Need a good recommendation of DDR Ram

PoKiEpAn · Jun 16, 2006

I currently have 2x1gb of Corsair CMX1024-3200 sticks... these are stock 3-3-3-8 timings and when pushed to 3-4-4-8, the max overclock is 230mhz, anything higher, even with more voltage or looser timings results in instability with memtest... im working towards at least 250-260mhz from a pc3200 or ddr400 sticks as i have the ASUS A8N5X board... any recommendations of better 1gb sticks that will overclock this high and will run dual channel with a counterpart of the same make/model, i'll be the judge of price, so just post whatever you feel is worth recommending

thanks

PoKiEpAn · Jun 17, 2006

*bump*...

Is the OCZ Gold Edition 1GB (PC4000 DDR500) a good piece of RAM?

for only $90 at newegg.. i was thinking about getting two of them, but I thought I'd check through here first

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820227218

thanks

soulfly1448 · Jun 17, 2006

Go with the OCZ's. I love my PC3200 Platinum 1GBs. Can't beat a lifetime warranty!

Rattle · Jun 17, 2006

this is still the best set of ram if you want 2gb and 250 or higher, best bang for the buck

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231021

Bios24 · Jun 18, 2006

Rattle said:
this is still the best set of ram if you want 2gb and 250 or higher, best bang for the buck

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231021

QFT. Great set, but couldn't get mine to even to 260mhz. It's a guaranteed 250mhz though, so I'm happy.

PoKiEpAn · Jun 18, 2006

Are G.Skills and OCZ's worth getting? I've never used them before.. only used corsair in the past.. but I keep hearing that those are better for overclocking. Also, would those DDR500 work in an ASUS A8N5X board? even though it asks for DDR400 max?.. the bios goes up to ddr600 however ;P, just wondering how that works

EDIT: nevermind abotu the ASUS thing.. i cant get this RAM, G.Skill says themselves that any ASUS A8* board does not work with this ram

Rattle · Jun 18, 2006

for ddr1 2gb at ddr500 or higher tese 3 sets of ram are identical and are the best using UCCC only thing that differs is the price, overclocking is hit and miss on all of them, my gskills do 273 some do more some do less.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231021

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146397

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227066

PoKiEpAn · Jun 18, 2006

ah thank you, those OCZ's are cheap and are looking like the ones I'll look into, thanks for all of your replies

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Zx2Slow · Jun 18, 2006

Id go with the G.Skill DDR500 2x1Gb

dominick32 · Jun 18, 2006

As Rattle said:
Gskill2 Gig Extreme Kit. Most consistent and best bang for the buck 270 mhz plus DDR500 on the market right now. Mine do 286 mhz with no problems. I have even booted these sticks @ 297 mhz..

Check out my whole thread here: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=450629

I would have to say that 90% of the members that posted in my thread all achieved overclocks of at least: 270 mhz.

Cheers,
Dom

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