ADATA or OCZ ?

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JLVal

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I´m planning to upgrade my ram to 1 Gb and I have two options:

- 2 x 512 ADATA VITESTA PC4000
- 2 x 512 OCZ EL DUAL GOLD PC 3500

It will run on a NF7s mobo, but im planning to switch next year to A64.

¿ Which memory u think fits best to my rig ?

 

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I would say the Adata then. Can you get your hands on the OCZ EB line or something using Samsung TCCD chips (Corsair XL, Kingston HyperX UL, OCZ Plat rev 2, or Mushkin 222 special rev 2 all in the pc3200 variety) or Crucial Ballistix? These would be better but are more expensive.

 

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For 15 $ more than the OCZ GOLD i can get OCZ EL Dual Platinum PC-3200 1GB (2X512MB) 400MHz, ¿ Is it better ?

 

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JLVal said:

I´m planning to upgrade my ram to 1 Gb and I have two options:

- 2 x 512 ADATA VITESTA PC4000
- 2 x 512 OCZ EL DUAL GOLD PC 3500

It will run on a NF7s mobo, but im planning to switch next year to A64.

¿ Which memory u think fits best to my rig ?

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i would get something from ocz that runs tight timings the nf7
boards from what i understand like 1-1 and tight timings...

 

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If the stuff I listed is in your price range, it would be something that would work great on your current board and the future A64 rig.

I would still recomend the Adata since it does alright timings at lower speeds (2-3-3-6) and will work great for the A64 rig.

 

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Go with adata pc4200. Chips that cant perform above 4200 get marked as pc4000, so its worth the extra bucks just to go and get 4200.

 

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AMD wise, get the OCZ, no questions. The 3500 EL aint bad stuff, have some @ 234fsb 2.5,2,2,3,11 in an DFI UI, passes memtest @ 240 same timings no problems, so will probably go higher still.

 

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You might want to think about Ballistix pc4000.
2-2-2-6 @ 250fsb

 

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henesse said:

You might want to think about Ballistix pc4000.
2-2-2-6 @ 250fsb

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id like to see more on that!
have a link to more info? and what voltage?

 

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http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2145

 

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Hmmm ... I have these prices for 2x512:

Adata Vitesta - 257 €
OCZ EL gold 3500 - 276 €
Crucial Ballistix 4000 - 280 €

I think the way to go is Crucial, isnt it ?
The crucial has the new Samsung Tccd chips ?

 

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I would either go with the crucial or the kingston...

I have some kingston hyperx pc2700 that does 210fsb 2.5-3-3-6 @ 2.8v, so when they say that they have vigorous screening they aren't lying.

 

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adata should run fine in dc at your fsb 2.5-3-3-x timings. it does have problems with dc on my nf7s above 240 fsb but i don't think it should be a problem with your setup.