memory?

[basebalplyr]

I have this :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144309
which should i get anotehr one of the top or the bottom? does it matter? can i get another brand?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144305

 

[TRDCorolla1]

Make sure they are exactly the same to avoid incompatiblity. The timings are different in those RAMs you got up there even though they are from the same manufacturer and same size. One is a dual channel kit meaning it comes with 2 memory sticks for dual configuration and the other one is just a single stick. You have the dual one?

 

[basebalplyr]

yes...i was told to go with the dual...person said it would be better...was i told wrong?

 

[TRDCorolla1]

what kind of motherboard do you have? Does it support dual channel memory support? If it does, always go dual channel for better performance.

 

[basebalplyr]

yeah it is....http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813152049...so i should go with the dual again?

 

[TRDCorolla1]

That link gave me an error so I couldn't see it. If it does support dual channel DDR SDRAM, yes, absolutely get it. If that Geil one is the one you want, then it's ok to have.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16820144309

That's the first link you had up there.

 

[basebalplyr]

yeah, my bad i edited it. ok, thanks i think i'll go with that then.

 

[TRDCorolla1]

Yup I can see it now. nForce 4 chipset dual channel support.

 

[basebalplyr]

another thing...i know it's off topic, but i thought i'd give it a go since i have your attension... a friend knows a lot about computers. sasy he'll overclock mine if my cooling is good enough. what should my amd 3000 athlon (not much i know) be at? idle it's about 27c...and running call of duty, it's like 32c

 

[TRDCorolla1]

Temperature wise? I'm sure it will run hotter, but not that hot depending how much he OC it.

Overclocking the Athlon 64 3000+ to 2.2GHz can improve the performance by another 7-8%. It is not only higher CPU clock frequency that contributes to the performance improvement here, but also faster memory, higher working frequencies of HyperTransport and PCI-e buses.