Post your A-DATA Links (for purchase) here.

[Lonely Raven]

I'm looking around for shops that ship to the US, and I'm
considering purchasing directly from A-DATA. Can anyone that
knows of memory shops that carry A-DATA please post their
links here so we can all consider them?

Also, if there is enough interest, I might just purchase the
6 minimum from A-Data direct (if I can find the link), and sell
the ones I don't use. Shouldn't be too hard to sell, but I'm
just kinda feeling out the market to see if you guys would
be interested. I don't mind putting the money up at all. I think
I could afford six sticks this week!

[TechTones]

Hold your horses. I may have a great US vendor for you this week
or in a couple days. I WILL keep you all informed. As soon as I know, you will know cause I want some too. I'll be in contact with the gentlemen today.

[Krowa 02]

WOOOT!

[Lonely Raven]

Great thanx!

But just in case, if anyone has any links, post them here so we
have backup information.

[Steven4563]

www.overclockers.co.uk
www.microdirect.co.uk (major brand ) is the Adata i got some myself
www.cpucity.co.uk

but i dont know if any ship to the US

[IFZ24]

I ordered mine from overclockers.co.uk.... about $175US shipped for 2x256. US was listed on the ship to page so there was no fussing around.

[Lonely Raven]

Yeah, that's the one that was recommended to me, but I bet
there are better prices out there.

[krag]

Waaaaahoooooooo!!

Got this from overclockers.co.uk today!

"Your Order has been packed, and is currently awaiting shipment in our warehouse.

Your Consignment number (for despatch tracking) is ********* and was shipped by Royal Mail International Delivery."

My 1 gig of A-data pc4000 is comin' home to kraggy!! Heh!:attn:

[Zaynee]

how much did it cost krag? :)

[OcLinNoob]

anyone know a us seller yet?

[krag]

Originally posted by Zaynee
how much did it cost krag? :)

$363 USD that beats:

$380 Corsair pc4000 (not by much)
$465 OCZ Gold pc4000 (by a whole lot)

and....this mem is supposed to beat them all in high fsb.

[Lonely Raven]

Keep us informed krag, we are all watching you!! LOL

Yeah, it sure sounds like a good price. I just hope it works out
at least half as well for you as it does for those Crazy Japanese
and their Mad Mods!!

[SemiCycle]

I've been watching you guys talk about this memory for a couple days now and I'm getting excited myself. Can you point me to a couple english reviews of the stuff?

[cherryp00t]

ouch 360 bucks for ram ;x hehe

[Speed_Mechanic2]

There's a good review of the stuff over at Overclockers Australia (http://www.overclockers.com.au/) .

The ADATA PC4000 Review (http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=194595) involves testing of 12 256MB modules. 4/12 (33%) were able to reach 277MHz (DDR555) and remain stable enough to pass all runnings of Memtest-86. 10/12 modules (83%) were able to reach above 270MHz (DDR540) and remain as stable as can be. Timings for the overclocks was a strange 3-4-4-5 (performance might have been better at 3-4-4-8).

The main things ADATA has going for it (with it's DDR500) is proven high-overclocking performance (DDR600 when water-cooled to extreme) and it's low price when compared to less-proven Corsair/Kingston. The main thing going against ADATA is the inaccessibility to those in the US.

As of now, the cost to purchase 512MB (2x256MB) ADATA DDR500 (shipped to the US) is $172.87 (108.80 GBP). This is $18 more then 2x256MB of GeIL Ultra-Platinum DDR500. It is also $16 less then Kingston/Corsair DDR500. Shipping across the Atlantic Ocean adds $14.14 (8.90 GBP) to the price ($158.59 - $99.80 GBP) of 2x256MB ADATA DDR500. (Prices were from Overclockers.Co.Uk or NewEgg.Com)

[SemiCycle]

Thanks for the link Speed_Mechanic2.

[OcLinNoob]

just order some pc4000 rite now from them (2X256) Came out to be 108 or sumtin thats about 172USD i guess. Anyone ever order from overseas b4? how long does shipping take?

