[seer33]

well on googlegear...there selling this ram but its weird becuase the platinum heatspreader kind is actually 3$ cheaper then the normal heatspreader..even tho its the exact same ram...i thought the platinum was suppost to cost more'?

[G-PHoRCe]

that's really strange because as you said, the platinum is supposed to be more expensive. I guess that's a good thing for people looking for sticks right now, and they rush to it.

[seer33]

K well i plan on gettin a stick of the 159$ platinum one...but im jsut wodnering..like in 4 monthes will i be able to purchase another 512 stick and run them in dual channel mode (dualddr) ?


also anyone know anything about this ram http://www.ajump.com/ajump/product.a...f%5Fid=3770078 ?

[NF2guy]

Got my XMS3200 platinum from googlegear for $83.00/stick

Running 404mhz now @ 3,2,2,2 timings stable.

[WinXP]

Haven't seen that ram but the kingston hyperx people brag about.

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....144-101-03.JPG

New Egg had them for 89.00 but out right now.

[seer33]

k well i was looking at http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=80092-15

which is the twinpack...but is this twinpack really worth the extra 60$ when i could jsut get 1 stick of 512 for 159$??

[melon_stunner]

There is a difference b/w Platinum and regular XMS. My friend has a regular XMS stick and its an older rev. so he has Samsung chips in his ram while my stick of Platinum has Winabon. Mine overclocks much more than his does. So, I assume the Platinum version is the newer version. BTW I bought mine from Fry's for $79.99 you might wanna check if they still have it for sale.

[melon_stunner]

In reference to the Kingston Hyper-X ram. I was able to get my hands on one and test it out (what wonderful friends I have). The PC3500 module basically does what a Corsair XMS PC3500 module would do. Nevertheless, PC3200 XMS sticks are right up there too. Either way you can't go wrong with any of these sticks they all use Winabon memory so it doesn't matter. The PC3500 modules are supposed to use 5ns while the PC3200 is supposed to use 6 ns chips. Still with my PC3200 Corsair XMS Platinum I can hit either speeds set my the other two sticks at any timming.

[seer33]

im just wondering though...im getting on 8rda+ board..should i get the 245x2 twinpack of memory...? or should i save myself 60$ and get 1 512 stick for 159?

[slapshot45]

i'd say get the one stick of 512 now, so you'll have hte option of getting another stick later on.

I'm facing the same dillema right now, pay $414 for a twin set of 1gig of pc3200 or get 2 sticks of 512xms low latency for 380. I'm probably going with the 2 seperate sticks for 380. Anyone know of any performance diff the twin set offers?

[NF2guy]

none. They just tested them together thats all.

[seer33]

and hey...I dont plan on overcloking my memory...jsut my processor/mobo and vid card...is low latency that improtant?

[NF2guy]

Latency of 2.5 or 2.0 is most desireable.

[seer33]

this may be a nub question..but how do you dtermine the latency of it..?