Which RAM to get at Newegg.com

Bboy_Jon

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either this one
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-533&DEPA=1&sumit=property&catalog=147&mfrcode=1455&propertycodevalue=0,%202984,%203953,%203267&keywords=&minprice=&maxprice=

or this one

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-451&catalog=147&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1

 

stryder2720

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Why not one or two of these?

 

Eroc

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What machine are you putting it in?

 

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wanna_b_rich_13

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Isn't Corsair PC2700 overlcocked to 3200?

 

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Bboy_Jon

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well i dont have the machine yet, but what i would like to put it in is a ABIT NF7-S nForce2 mobo and a AMD Athlon 2500+ Barton

 

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corsair

 

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Bboy_Jon

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thats what im thinking right now, not sure though

 

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why corsair? Isn't Mushkin! getting better OC speeds now days?

 

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I'd take CAS2 at 2.6V (the Corsair) over CAS3 at 2.5V (the Crucial) any day. You get what you pay for...

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Bboy_Jon

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so corsair twin pack

 

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Well you could get the cheaper Kingston HyperX PC3000. Some people on the board have been OCing em up to 440DDR with great timings. It's the bh-5 chip in them that supposedly makes em great OC'ers. I'd suggest you look in that sticky thread titled 'What's the best RAM." for further explanation. I plan on buying a pair of PC3000's tomorrow.

 

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That may be true about the HyperX 3000 but if everyone has heard that they may have bought them out of the BH-5. It may be a crapshoot, however, to see if you get them.

Mushkin PC3500 Lvl.II and Corsair PC3500C2 are guaranteed BH-5

 

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Corsair


They select good chips for their modules and good customer service if needed(Warranty).


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BowerR64

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from now on im gona buy raw sticks and put my own spreaders on em. Screw this unknown memory crap, for all i know the memory could be PC133 with the L1 pencil trick. I mean how would i even know what im actualy getting?

Adding spreaders to the memory is worst thing for the end user IMO

Is my ram junk? or did i get a stick of PC2700 already overclocked?

 

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My Buffalo sticks came without spreaders. They ran cool to the touch without them, but I made some and Arctic Epoxied them on anyway. They're still cool to the touch

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