Cheapest performance DDR2 for Conroe E6600 & P5B-D?

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wow.... I am in the exact same boat... I am looking at these:

http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-1676.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820144028

According to people at Xtremesystems.org; those two should do ddr2-1000

I hate to buy ram off ebay, but I am also looking there... :S

The price has skyrocketted in the last few weeks making this the absolute worst time to make the switch to conroe :S

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IF I had to hazard a guess I would say that the Geil ddr2-100 is binned and oc'd Geil ddr2-800. Look at the higher voltage, which is about what you'll typically need to run anything well at ddr2-1000.

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I kind of dropped off the computer map with school starting, but who are these "Tank guys".

I see lots of guys looking at there ram. One of the owners even has an account. Are their prices really much better than the Egg?

They're one of the only if not the only North American distributor for Team Group ram.

Not to mention, they have customer service like you wouldn't belive.
The will give you stepping info. if they have it

So what is so great about Team Group? Did they even exsist 2 years ago?

I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just out of the loop.

http://www.teamgroup.com.tw/main/about-teamgroup/about-teamgroup/ It's been around for a while just never had a big retail presence in the US.

zebkoolindc said:

... Are their prices really much better than the Egg?

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Heck no

On very few items, sometimes, yes. 90% of the time, the egg kills me. No argument from me on that point. We do, however, beat them pretty badly on new/limited stock items, and we also have some exclusive products/offerings they don't carry. For general, day to day purchases, newegg is likely your better bet, but for more of the enthusiast oriented stuff, we may be better - it just depends

zebkoolindc said:

So what is so great about Team Group? Did they even exsist 2 years ago?

I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just out of the loop.

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Yes, they have actually been around for quite a while. They were the OEM for a lot of big name manufacturers, and have been in business since 1992. You can read about them here:

http://www.teamresearchinc.com/about.php

Here's the general gist of why people like (or sometimes dislike) them:

Pros:

1- Their memory generally overclocks like mad. 667 Mhz kits hitting 1000 isn't unheard of.
2- Their memory is priced very well. Granted, prices on them have gone up recently, but so have all the other manufacturers, as chip prices have risen astronomically of late.
3- They offer Micron D9GMH chips.

Cons:

1- RMA issues. Some people, mainly lately, have had trouble getting RMA's. However, 95% of this was due to their offices being closed for a week for the holidays. (Think Christmas) Other times, RMA's can be slow in coming, or there can be some interesting communication with them, as you're usually working with someone in Taiwan, and there are sometimes some fun language barriers

Teamgroup performance ram is binned HARD, think Corsair without the big brand name $$$$$$$.

what does that mean...binned "hard"?

that could mean two things

The sticks OC very close to the same frequency @ the same timings. Individualy out of the set.

not binned in the higher frequency since.

sorry for the lack of clarification.

Team group ram rocks. I'm waiting for memory prices to go back down. I can't justify spending $300 on some ram when it used to be $200 (like a month ago). Ram prices are pretty ridiculous right now.

Dragoon42 said:

Team group ram rocks. I'm waiting for memory prices to go back down. I can't justify spending $300 on some ram when it used to be $200 (like a month ago). Ram prices are pretty ridiculous right now.

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I have to agree here, I could remember a few months before AM2 and C2D DDR2 was Cheap...

WWWAAAAAA!!!!!
It looks Like I might just have to run on 1 gig for a while. (Sniff) I don't have the money right now to unload on ram.

I have my PQI turbo 667mhz ram running at 800mhz 4-5-5-12, i think ill be able to slide by for awhile when i upgrade to conroe.