2GB DECENT RAM UNDER £150?? help

StevenG · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:31

i dont know anything about ram... i want something to go in with my future upgrades:

x2 4400
asus a8n-e-ultra
ocuk 7800gtx

overclocking preferable but not needed :confused:

Hyper · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:49

Well i know a lot of people wont reccomend this but i say get some crucial ballistix and hope you get a good set and if they pop all you have to do is use crucials well perfected RMA service :cool:

pieman109 · 20 Feb 2006 at 23:12

Save yourself a lot of trouble and buy summat else thats just as good.

mp260767 · 21 Feb 2006 at 09:18

hi,

have a look at Mushkin 2GB DDR EM3200 Enhanced Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) CAS3 (991461) (MY-006-MK) £140 ish or G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel Kit (F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ) (MY-008-GS) £152 ish.

Ladforce · 21 Feb 2006 at 15:30

I second the HZ, very good kit and good value to. Or maybe you would prefer the ZX thats another good kit. Depends if you want to overclock or not i guess as the HZ is rated at a higher speed than the ZX but the tradeoff is looser timings.

StevenG · 21 Feb 2006 at 16:20

speed V timings???????????

FirePhoenixCtk · 21 Feb 2006 at 16:59

well using the gskill hz will garuntee you of 250htt

pieman109 · 21 Feb 2006 at 17:58

FirePhoenixCtk said:
well using the gskill hz will garuntee you of 250htt

Well it should do, its rated as PC4000 (250mhz) at stock, if it doesn't it goes straight back for rma.

Dirk · 22 Feb 2006 at 11:04

pieman109 said:
Save yourself a lot of trouble and buy summat else thats just as good.

Are you going to manufacture this 'something just as good' yourself as you could stand to make a killing if you can do it without reliability issues

That said it seems like Crucial have run run out of spare kits for RMA so steer clear. All the others perform similarly in the real world so bring up a list on your monitor, close your eyes and stick a pin in your screen

StevenG · 22 Feb 2006 at 12:22

i think im going to go for the g.skill and try to clock my 4400 up to about 2.55 using 232fsb and a 11x multiplier? thanks for all the help.

Stupido · 23 Feb 2006 at 12:12

i ran a test on my OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 Dual Channel Gold Rev 2 (500mhz).

i ran it at pc3200 (400mhz) at 2.5 3-3-6 and also at its default pc4000 2.5 3-3-8 . at 500 mhz it gave a mere 700 3d2001 marks more than at 400 mhz .

i ran a similar test om my corsair XMS3200C2PT pc3200

at pc3200 (400mhz) 2.5 3-3-6 default and as pc4000(500mhz) at 3 3-3-8
once again it scored slighly higer at 500 mhz with slacker timings but , the improvement was negligable also .

so basically the price premium for pc4000 doesnt really seam worth it IMO .

StevenG · 23 Feb 2006 at 12:44

so go for a decent 3200 kit?