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Brianna · Jul 01, 2008, 04:17 AM // 04:17

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Originally Posted by fenix

Ok, so, would this all be compatible;

Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45 DS3
CPU: E8400
Graphics: 9600GT or 8800GT
Case: Cooler Master Elite RC-330 (no PSU)
RAM: 2G A-DATA 800Mhz or whatever is better

Total cost;

594
OR
660

Well I think that the Gigabyte uses DDR2 1200 if I am not mistaken.. not sure, tried reading up on it a bit, but that means you will need to buy the RAM that it says it takes, unless it can use lesser and be fine, but I couldn't find any specifics on the board.

That would be a nice system though yes.

fenix · Jul 01, 2008, 04:55 AM // 04:55

Found this in the specs for that motherboard;

Support for DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 MHz memory modules

Brianna · Jul 01, 2008, 05:32 AM // 05:32

Alright good, well then that seems to be a solid system to me.

fenix · Jul 08, 2008, 05:03 AM // 05:03

So I'm gonna be buying all this stuff in 2 days, just had one question;

The Kingston RAM I'm gonna get has 5-5-5-15 in the name, what is it?

Brianna · Jul 08, 2008, 05:16 AM // 05:16

Those are the timings, my old kingston ran at 5-5-5-15, but I was going to try to set it to 4-4-4-12, or some other timings, I forget.

Your motherboard will auto detect the timings and voltages, but with my Kingston they recommended changing the timings and bumping the voltages up for better performance. It depends, all depends. It's nothing to worry about though.

Tamuril elansar · Jul 08, 2008, 10:08 AM // 10:08

i got the gigabyte ep45 DS3, ddr2 800mhz works very fine with it, sometimes you'll need to update the bios though, old version of the bios can give trouble with some DDR2 modules.