[Speed_Mechanic2]

More about the price of ADATA DDR500. (for those who don't wish to search)

In Japan, the stuff (ADATA 256MB DDR500) is selling for around 7,800 Yen, with low prices of 7,777 Yen ($65.57). It might be available for cheaper, but I couldn't find it.

In China, however, ADATA 256MB DDR500 is selling slightly cheaper. I've heard of prices quoted at 530 Yuan ($64). But the lowest sales site I saw was 560 Yuan ($67.66).

This is compared with English prices of 59.90 Pounds ($79.21). I havn't found a good deal from an Aussie site, but I'm sure one is out there.

These are all without shipping, but what you generally see is that the stuff is quite cheap. Selling in the high $60's in Asia, if you have the opportunity to have the memory shipped from Japan for around 7,800 Yen ($65.75) plus shipping, you have a great buy. Around $140-$150 for 2x256MB (512MB) of good-quality proven PC4000.

This stuff runs best at higher voltage then most Abit mobo's can handle though. Stock (reported someplaces) of 2.85Volts.

[TechTones]

I promised you the link and here it is:

US vendor

http://hardwaregods.net/adata_500.html

[Lonely Raven]

Hehe, Hardware Gods. Rockin!

Thanx again TechTones. I'm checking it out now!

[Lonely Raven]

Um, ouch!

I think I'd rather order it from a UK site, get it sooner then
their expected date, and pay almost half of what they are
asking for it.

Um, yeah.

[Speed_Mechanic2]

$127.50 a pop for 256MB, that's kinda high. Corsair and Kingston DDR500 are selling for $190 for 2x256MB ($95 each). and part of the whole run for ADATA is for their low price.

Buying from Overclockers.Co.Uk, and paying $172 for 2x256MB shipped across seas seems more feasible. Hopefully this Hardwaregoods.net will bring their price down, or someone on these boards will buy some direct from ADATA.COM.TW and sell some.

[TechTones]

Ok those prices were WRONG!

I wrote the guy and his partner put them up too soon. They are wrong!

Check again

[TechTones]

The stuff is now $91 for 256 and $169 for 512.

Those prices kick major ass man!

[OcLinNoob]

hey can u give me the links for the asian sites? I just ordered some from the uk sellers and the total is $172. Hoping i can get cheaper from the other sites

[Lonely Raven]

That's closer to realistic. Still high, but the dudes have to
make some money on them.

I'm still going to look into buying a batch of them myself and
selling the extras in the forums.

[OcLinNoob]

whats the minimum if u buy direct from them?

[TechTones]

Yes he needs to feed his family. Don't forget about overhead, import and shipping fees, customs. I once ordered overseas and the package got lost. They all gave me a run around cause I'm in the US.

I'll never order outside of the country again unless it's just too good to pass up.

[OcLinNoob]

man that is wack i don't know what to do now. Guess have to wait for a us seller and just cancel my order from them

[TechTones]

You can buy only ONE stick if you want my friend :mad:

[TechTones]

I'll tell you one thing, if you want it get your order in. Once word gets around tomorrow and the rest of the week and you'll be waiting even longer then you planned.....

[Lonely Raven]

Bumparoonie

I've contacted all the Aussies that were mentioned or wrote
that ADATA review that we all (hopefully) read. They don't
have any sources for ADATA memory. They didn't even know
that you could get it in the UK. (They probably didn't care).

I got my phat paycheck this morning from all the overtime I've
been doing, so I'm going to call ADATA USA office this afternoon
and see if I can purchase directly.

If I wind up buying the minimum of 6 sticks, I will post here
when I get them to give you all a heads up that I'm selling the
spares in the Classifieds here.

[krag]

Originally posted by Lonely Raven
Bumparoonie

I've contacted all the Aussies that were mentioned or wrote
that ADATA review that we all (hopefully) read. They don't
have any sources for ADATA memory. They didn't even know
that you could get it in the UK. (They probably didn't care).

I got my phat paycheck this morning from all the overtime I've
been doing, so I'm going to call ADATA USA office this afternoon
and see if I can purchase directly.

