Good, solid, reliable, consistant memory

[IntelLoyalist]

I'm shopping for 184 pin PC3200 DDR dual channel memory. (Yes, my board supports dual.)

I saw a pretty reasonable deal on an OCZ Platinum 2GB set.


But then I wondered...


I recall that Crucial and Corsair were both considered good quality memory when I last bought any.

BUT... I have no idea who is considered good NOW.

I think I've heard good things about OCZ, but my memory isn't what it used to be. In fact, I'm not sure it ever was; but I can't really remember.


Anyway...
Good, trustworthy brands?

[silencer51]

OCZ DDR-1 is fine. Back during the Athlon 64 heyday, the Gold & Platinum sets were considered to be among the best... :)

[Blazing fire]

Good to see people using ddr1. I'm quite young so I have no clue about that. Good luck in ocing!

[JamesXP]

Quite young?

DDR isnt that old.

[ps2cho]

Quite young?

DDR isnt that old.

It was 4 years ago now. Time flies by.

[baditude_df]

Gskill DDR500 F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ (2x1GB)
http://cgi.ebay.com/G-SKILL-2GB-2x1GB-PC4000-DDR500-ddr-500-ram-not-ddr-400_W0QQitemZ270246432507QQihZ017QQcategoryZ44936Q QrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD7VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp163 8Q2em123
One of the best 2gb sets of DDR you could own. Best I've owned anyhow. And it does 250MHz stock. I had mine to 260 and 3-4-4-8.

Mushkin (2x512) XP4000 2-2-2 REDLINE
http://www.octools.com/index.cgi?caller=articles/mushkin/redline/xp4000/redline.html
I had the 3200, but this stuff looks the same, with the old heatspreaders, black PCB and UTT (BH5-CH5) chips.
I ran this stuff on my old DFI @ 216MHz and 2-2-2-5 timings. That was the best RAM for gaming on XP.