Memory Brand Recommendations

Hey all,

I'm currently putting together a new system and have selected the ASUS
PS4800D-E DELUXE MB for my system.

The board can hold up to 4GB of memory and I'd like to start with 1GB of
RAM initially since that is what I currently have in my old system and
then slowly build my way up to 4 GB.

I've always used Crucial memory and the prices for a 1GB piece of
Crucial are out of my league.

Does anyone have any recommendations for comparable quality RAM?

ASUS lists compatible RAM and manufacturers on their site (bottom of
page):

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4s800d-e-d/overview.HTM

but since all I've used it Crucial (Micron), I'm clueless as to the
quality of the others.

This box will be initially be used to render video from one format to
another, (un)compress lossless audio, and d/l 100-125GB of data a month.
I will then use it as a file server for storing and serving the
aforementioned data.

Thanks for any guidance or direction.

If you want "quality" go with corsair xms series or mushkins

Same Guy wrote:
 > Hey all,
 >
 > I'm currently putting together a new system and have selected the ASUS
 > PS4800D-E DELUXE MB for my system.
 >
 > The board can hold up to 4GB of memory and I'd like to start with 1GB of
 > RAM initially since that is what I currently have in my old system and
 > then slowly build my way up to 4 GB.
 >
 > I've always used Crucial memory and the prices for a 1GB piece of
 > Crucial are out of my league.
 >
 > Does anyone have any recommendations for comparable quality RAM?
 >
 > ASUS lists compatible RAM and manufacturers on their site (bottom of
 > page):
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4s800d-e-d/overview.HTM</font" target="_blank">http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4s800d-e-d/overview.HTM</font</a>>
 >
 > but since all I've used it Crucial (Micron), I'm clueless as to the
 > quality of the others.
 >
 > This box will be initially be used to render video from one format to
 > another, (un)compress lossless audio, and d/l 100-125GB of data a month.
 > I will then use it as a file server for storing and serving the
 > aforementioned data.
 >
 > Thanks for any guidance or direction.

 >
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