Corsair XMS or Kingston Hyper-x 256mb ddr400?

[Sickofthelies]

$.60 price difference at newegg.

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CORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series 256MB 32MX8 PC-3200C2 With Heat Spreader OEM
Specifications:
Speed 400MHz
Organization 64M x 64
CAS Latency 2-3-3-6-T1

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KINGSTON HyperX Series 184-pin 256MB DDR400 (PC3200) 32X64 DDR RAM modules, Model# KHX3200/256
Specifications:
Type: Kingston HyperX
Capacity: 256MB
Speed: DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Latency: CAS Latency 2 (2-2-2-6-1T)

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Price isnt an issue. Need to know which one will be better at overclocking. Thanks.

 

[AC Slater]

Can't go wrong either way. I have some of the XMS and can get it up to 221 at 6-3-3-2. I bought my 512 stick back in January when it was $160, now it is sooooo cheap for any kind of memory.

 

[Sickofthelies]

http://www.buyaib.com/pc3500ddrsdram.html

THeres "AIB" PC3200 preoverclocked to 3500 for $33, what a steal! Anyway, ever heard of this brand? If its good ill order some right this second!

 

[Sickofthelies]

Oh, and whats house brand mean?

 

[killer7]

Oh, and whats house brand mean?

Just the particular brand of generic crap a certain company builds its PC's with. As far as those two, they are both great DIMMS. I have had wonderful performance with Mushkin DIMMS as well.

 

[G2145]

1 or 2 sticks?

for a dual channel nforce2 mobo...better to get 2 x 256 or 1 x 512?

 

[PLtNmHeLiX]

you need at least two sticks to run in dual (get it, two=dual ) channel. so get 2x256

 

[bafbrian]

All depends on your mobo and your preference.

I would say go with the HyperX though.

 

[Sickofthelies]

but the aib and house brand are half the price!

 

[G2145]

if i went for the duals...are there any performance gains versus just 1 stick of corsair or kingston low CAS 512?... i think i need to go to pc3200, because i'm unstable at 195 FSB, posted, but 3dmark 2001 crashed