LSD,
after a lengthy discussion re i7 memory here:
EX58-UD5 and (possible) RAM problems
I gave some more thought to the matter, and realized the whole 'memory game' has changed; with the MCH, I always recommended fast memory not so much for throughput speed, but as a 'tool' to get your FSB above 1600, where DDR2-800 'runs out of steam' at the minimum 2.0 (1:1) multiplier; now, with the advent of the 15/17, and the 'IOH', it seems to boil down to one thing - latency; and, with all the speeds proliferating out there, comparing latencies, apples to apples, is high unto impossible. I posted this:
X58 memory comparisons
hoping for comment, and I thought to show it to you, as you're 'playing with' the new goodies daily! One problem:
The posted picture 'compressed', making the print iffy to try to read, and 'click to zoom' doesn't work on any of my browsers - I don't know if it works for anyone - if you can't read it, the original excel file (so far) is here:
Socket1366MemoryList.xlsx
I was hoping to see if anyone else could think of something I'm missing - any other criteria that would make it easier to compare i7 (and, if this works out, I will do one for socket 1156 stuff as well) RAM, with an eye toward value. I wanted to get other people's ideas now, as I have a list of about eighty-five parts, and I don't want to have to look 'em all up twice, or three times, as features get added...
I used NewEgg, as everyone (at least, in NA) has access to 'em, and I 'threw out' and part whose manufacturer didn't bother to provide any other timings than CAS (which nixed Kingston, PNY, and some Crucial and Patriot) as what kind of support can you hope for, if they don't even give the standard four-item latency list? It still leaves me with more than six dozen pieces!
Bill
after a lengthy discussion re i7 memory here:
EX58-UD5 and (possible) RAM problems
I gave some more thought to the matter, and realized the whole 'memory game' has changed; with the MCH, I always recommended fast memory not so much for throughput speed, but as a 'tool' to get your FSB above 1600, where DDR2-800 'runs out of steam' at the minimum 2.0 (1:1) multiplier; now, with the advent of the 15/17, and the 'IOH', it seems to boil down to one thing - latency; and, with all the speeds proliferating out there, comparing latencies, apples to apples, is high unto impossible. I posted this:
X58 memory comparisons
hoping for comment, and I thought to show it to you, as you're 'playing with' the new goodies daily! One problem:
The posted picture 'compressed', making the print iffy to try to read, and 'click to zoom' doesn't work on any of my browsers - I don't know if it works for anyone - if you can't read it, the original excel file (so far) is here:
Socket1366MemoryList.xlsx
I was hoping to see if anyone else could think of something I'm missing - any other criteria that would make it easier to compare i7 (and, if this works out, I will do one for socket 1156 stuff as well) RAM, with an eye toward value. I wanted to get other people's ideas now, as I have a list of about eighty-five parts, and I don't want to have to look 'em all up twice, or three times, as features get added...
I used NewEgg, as everyone (at least, in NA) has access to 'em, and I 'threw out' and part whose manufacturer didn't bother to provide any other timings than CAS (which nixed Kingston, PNY, and some Crucial and Patriot) as what kind of support can you hope for, if they don't even give the standard four-item latency list? It still leaves me with more than six dozen pieces!
Bill
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