Forum: The Classroom
Topic: Pricewatch and DDR
started by: Frosty
Posted by Frosty on Feb. 14 2001,01:27
This might belong in the geek forum, but more people read this. So Moo at you. I'm looking into buying the Asus A7M266 motherboard along with 128 meg of PC2100 ram and a 1ghz tbird with the 133mhz DDR FSB. (I hope that weeded out those of you who don't know what you're talking about.) The problem is is that most of the information on pricewatch is inaccurate. I've found ram for sale at good prices on sites that don't show up on pricewatch for memory, but do for something totally different. In addition, one of the information is very specific and I don't know if any of the processors i'm looking at are the AMD-761 or not. In short, does anyone know an alternative to pricewatch? Or even better, a company that has good prices on the new DDR stuff?<taps the knowledge base>
Thanks people.
Posted by DeadAnztac on Feb. 14 2001,01:34
ooh! good question, I'm looking for the same thing!
Posted by Blain on Feb. 14 2001,03:16
A good place to get a fairly accurate estimate on what you are probably going to end up paying is < http://www.sharkyextreme.com/ >
read the weekly memory prices
Posted by jim on Feb. 14 2001,11:40
Price Watch is actually a GREAT resource. Sometimes the prices posted at Pricewatch ONLY apply to phone orders that mention Pricewatch, so be aware of that.
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Posted by whiskey@throttle on Feb. 14 2001,14:41
I agree with Jim, though I usually use < www.pricematch.com > or < www.pricegrabber.com > for my comparison shopping needs.This message has been edited by whiskey@throttle on February 15, 2001 at 09:43 AM
Posted by Frosty on Feb. 15 2001,23:14
None of these places specify that x is DDR or the AMD-761. This stuff is just too new. :-(
Posted by damien_s_lucifer on Feb. 16 2001,00:46
AMD 761 is not a processor, it's a chipset. The A7M266 is based on it.<sidenote>
Via and SiS chipsets suck. Stay away from them at all cost.
</sidenote> You just need to make sure the CPU is rated for the 266MHz DDR(133Mhz signal rate) bus. Don't know what to tell you about obtaining DDR SDRAM, though...
Posted by Frosty on Feb. 16 2001,03:58
I know it's a chipset, I was referring to a processor based on the AMD-761 chipset...everything just says like, "Athlon Thunderbird 1ghz!!!!111" and that's it. I dunno.Also, is corsair a good memory brand?
Posted by askheaves on Feb. 16 2001,04:29
IIRC, although not likely, it is good, except expensive.I can't recommend enough getting memory from memoryman. < www.memoryman.com > I'm running the stuff, and the stuff seems to perform WAY beyond spec, and is much cheaper than comparable memory. I like it, and am happy. My PC133 is running at 158 (actually, I'm not smart enough to check if it's really running that fast, but it's pretty damn good. my board may be ratioing it down)
Posted by Frosty on Feb. 16 2001,15:58
askheaves, do they actually sell memory on the site anywhere? Whoever designed the layout of that place needs to be hit with a 2x4. And do they make DDR yet? If not I won't even bother trying to find it, but thanks for the tip.In other news, tccomputers.com has very overpriced and out of stock DDR stuff, and spartantech.com has some stuff but the lowest speed processor is a 1.1ghz, kicking the price up a little high. 軸 mark is a bit high.
Posted by damien_s_lucifer on Feb. 17 2001,01:20
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Originally posted by Frosty:
I know it's a chipset, I was referring to a processor based on the AMD-761 chipset
There is no such thing as a "processor based on the AMD 761 chipset." Motherboards are based on chipsets, not processors. Or to say it another way : The A7M266 is based on the AMD 761 chipset, i.e. if you look at the big, square chip that's near the CPU socket, you'll see "AMD 761" stamped on it. That explains why you aren't finding any Thunderbirds specced with "AMD 761" : they don't have those chips on them  The 1Ghz Athlon Thunderbird is based on the Thunderbird chip. What you need to find is a Thunderbird with a 266MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) and you're set. The 200MHz FSB will also work, but you'll take a small performance hit. If it saves you more than 贄 bucks, though, just get that and spend the money you saved on more memory. This message has been edited by damien_s_lucifer on February 17, 2001 at 08:22 PM
Posted by Frosty on Feb. 17 2001,02:38
Oh, okay. I ALMOST knew what i was talking about though. (Boooo!) Well, that accounts for about 1/3rd of my searching, but not many sites specify the FSB speed, which leads me to assume that it's just 200 since that's so much more common.
And i'm seriously considering just going with the 200mhz bus since it'll save me money there AND on the difference between PC1600 and PC2100 memory. Hmmmmmm.
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