What is the best stick of 256 you can buy from the crucial website right now?

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killem1x1

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I just went to www.crucial.com , listed the availbale DDR, and all I see is PC2100 cas2.5. Is that all they are offering?;, or am I being dumb today
This is all I found in regards to 256mb sticks of DDR:

256MB $106.99 $96.29 CT3264Z265 DDR PC2100 • CL=2.5 • Unbuffered • Non-parity • 2.5V • 32Meg x 64

256MB $119.99 $107.99 CT3272Z265 DDR PC2100 • CL=2.5 • Unbuffered • ECC • 2.5V • 32Meg x 72

256MB $135.99 $122.39 CT3272Y265 DDR PC2100 • CL=2.5 • Registered • ECC • 2.5V • 32Meg x 72

 

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Yes that is all they sell.
The stuff they are shipping now is excellent well worth getting if you need memory.

 

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So, I shouldn't worry about trying to track down the infamous 2400 or 2700?, and of that list which is going to allow the highest FSB IYO?

 

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This is the answer when you ask if they sell 2400:
"PC2400 is not an industry standard. PC2400 modules are simply PC2100 modules that have been overclocked and tested to run at a faster speed. Crucial does not offer these modules because systems on the market today support a 100MHz or 133MHz front side bus, not a 150MHz bus. Crucial does not support overclocking. As I'm sure you know, overclocking can negatively affect the reliability of your system and memory modules."

 

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If you want to wait for the 2400 or 2700 then go ahead. If not out of that list I would probably say that the first one you listed would probably yield the greatest overclocking results...the one thats not ECC.
Good luck, hope you find what you want.

 

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It is up to you.
I have 2700 kingmax, 2700 twinmos, old crucial (7a).
In my motherboard set to cas 2-normal.
The kingmax will do 174mhz 100% stable at 2.8v
The twinmos will do 190mhz 100% stable at 2.8v
The crucial will do 173mhz 100% stable at 2.8v.

None of the above memory will run on my board at cas2-ultra at even 133mhz.

Someone I know with the same motherboard as mine bought the "new" crucial (7b).
He can run at 172 cas 2 Ultra 2.8v. and 190 cas2 normal.

People who have removed the heatspreaders from a recent stick of corsair xms2700 found the same chips as crucial has. Micron 7b.

 

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Thanks Placid. I'm clicking the link off the main page, and ordering a stick now!
Crucial should give you a kickback

 

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My crucial came today. This is the info on the stick:
0152 1-1
MT 46V16M8
TG -75 B
Now where can I find out what these #'s mean?

 

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Compare it to the eng. sample of crucial 2700 here:

http://www.hexus.net/scoopage.php?review=298

 

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No, what I mean is how do I find out what each line item means. That engineering sample has higher #'s, but what do they mean?

 

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http://www.micron.com/products/datasheet.jsp?path=/DRAM/DDR+SDRAM&fileID=11

The 152 is a batch code number I am pretty sure.
The higher the more recent. The 1-1 I don't know about.
The rest is at the link.

 

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Man it sure would have been nice to know I could have purchased a cas 2 stick, I looked and looked and didn't see it.