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Hyper X 3500 or 3700

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Ginku

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Feb 16, 2004
hi i need some advice on choosing these two ram. if u guys can give me some advice that would be great
i do plan to OC my sys

Comp Specs

ABIT AI7
P4 2.6C
Zalman 7000A CU+

i live in canada and i'm on a buget kinda. spending about 200 CND

KINGSTON HYPERX 512MB DUAL CHANNEL KIT PC3700 2X256MB DDR 466MHZ CH-5
Timing Reference: 3-4-4-8-1 at +2.6V

or
KINGSTON HYPERX 512MB DUAL CHANNEL KIT PC3500 2X256MB DDR 433MHZ (BH-5) chip i think
Timing Reference: 2-3-3-7-1 at +2.6V

KINGSTON HYPERX PC3500 512MB CAS2 3-3-7 T1 DDR 433MHZ 184PIN (BH-5) chip i think
Timing Reference: 2-3-3-7-1 at +2.6V
i'm not too sure which ram to get

if i do OC with these ram which of these would give me a proformance boost?
their all around the same price
i'm not really sure which ram i should get
if i oc the ram to 230 would the PC 3500 would be able to handle with the tight timing or would i have lower the timing to get to that high of a clock cycle?

same goes for the 3700

or is there other rams u guys might suggest that is under 200CND
thats about 130US i believe.

ne advice would be great. i'm all ears
looking for BH-5 chip sets as well.
 
Whereas you don't have to get a dual channel kit, I would recommend getting 2x256 over 1x512 in order to get dual channel.

It has been quite some time since KHX3500 used BH-5 so unless you feel really lucky or have confimration from the vendor that those are BH-5 I would not bother with that. Most likely KHX3500 bought now will be CH-5

I don't think KHX3700 is CH-5 either, but more likely Samsung,
either way I would not recommend something that give 3-4-4-8 timings below DDR500 speed.

If you want cheap, get something cheaper.
If you want good, get something better:)

For BH-5 chips (if there are any left) refer to the sticky in this forum, KHX3200/256 seems to be the only thing left.

But if the AI7 gives as much volts as it's spec suggests then BH-6 might also be good. Mushkin 2-2-2 Special is guaranteed to be the real thing and not much over your budget.

Or you could dig out some cheap PC4000, in case you don't have or don't want to use a lot of volts.

Br
hepp
 
thx for the info. i just went order them if not i'll sell it to my friend
 
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