Corsair TCCD

Corsair TWINX1024-3200XL (£164.74)
Corsair TWINX1024-4400C25 (£188.51)

Am I right in thinking these both use Samsung TCCD chips, and the only difference between them is that the 4400C25 is guaranteed to run at PC4400 / 2.5-4-4-8 (if nothing else is holding you back)?

If so is the 4400C25 worth the extra £23.77, and is the Patriot XBLK better or worse than the 3200XL (I was going to get some Patriot XBLK, but they've gone up in price and are only £1.13 cheaper than the 3200XL).

Many thanks,
Vince.

The 3200XL will run pc 4400, just not in 2.5. the fastest i got mine to run at was 273 mhz 3-3-3 which is ok for 2.9 volts. i think my limit was that i have two revisions. the older one is supposedly meant for ll mostly where the new one *1.2* can handle much higher fsb speeds with later model tccd chips and brainpowered board.
I dont know if this info is true nessisarily. ill have to take my sticks out and test each one individually.
The 3200XL isnt the fastest ram in its class by any means. but it does oc to pc 4000 out of the box, and it will overclock to pc 4400 at least on lesser timings.
id go patriot.

Vince1990uk said:

Corsair TWINX1024-3200XL (£164.74)
Corsair TWINX1024-4400C25 (£188.51)

Am I right in thinking these both use Samsung TCCD chips, and the only difference between them is that the 4400C25 is guaranteed to run at PC4400 / 2.5-4-4-8 (if nothing else is holding you back)?

If so is the 4400C25 worth the extra £23.77, and is the Patriot XBLK better or worse than the 3200XL (I was going to get some Patriot XBLK, but they've gone up in price and are only £1.13 cheaper than the 3200XL).

Many thanks,
Vince.

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Yes it is worth the extra 23.77...if you can hapen to get any G. Skill's those would be better with the lower latency and higher OC and tighter timings at PC4400 specs...LE's...the LA's are PC3200/PC4800 5-2-2-2/8-4-4-2.5 rated...most seem to be able to run at 6-3-3-2.5 or so at PC4800+ and have been known to run past DDR700 with only 2.9v...and these are TCCD's with with a life time warranty...

See sig for my LC specs...the LC's are rated under the LE's...

ADDED...just seen your sig...and most NF4 owners have been able to run the LC's at 300HT+ with 1T/1:1 with default timing/voltages...

Valk said:

The 3200XL will run pc 4400, just not in 2.5. the fastest i got mine to run at was 273 mhz 3-3-3 which is ok for 2.9 volts. The 3200XL isnt the fastest ram in its class by any means. but it does oc to pc 4000 out of the box, and it will overclock to pc 4400 at least on lesser timings.
id go patriot.

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glock19owner said:

if you can hapen to get any G. Skill's those would be better with the lower latency and higher OC and tighter timings at PC4400 specs...LE's...the LA's are PC3200/PC4800 5-2-2-2/8-4-4-2.5 rated...most seem to be able to run at 6-3-3-2.5 or so at PC4800+ and have been known to run past DDR700 with only 2.9v...and these are TCCD's with with a life time warranty...

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Thanks guys . I was looking at the 3200XL and the XBLK because of my budget and I don't plan to o/c that much. However seeing as the G.Skill (LEs) are only £30 more (£187.22), it will give me extra headroom if I do decide to o/c further in the future. But if the Patriot goes back down in price (to £140-£150), I think they'll be the better buy.

Thanks again,
Vince

get the PC4400 ive got it i love it if only my on die mem controller would go above 220

I'm plenty happy with the Patriot XBL memory. It is rated at 3-4-4-8 at DDR533, but mine will OC WAY past that with much better timings. With one stick in, not two, I can get 300mhz HTT at 2.5-4-4-7-1t. I think that is pretty good for some of the cheapest TCCD. My G.Skill LA's will do higher, but they are $150usd for only half a gig. A little too expensive in my opinion.

-Collin-