ASUS P5B-E - what memory?

[sirclive]

Hi there..

I'm hoping to build a new PC soon, but am also trying to keep the cost down a little..

I've decided on an Asus P5B-E board (or possibly its wireless bigger brother), with an E660 Core2.

What I'm finding puzzling is what memory to get. I've never really been one for "branded" memory, and I find the costs for Corsair etc quite scary when compared to Novatech's own brand.

I'm also wondering what type do I get - PC5300? PC6400? Am I likely to see any significant increase between the two? Assuming, of course, that the board supports PC6400?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... RAM-80/1GB (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?RAM-80/1GB) seems to be what I was hoping to go for - 2 of, so as to give a pair of 1Gb leaving me breathing room for future expansion..

I'm not particularly wanting to spark off a "xx make of RAM is better" argument, more hoping someone will say whether I'd be better going for the PC6400 stuff, as the price difference is fairly small.

Cheers,
Gerard

[Nox]

depends on a few things, such as if you are going to overclock, and by how much. Buying non-branded memory will also probably be fine for today, but in a few years you may find you are stuck with sticks that aren't compatible with the system you want to put them in (just happened with a shuttle I built) also a lot of branded now has a lifetime warranty, something else to consider.

i've just built 3 systems for friends, (in december) in each I put the £193 corsair 6400 stuff (2x1GB pack), its not bad, if you wanted a recommendation.

Nox