I want some good ram with BH-5 chips. I would prefer pc3500 or higher. I don't want any buffalo. My price range is a little over $200 for either 2 stix of 512 or 2 stix of 256. I will be using an abit max3. I want different ram because I can't even get mine to run at stock 1:1. Please tell me your opinions. Thanks!
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What ram to get?
- Thread starter cheba63
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Corsair XMS3500 cas 2
Thats what I have and I love it. It OC's awesome 223 on tightest timings.
Thats what I have and I love it. It OC's awesome 223 on tightest timings.
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cheba...why no buffallo?
im hoping its nothing bad...i just ordered 2x512mb of PC3700 hoping to run it @ ~225 w/ tight timings w/ 3v....
im hoping its nothing bad...i just ordered 2x512mb of PC3700 hoping to run it @ ~225 w/ tight timings w/ 3v....
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oh alright thanks
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Whether it's advertised as PC3000 or PC3700, if it uses Winbond BH-5 chips, it doesn't matter. Winbond BH-5 chips are 5ns chips, they take 5ns to complete one clock cycle. They are rated at 200MHz (1000/5) and thus will do DDR400. Anything higher then this is an overclock, and anything lower is an underclock. Mushkin Black Level 2 is the only memory promising Winbond BH-5 chips. With Buffalo PC3700 and Kingston HyperX 3000 said to possible have the chips as well. Anything else no longer assembles modules using these chips (Corsair uses Winbond CH-5 chips). Mushkin is also beginning to run low, which is why they did not use Winbond BH-5 chips with their high-performance registered PC3200. But all black level 2 Mushkin memory (of PC3200 and PC3500 given speeds) use Winbond BH-5 chips.
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