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OK so I have now gone from wanting a 2x 256 kit to a 2x512, i'm gonna get one now and the other at christmas, but due to fund I now have to give something up, do I... Go from getting 3200 to 2700....OR....go from getting tccd chips with 2-2-2-5 to something like 2-3-3-6?

 

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It depends on your system. If you have a P4 or Athlon system likely to reach ~200+ MHz FSB speeds then PC3200 at more relaxed timings will be a lot better than PC2700 at tighter timings.

 

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i'm going to be running a 2600 mobile on an nf7-s with water, so you think 3200 with laxer timings?

 

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jamie_bkc said:

i'm going to be running a 2600 mobile on an nf7-s with water, so you think 3200 with laxer timings?

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Yeah, because that 2600 mobile will be going over 166MHz (hopefully!). Using PC2700 would mean tighter timings but the extra bandwidth will outweigh that AFAIK.

 

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ok soooooo.... what ram would you reccommend, the pqi turbo ram looked nice.

 

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jamie_bkc said:

ok soooooo.... what ram would you reccommend, the pqi turbo ram looked nice.

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You should be able to get up near 240 with the PQI 2-2-2-5 ram... that's what I use and I'm rock solid at 240 with cpc on (1T).

 

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ok soooooo.... what ram would you reccommend, the pqi turbo ram looked nice.

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Im using the Turbo Ram and you can see my results on air, but spend the extra money and get the ram that HouseRat has. It has the tccd ic's. I think we came to the conclusion that mine were the Mosel set. Its working alright, but I guarantee that its going to be my weak spot. Good value though and they are rated at 6-3-3-2 per manufaturer spec.

 

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thats the thing I haven't got the extra, just wondering if i'm going to go for laxer latencies could I not just get another one of what i've got? (novatech.co.uk brand)

 

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corsair seem to be highly reccommended are their value select sticks anygood considering they're cas3?

 

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Most Corsair value DC kits can be had in CAS 2.5 for minimal cost difference. These ones will give you a better overclocking potential than the CAS 3 models.

 

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not looking for a DC kit, but anyway, just saw this and it seems a bargain at £75 and cas3 on 3700, this is good right?

 

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Kingmax are supposed to be pretty good. I don't have any personal experience with them though. Believe they were one of the first out of the gate with BGA memory modules.