"Best" DDR2?

Dukemurmur · Mar 23, 2005

what is the best DDR2 out there higest clocks tightest timings...i am thinking about making an Intel rig for kicks...

dicecca112 · Mar 23, 2005

I here that the Muskin Ram is good, but I'm sure batboy will come post and prive me wrong.

Dukemurmur · Mar 23, 2005

HA HA HA man everyone trashes him all the time but then again i have also seen reason for it...it just seems that everyone takes all of what he says wrong to heart...any way im not knocking him but...yeah

in any event i would apreciate his or anyones help in this.

Mud · Mar 23, 2005

iam not sure wots the best ram around, but my Kingmax 512x2 PC4300 ram have 4-4-4-12 @533MHz which is good for DDR2

Capt_Caveman · Mar 23, 2005

From the reviews, the two I considered were the OCZ PC2-4200EB:
http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2306

and the PDP Patriot PDC22G4200 XBLK:
http://www20.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20050124/ddr2_modules-06.html

I went with the Patriot and have been very pleased. I haven't had time to really play around but I'm currently running my system at 4.0ghz 250x16 @ stock 1.4v with my ram at 1:1 3-2-2-4 at stock 1.8v.

RangerXLT8 · Mar 23, 2005

I did alot of reading and I concluded that OCZ DDR2 PC4200 EB rev. 2 Platinum (OCZ25331024EBDCPER2-K) is the fastest DDR2 PC4200 on the market. Mine just arrived from Newegg today...

Here it is(OCZ25331024EBDCPER2-K).....

http://img190.exs.cx/img190/1626/oczddr2pc4200inpackage1ku.jpg

http://img190.exs.cx/img190/674/oczddr2pc4200closeup1xc.jpg

batboy · Mar 24, 2005

Crucial and Mushkin are good DDR2. I have Kingston HyperRAM PC2-5400 that does really well too. But, if you want the tightest timings, then check out what Capt. Caveman said about the OCZ EB or PDP Patriot. A word of warning about the OCZ EB RAM if you plan on using it in an Abit mobo. You need the latest BIOS version 20 for it to work. The RAM won't work with the BIOS version the mobo has when it's shipped, so you need different RAM to flash the BIOS. My OCZ EB can do DDR2-600 using the 3-2-2-8 timings.

RangerXLT8 · Mar 24, 2005

batboy said:
My OCZ EB can do DDR2-600 using the 3-2-2-8 timings.

That is excellent batboy, I cannot wait all I need is my CPU and I'll have my LGA rig up and running, I hope my OCZ EB can do the same.....

suineg · Mar 24, 2005

Batboy: What is your opinion on the Kingston ValuRAM or the Corsair XMS in DDR2?

batboy · Mar 24, 2005

Don't know about the KVR, but the Kingston HyperX and Corsair XMS do quite well. They will overclock very high... I've had my KHX up to DDR2-800 with 4-4-4-12... and I've heard the Corsair will do about the same. But, RAM timings at high speed will not be tight on either (3-3-3-8 is about as good as they will get). With Intel quad pumped systems, they seem to do good with loose timings as long as you can crank the speed up.

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