Finding CL4-4-4-12 memory

[tewald]

A couple of years ago, I bought parts from a gamer I know; he always has to have the latest and greatest, so I got the second-best that he was selling off. A friend and I build a system from the gamer's parts and others, and here's the info on the memory modules:

G.SKILL
F2-6400CL4S-1GBPK
DDRII 1GB PC2-6400
CL4-4-4-12 1.9V-2.0V

I have 4 of these, and thought I'd look into increasing memory. I went to the local Micro Center, and the salesman was honest enough to tell me that he could sell me more memory, but that it would not be as fast. That seems a bit counter-productive. I can't find anywhere on-line that sells larger modules with the same other stats, though. From the info at this site, if I'm reading it correctly, it looks like PC2-6400 is 800Mz, and the CL4 is unusually good CAS Latency for that speed. Is this correct? Can anyone suggest a source for me, or maybe good search criteria? BTW, I'm not into gaming, unless you count chess,which is my main addiction, so if this speed is just unneccesary, feel free to voice your opinion on that. The heaviest draw on my system is a lot of chess analysis via Fritz 11 and Rybka 3, although they seem to involve CPU more heavily than memory. Thanks.

I am running 64-Bit Windows 7 Home Premium, in case that comes into play.

Tom Ewald
Detroit Area

 

[treefrog07]

Newegg has a large numbers of DDR2 800MHz RAM with latencies of 4. You should be able to find something there. W7x64 can use as much RAM as your motherboard can support.

 

[tewald]

Thanks for your reply. I actually had Newegg up on a different tab. ;-) Because of the info here, I decided not to search on "CL4-4-4-12" as I had been doing, but just "Latency: 4", and found a bunch. I do appreciate your answer.

 

[treefrog07]

You're welcome, you'll pay a lot less than you would have a couple of years ago!