pc3200 or pc3500??

rcillig · Mar 14, 2004

Witch should I get pc3200 or pc3500??

I got a DFI LP NFIIB and a unlocked 2500+ and need some new ram so what should I get?

is this a good deal? pc 3200
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80098-22

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-290&depa=1

Is this a good deal? pc3500
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=85020-7

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-144-605&depa=1

If none of these are any good, what do you recomend? My limits is arround $200

Top Hat Theater · Mar 14, 2004

I'd go with PC3500 as that DFI will hit 250MHz FSB or so. Anyway, you'd be best served by sticks with BH5 chips which can still be found on the 'net. But between the sticks you've listed, I'd go with the Geil as SimpleTech is more suited for stock settings and not overclocking.

~THT

skitlets · Mar 14, 2004

kreton at newegg has better timings and is cheaper.

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=0&submit=Go&description=kreton,3500

looks like it runs its specs too, according to reviews.

rcillig · Mar 15, 2004

Ill check it out......

adelphia83 · Mar 15, 2004

Yes! Go with the Kreton, likely the best price per performance RAM out there.

It will do upwards of 245mhz and beyond @ CAS3 no problem, if only my chipset would be stable at those speeds....

I still have yet to find anyone with better RAM bandwidth (stable of course!) on a comparable Athlon system.

rcillig · Mar 16, 2004

kewl thanks for that info should overclock nice with that ram.....

GoldenTiger · Mar 16, 2004

Can you do 2-2-2-6 at 220mhz with the Kreton RAM and 2.9v? Thanks!

adelphia83 · Mar 16, 2004

GoldenTiger said:
Can you do 2-2-2-6 at 220mhz with the Kreton RAM and 2.9v? Thanks!

Most likely no. Never even tried. Can't anyways, because my board doesn't do 2.9V VDimm.

At 2.8V, it will do slightly above 200 (202 if I remember correctly), at 2-2-2-5, before I get errors in Memtest.

jkj · Mar 16, 2004

Another vote for kreton

jkj · Mar 16, 2004

Just checked and its out of stock at newegg. Guess we made some orders happen

rcillig · Mar 19, 2004

anyone know another place to get this ram from, I had to wait untill payday and now they are outa stock and got no date listed for more to arrive. I cant seem to find it anywhere else.

rcillig · Mar 21, 2004

Ive been told that this is some good ram better than Kreton PC3500 mentioned above from newegg.com.
Granted this is only a 512 setup and the Kreton is a 1gig setup.

Kingston HyperX KHX3200K2/512 512MB Kit DDR400 PC3200
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80092-22

witch would be better for overclocking with my setup? in my sig.

adelphia83 · Mar 21, 2004

It appears to be BH-5 by the default speeds they posted (200 w/ 6-2-2-2). But then again, you're paying more than 2X

the price.

190$ for 512mb of this stuff?

Or 184$ for 1GB of Kreton? It's quite likely the BH5 will clock higher with better timings, it's up to you whether double the price is justified by the gain in performance.

I'd put my money on the fact you'll get better overall performance with twice the RAM, than you would with the timing offset between the RAMs.

rcillig · Mar 21, 2004

Ya I was thinking that 1gig of ram would be better just needed to see what other thought.

rcillig · Mar 25, 2004

anymore sugestions since the kreton is out of stock and have been for awhile.

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