Help me choose between these 2 ram kits.

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

I cant seem to pick between the 2. Is the difference in the timings really worth the 50+$?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227139
or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227124

If you have another suggestion, list it. However my budget is $250 for 2gb of ram.

Mr. Roboto · Jul 28, 2006

you're links don't work, but these seem to be real winners according to everyone around here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065

I'm getting them for my Conroe build.

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

Fixed the links. I really dont like G.Skill.... had issues with them in the past.

jivetrky · Jul 28, 2006

yeah I'd go G.Skill too I haven't used the DDR2...but I had a set of the DDR HZ's and loved them....

But I guess if you are against G.Skill then I'd say go for the platinums. if overclocking the lower timings will probably let you get a little higher in frequency. And if not overclocking, then the lower timings will certainly increase performance a bit.

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

What about some Team Xtreem ram? I hear good things about it

Mr. Roboto · Jul 28, 2006

Team Xreme is good, alot of people are using it for their upcoming conroe rigs.

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

Newegg just sold out of the OCZ Platinum Revision 2

Mr. Roboto · Jul 28, 2006

For the money you would have spent on those, I really think the G.Skills would serve you better. It really is nice ram.

Shell · Jul 28, 2006

I'm going for these monsters: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_pc2_8000_titanium_alpha_vx2_dual_channel
:drool:

No need to overclock them... but mabe I'll force that 15 to 12... :drool:

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

Shell said:
I'm going for these monsters: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_pc2_8000_titanium_alpha_vx2_dual_channel
No need to overclock them... but mabe I'll force that 15 to 12...

Yea, but those are like $500 :O

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

mr. roboto said:
For the money you would have spent on those, I really think the G.Skills would serve you better. It really is nice ram.

What about something a bit more costly?

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

What about these?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146108

Shell · Jul 28, 2006

mikep7779 said:
What about these?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146108

Holy crap, get those!

Then OC to 1Ghz :3

Mr. Roboto · Jul 28, 2006

mikep7779 said:
What about these?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146108

wait, so you want to spend MORE money?

Whatever flaots your boat. I'm not sure which chips those use, so can't comment on their overclocking. They offer slightly better timings though, but that wont matter much if your going conroe. You really want bandwidth. Maybe someone else has experience overclocking those.

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

mr. roboto said:
wait, so you want to spend MORE money?

Whatever flaots your boat. I'm not sure which chips those use, so can't comment on their overclocking. They offer slightly better timings though, but that wont matter much if your going conroe. You really want bandwidth. Maybe someone else has experience overclocking those.

Im looking for what chips they use now. :O there isnt much on them. I think they are pretty new.

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

I cant find anything on the Mushkin

And about spending money. Im not getting the $400 gfx card i was, im putting another $100 into ram... So i have $300-350 to spend on it.... i would rather not go over 300 tho.

mikep7779 · Jul 28, 2006

About the mushkin mem.... ive found this, however that model isnt listed.

MUSHKIN DDR2 XP2 2X512 -5300 [email protected] Elpida recertified 5-5-5- chips HS=Black
MUSHKIN DDR2 XP2 2X1024 -5300 [email protected] Elpida recertified 5-5-5- chips HS=Black
MUSHKIN DDR2 XP2 2X1024 -8000 [email protected] Micron D9GMH chips HS=Black

bobthemoo · Jul 29, 2006

Second one, becuase its cheaper

mikep7779 · Jul 29, 2006

Now its down to the mushkin, the G.Skill and the Team Xtreem. Im just waiting till i find out what chip is in the Mushkin sticks.

jivetrky · Jul 29, 2006

I'd personally go for either the mushkin or G.Skill...both are great...
From the reviews, it looks like the Mushkin will do lower timings at higher speeds, so I suppose those would be the better way to go.

And to shell: Looking at the 3 reviews, only 1 was lucky enough to get over 1Ghz, so I wouldn't bank on them doing 1Ghz...but you could get lucky.

Mushkin Reviews:
http://www.bytesizedreviews.com/index.php?rev_id=323&page=1&action=reviews
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?type=3&id=58&page=1&desc=mushkin_xp2-6400_ddr2_2gb_kit
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Mushkin/XP2-6400/1

G.Skill Review (In German, I think)
http://www.ocworkbase.com/reviews/17_gskill_6400PHU2/index.html

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