Pc3000 Ddr

[Default]

anyone else see this godly OCZ ram? On sale for 90.00 USD (256meg) guna get me some:eek:

pc3000 = 183 MHz(366 DDR) 2.5Ns

[The Doors]

Hi Default,
even if the Specs of these mem modules are really good, the results in the real world seems to be not so good, so better go with Kingmax DDR333 or Corsair-XMS Pc2700 ;)

[Yodums]

I wouldn't buy them until I saw some benchmarks before doing that as the OCZ in the past had some bad benchmarks compared to other brands like Crucial or Corsair etc.

Yodums

[herbal'|']

STAY AWAY FROM OCZ!!!!!

I've owned the OCZ PC3000 before and I can guarantee you that it is absolute junk. It would only hit 145MHz with decent timings. If I lowered all the timings to the absolute worst, it would hit 180MHz, but even with that speed, my Crucial at 160MHz CL2 and Turbo way outperformed it. The reason it sucks so bad is it is really just overclocked PC2100 ram. It uses 7.5ns chips. The best ram by far is the Kingmax PC2700. It uses 5ns chips and can perform at awesome speeds (just see my sig.)

[The Doors]

Originally posted by herbal'|'
It uses 5ns chips
Just for the accuracy herbal'|', the chips on the mem module are 6ns, and not 5ns, this is only a piece of the manufacturer code ;)

[herbal'|']

Originally posted by The Doors

Just for the accuracy herbal'|', the chips on the mem module are 6ns, and not 5ns, this is only a piece of the manufacturer code ;)

There has been no proof of that. CTSPD can't be trusted because it reads it's data from the Northbridge, not the Ram chips. It is the only basis on which people are basing this believe. I've spoken with a Kingmax rep, who said that when the memory was first being produced, it used 7.5ns chips labeled '-07a'. Shortly after, they switched to 5ns chips. I've read reports of some marked -06, which would indeed be 6ns chips. But as for me, I will stick with what the Kingmax guy told me, these are 5ns chips.

[The Doors]

Uhmm...thanks herbal'|',
I've red something about into other topics, and at this point is still in doubt. Well, no probs, considering that the performance are very good (not for the 7.5ns chips!), probably all depends by the fact that this is a newer standard and the manufacturers are adjusting the shoot to found the best way possible ;)

[Cooler666]

anyway not every motherboard supports these supposedly crap memories

[Slmhofy]

Stay away from OCZ like herbal'|' said. I curently own a stick of OCZ PC2700. My friends Crucial that he got for $30 a few months ago outperforms it.

[wolfsid]

Originally posted by Slmhofy
Stay away from OCZ like herbal'|' said. I curently own a stick of OCZ PC2700. My friends Crucial that he got for $30 a few months ago outperforms it.


well I have ocz pc 2400 running at 145 stable no problems.. then i put in my crucial and didn't even do 140.. so you tell me who you go with..