of-the-range DDR2 memory kit. 2Gb DDR2-1000 PC2-8000 kit rated 4-4-4-5 at 1000MHz. One of the first products to hit the 1GHz barrier. With black alu heatspreaders and lifetime warranty. It just does not get any better!

2Gb A-Data DDR2-1066 PC2-8500 Vitesta Extreme Dual Channel kit (Micron D9GMH)

2Gb DDR2-1066 from ADatas Vitesta Extreme Edition series. This kit is rated 5-5-5-15 at an amazing 1066MHz, and supports lower latencies (4-4-4-12) at 800MHz. 240-pins, 2.2V, non-ECC, red alu heatspreader.

2Gb CellShock DDR2 PC2-8000 1000MHz (4-4-4-12) Dual Channel kit (Micron D9GKX)

2Gb DDR2-1000 CL4 low latency kit from CellShock. PC2-8000 memory kit, two matched 1Gb modules with Micron 64Mx8 chips. 8-layer PCB, 2.2V. With CellShocks unique heatspreaders.

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And what's this sli-ready stuff mean? I what EPP is (a glorified SPD, right?) but what's ram got to do with sli? It's not "turbo-cache" kinda thing is it?
 
Get the cellshock. Nothing else is 100% guaranteed GKX. Gskill seems to have changed chips to GMH/GCT to reduce prices. P5W DH thrives on low latencies... if you wanna use a P5W, run the ram 1:1 at 3-3-3 timings instead of 4-4-4 at 4:5. You'll get better much bandwidth and latency figures. The cellshocks will do 800MHz 3-3-3 at 2.2V or thereabouts. No idea about gskill.
 
Change of upgrade path. I am going for a cheaper 6400/8000 ram and fitting in a 8800gtx :ohyeah:

Current plan's to get an 8800gtx off of mem-c (593 euros with a 5% discount from a friend) and a transcend/corsair locally. Anyone selling their high-end ram sticks around here? Ppl planning to go cellshock can take their chance now and dump their good ram on me :D
 
Sorry. Typo. It is 493 euros.

And it's a OCZ card. Supposed to have "hand picked" mem modules but reviews don't show that it has the best memory oc. BUt it's better than leadtek for oc.
 
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