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Anyone tried this RAM yet?

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05virulosity50

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Kreton Technology Blitz Extreme Speed Module 512MB - Dual Channel 433Mhz 32X8 PC3500 (with Heat Spreader) 184 pins DDRAM - Retail
Specifications:
Extreme Speed Dual Channel Gamer Module w/Heat Spreader for Improved Thermal Performance
Capacity: 512MB
Speed: 5.0 nano second access time. PC3500
Lifetime Warranty
Latency: 2-3-3-7-1T

Only $105 at newegg, sounds like a good deal...
or is it crap?
 
btw: to expand my question a little more, I want to overclock to at least 250mhz, can this do it with out sacrificing a large ratio you think?
 
All memory using Hynix D43 chips are using naturally 5ns chips. That includes Corsair, OCZ, and Mushkin PC4000.

You can't really tell anything about a product, especially anything about it's overclocking ability, by company listed specs. You have to have either previous expirience, which by the fact that this is lower-cost memory is unlikely. Or you need to find out which chips are used on the memory, and then judge by overclocking performance by those with memory utilizing that same chip.

If you want low cost memory that will do DDR500, your probable best bet is to try to locate low-cost A-DATA 4ns memory. Or perhaps low-cost Buffalo PC4000/4300.

But your better off buying BH-5 memory and running 5:4 ratio (200:250 or higher). Kingston HyperX PC3000 costs $200/1GB ($100/512MB) or $107/512MB ($53.50/256MB) and should use Winbond BH-5 or BH-6 (basically equal) chips.
 
i have heard good things about buffalo pc3700, but they only have the 256mb and i want a gig. Is it a bad idea to do 4x256?
 
There are worse ideas. 4 256s will hurt max memory clock speed and/or tmings a bit, but so do 2 512s as opposed to 2 256s.
 
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