crimedog said:
I'm sure why you quoted me because nothing you said addressed it
The reason I said the new LA g.skill is because it's been doing 300mhz 2.5-3-3-5. Also 275mhz 1.5-3-3-5 which is always cool. Sources from xtremesystems of course.
I guess you intended to say your are NOT sure why I quoted you because "nothing you said addressed it"?
Well...let me attempt to clear up your confusion. For starters, how about the part of your post where you stated that OCZ claimed that the chips are "custom made for them" and I responded (addressed it directly) that they no longer appear to be making that claim in any of their current posts on the topic (in any of the forums that I've been following) but are instead posting about how they do all this binning and testing to make sure it performs up to their higher standards (which, for what its worth, I do believe to be a true statement) and how companies like TwinMOS will probably not test so extensively nor support such high voltages, etc.
Secondly, while the TCCD based Gskill enjoys a very good reputation and few would question that, it still does not meet the needs of someone wanting to run 250 or less at 2-2-2-x, or at least I've not seen many posts of it consistently doing that. The timings of 2.5-3-3-5 at 300 are way cool, but of no real value if all you can run is 250 or less. It is basically the same issue of bh-5 vs TCCD that gets discussed over and over and with the same resulting answer...it depends on your system and the other components that you are matching with the ram. As I previously stated, its good to have choices.
My quoting you above, nor this response, are intended to be argumentative, I was just pointing out that while good ram like the Gskill is available, it is not the very best option for all, no matter how "universal" TCCD is deemed to be.
I thought my responses/comments were exactly on point, or at least I surely was trying to be. I'm an immigrant after all, so maybe I should study up on my English a little bit more before I post again. After all, I've only been speaking this language for 43 of my 50 years. I will strive to be clearer in my future posts.