What happened to the samsung green thread?

Deleted member 2277 · 22 May 2013 at 19:01

I've noticed that people don't seem to recommend it as often as they used to, also it has gone very expensive.

Yaayuh! · 22 May 2013 at 19:38

This one?
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18379546&highlight=samsung+green

Deleted member 2277 said:
I've noticed that people don't seem to recommend it as often as they used to, also it has gone very expensive.

I recommend it still, just as much as i used to, it's great RAM. Also, it's the prices of DDR3 in general that have increased, not just the Samsung Green. Even so, £124 for 2x8Gb kits of very good low profile, overclockable RAM isn't expensive.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-002-SA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

8 Pack · 22 May 2013 at 20:38

Yeah I still like to recommend it too. Great RAM and price for the quality. Infact I think I will pull my Sammys out again tomorrow and see how they fly on Haswell.

deFiniLoGy · 22 May 2013 at 21:15

do you need a heatsink for them actually?

setter · 22 May 2013 at 23:06

Nope, ram doesnt really need a heatspreader at all. It's mostly for show and upping the price if you ask me. Though if you desire it for looks sake, you can purchase aftermarket heatspreaders to stick on it.

deFiniLoGy · 23 May 2013 at 11:17

setter said:
Nope, ram doesnt really need a heatspreader at all. It's mostly for show and upping the price if you ask me. Though if you desire it for looks sake, you can purchase aftermarket heatspreaders to stick on it.

but you can fit an EK monarch on them for the look right

?

8 Pack · 23 May 2013 at 14:41

You can do anything for the look but memory does rarely benefit from cooling other than sub zero.

Samsung like air or -40. In between not much improvement.

illuz · 23 May 2013 at 15:32

deFiniLoGy said:
do you need a heatsink for them actually?

If you're clocking the hell out of regular sticks, but not these 30nm sticks. They barely heat up even when you're cranking the speed and voltage up. :cool:

setter · 23 May 2013 at 21:33

Ive found elaborate heatsinks/pipes to be a hindrance on ram a few times. Have 6gb of ocz reaper in my x58 rig. The big tall heatpipes limit cooler choice, even the heatspreaders on the sides of it are quite chunky.

Yurka · 23 Jul 2013 at 20:20

Will the Samsung Green dual / quad kits work fine with a Gigabyte X58-USB3 ? i.e. just not using the 5th and 6th slot.

I see you can use dual kits on tri channel boards but the compatibility of the RAM itself as x58 isn't listed on its compatibility list...

wazza300 · 23 Jul 2013 at 21:17

They work on gigabyte x58,seen it

Suarez7 · 24 Jul 2013 at 17:40

My 8gb kit working well at 2133mhz 9-10-10-21-1T-88 at only 1.5v.

Passed Super Pi 32mb that's a good enough test for me lol

8 Pack · 24 Jul 2013 at 23:05

Samsung Green is EOL guys so very scarce now these days. My sticks are still clocking well.

yoyo59 · 30 Jul 2013 at 00:12

they was super cheap when the first came out, but all ram has doubled

I have 16g of this green memory still yet to overclock it

korso · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:39

You'd expect them to release a follow up considering how great the ram actually was.

David Bisset · 30 Jul 2013 at 10:40

Still kicking myself I didn't get any when they first came along - seemed like I'd have plenty time and/or they'd be followed up by even better RAM. D'oh!

8 Pack · 30 Jul 2013 at 12:47

yoyo59 said:
they was super cheap when the first came out, but all ram has doubled

I have 16g of this green memory still yet to overclock it

Oh dear!!!

Yaayuh! · 30 Jul 2013 at 12:55

Oh dear indeed.
I had the most overclocking fun i've ever had when the Samsung Green came out. Go and overclock them man!

Suarez7 · 30 Jul 2013 at 12:56

No point buying Sammy Green if you aren't going to overclock her.