Re: CAS 2 vs. CAS 3 speed differences in RAM with Athlon 64?

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From: ANT...
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:16

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Thanks to everyone who posted comments even if they were technical that
went over my head. It looks like I will be getting CAS 3 on Thursdya to
save money. :)


In alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64 ANT...@zimage.com wrote:
> Hello. 

> I am going to upgrade my old gaming box to an Athlon 64 system. I
> noticed the memory CAS speeds. Does CAS 2 (faster) and CAS 3 (slower) 
> make any big speed differences for 1 GB of PC3200 RAM on a Socket 754 
> ATX motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 3000+/2.0 Ghz to 3400+ 2.4 Ghz 
> (both with 512 KB socket and 754 CPU)? CAS 2 is expensive so... I am
> wondering if getting 3 is really worth the price. I am mainly gaming,
> watching movies, using the Internet, etc. Gaming is the big one to
> note.

> You can see my current Athlon XP 2200+ system at 
> http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt ... I will be
> replacing the motherboard (ASUS K8V SE Deluxe or a MSI K8T Neo F...), 
> CPU, RAM, and sound card (getting an Audigy 2).

> Thank you in advance. :)


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