If I wind up buying the minimum of 6 sticks, I will post here
when I get them to give you all a heads up that I'm selling the
spares in the Classifieds here.

Man! Raven's a true brother!! He's gonna hook up some bros!!:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[flapperhead]

http://komusa.com/pc4000ddr.html

[Speed_Mechanic2]

Komusa has horrible product support, and deceptive sales practices.

[OcLinNoob]

kinda pricecy to... Save ur self about 7 bucks at harewaregods

[flapperhead]

emailed em, they said the pc4000 is adata. as for their business practices they rate about 7.5 at resellers rating. If u had to have it immediately maybe theyd do in a pinch

[Dracula]

I got great result w A-DATA DDR500! I got DDR 600 :)

http://www.oc-zone.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=conteudoing&id=17

http://www.oc-zone.com/files/reviews/A-Data_PC4000/hexus_pifast_300_spd.JPG

[Hughhefner]

Great find , thanks for the link to hardware gods, just preordered a 512 stick and can't wait to try it out

THanks a million tech tones

[Lonely Raven]

Hey Hefner, you might be wasting your money on one 512MB
stick!!

Because nForce2 boards need low latency and most nForce2
boards can't break 225FSB, PC-4000 is almost worthless for
them.

And on the Canterwood/Springdale side unless your running
dual channel, your throwing away 20% of your performance,
at least!

Seriously, I hope you ordered correctly. While you'd be able
to sell off that memory easily enough, thats less time for
you to be playing with those HIGH SPEEDS!!

On a lighter note. I contacted ADATA and was told in very
bad English that they couldn't sell to end users directly, but
managed to fanagle a deal for a half-dozen sticks of memory
due to me being a motherboard tester for DFI.

I hope to have my six sticks by the end of next week!

Too bad that OCZ deal that SpeedMechanic posted turned out
to be bogus. And doubly bad that the *******s charged my card
even after I canceld the order. Otherwise I'd be able to pick
up another half dozen sticks and share them with you guys!!

Thanx for posting the deal anyways Speed. Hopefully OCZ will
come down to those prices sometime soon.

[Hughhefner]

all I can do is try, my epox boards can go to 2 volts on the motherboard and I have active cooling on my northbridge and ramsinks on my "Bobafets" so I figured I'd give it a try

Thanks again

[CRaZyFieD]

So where's the best place to buy these ram at? =) for the best price of course

[Dirty_Punk]

Originally posted by Hughhefner
all I can do is try, my epox boards can go to 2 volts on the motherboard and I have active cooling on my northbridge and ramsinks on my "Bobafets" so I figured I'd give it a try

Thanks again

i have tryed on NF7-S, the highest bus i can do is 240mhz stable 2-3-4-5 cpu int enable, so not so good with 3.2v

my kingston hyperx PC3500 can do also 240mhz 2-2-3-5 cpu int enable DC stable, much better... around 200mb/s of difference in bandwidth

[Dracula]

Im selling my 2 sticks of 256mb.

That did DDR600.

Its the same sticks used in this review:
http://www.oc-zone.com/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=conteudoing&id=17


http://www.oc-zone.com/files/reviews/A-Data_PC4000/hexus_pifast_300_spd.JPG


pm me if you'r interested.

Im also looking for trading to a good CPU

[CRaZyFieD]

u have pm Dracula

[Lonely Raven]

Good News!

I got my ADATA today. I'm testing the 512MB sticks first in my
DFI Springdale board (non-LAN Party) and then I'll run them in
my LAN Party board later tonight or tomorrow.

Bad News...

I got laid-off yesterday. So I'm probably going to be selling some
if not all of this memory. For the cost of this memory, I could
almost pay rent for a month. And since with the loss of my
job, I also lose my nice little company car, I'm going to be
needing to dig up some money right quick to fix up my old SAAB.

Keep an eye in the Classifeds for some of this memory. I might
take a few days to test it before I sell it, so just keep an eye
out. In the mean time, Dracula from Portugal seems to have
some to sell.