Gold or Platinum?

[charmapsyche]

I need to get memory, and I don't have a lot of time 'cause this rig's gotta be up and running.

Two part question

Gold (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80082-7)

or

Platinum (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80082-8)

Whadya' think?
The free second day shipping is very appealing....

Or should I dish out a couple more bucks and get the:

Corsair (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80092-16)

[dicecca112]

personally I would go with the corsair if you are going to go through zipzoomfly.com, but if not I would definetely check out newegg.com, sometimes there is free shipping on memory.

[charmapsyche]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too, I have Newegg open in another window right now, just can't make up my mind.

So which is better though, Platinum or Gold heatsinks?

[PerlAddict]

Which do you think looks prettier? :D Because the heatspreaders don't do all that much, really.

[dicecca112]

I personally would not go with PMI. The memory is exactly the same just with a copper heatspreader. They say that it is a cooper-gold and cooper platinum, whatever that means, probably just a copper heatsink. I still would go with the Corsair

[charmapsyche]

Fantastic, thanks for the second opinions, don't have any computer knowledgeable folks 'round here so it's great to jump on here and get confirmation on my crazy thoughts.
-Pete

[wannaoc]

If I may throw in some advice. If you game then consider upgrading to 1 gig of whichever you decide to get. You will thank me in the future. I sure wish I had when I upgraded. :)

[charmapsyche]

Honestly, I've built and used a number of computers, especially in the last several months for friends/colleagues-, and I haven't noticed a huge difference on all the games I've played. The one's with better latency, faster hard drives, power ect.... have out performed ones without.
-The one I have to my right has a gig and is a lot better at video rendering then the one to my left with 512, but the one to my left boots faster and programs open quicker due to better performing ram...
-I'd have to say quality over quantity. Unless you've got a lot of $ then hey, whatever..... ;)

[wannaoc]

The games coming out in the near future will thrive on a full gig of ram but its up to you.

[scanido]

Yup, Farcry and UT2004 consumes 800+ megs already! I can't imagine ever going back to 512Mb

[charmapsyche]

Originally posted by scanido
Yup, Farcry and UT2004 consumes 800+ megs already! I can't imagine ever going back to 512Mb

I hear ya, and I agree!
Like everyone else in this forum, I want more! More power, and speed!
-But just to fulfill the other side of this arguement, I play the new Unreal 2004 multiplayer at full graphics @ 1024 768 on a machine with 512, with absolutely no problems.

[I.M.O.G.]

You won't play games next year though with that much RAM.