Need advice on a new system

onalamwar · 02-19-2002, 11:43 PM

Hi all,

I'm planning on getting a new system. For the CPU, I'm looking at the Athlon 1800XP and for the motherboard, I'm considering the Abit KR7A-RAID.

I need some advice on the type of memory to buy. I'd like to get Crucial but am not sure of the differences out there: Unbuffered, nonparity, Unbuffered ECC, or Registered ECC?

Thanks!

OC · 02-19-2002, 11:47 PM

Unbuffered, nonparity will do ya fine.

-OC

MazaNaza · 02-20-2002, 08:50 AM

If you're not in a terrible hurry, you might want to consider holding off for a month or so. The new .13 micron Athlon XP should be out soon as well as VIA's KT333 chipset. At the very least, even if you don't need those parts, they'll drive the price down on the "older" .18 Athlons and KT266A mobos.

Hiro · 02-20-2002, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by onalamwar
...I'm looking at the Athlon 1800XP and for the motherboard, I'm considering the Abit KR7A-RAID.

I am running an Athlon 1.4 GHz Thunderbird in that same board.

This is the memory I am using : Corsair Memory

Strong memory, stable in overclocking, and overall great stuff.

I am running two sticks currently throwing me at 512. God I need my Tax Return so I can go to 1Gig.

onalamwar · 02-20-2002, 11:56 AM

Thanks for the info guys!

02-19-2002, 11:43 PM	#1
onalamwar Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Irvine, CA USA Posts: 358	Need advice on a new system Hi all, I'm planning on getting a new system. For the CPU, I'm looking at the Athlon 1800XP and for the motherboard, I'm considering the Abit KR7A-RAID. I need some advice on the type of memory to buy. I'd like to get Crucial but am not sure of the differences out there: Unbuffered, nonparity, Unbuffered ECC, or Registered ECC? Thanks!

02-19-2002, 11:47 PM	#2
OC the admiral formerly known as overclocked Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Outside the mainstream Posts: 5,922	Unbuffered, nonparity will do ya fine. -OC __________________ But what is adulthood except a delayed end-run around our parents' better judgment? -- Peter Egan cough

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02-20-2002, 08:50 AM	#3
MazaNaza Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 72	If you're not in a terrible hurry, you might want to consider holding off for a month or so. The new .13 micron Athlon XP should be out soon as well as VIA's KT333 chipset. At the very least, even if you don't need those parts, they'll drive the price down on the "older" .18 Athlons and KT266A mobos.

02-20-2002, 11:56 AM	#5
onalamwar Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Irvine, CA USA Posts: 358	Thanks for the info guys!

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