Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200 - CAS2 or CAS3?

GoldenHornet · 6 Sep 2006 at 10:46

Quick question....are the CAS2 worth the extra £30? I really only wanted to spend about £140ish. And would either of these be a good choice to replace my 2x512 Ballistix with?

Trusty · 6 Sep 2006 at 11:14

no, i would have thought so, are u overclocking??

GoldenHornet · 6 Sep 2006 at 12:35

No overclocking, I just wanted to run 2GB but thought this would be better than running 4x512 - especially as no-one seems to have the Ballistix in stock at the moment so I'd have to mix and match....

Everything in my machine is running at stock speeds.

Trusty · 7 Sep 2006 at 19:49

just go will cas3 then, 2gb from 1gb in memory will be very good performance increase anyway

locutus12 · 8 Sep 2006 at 02:53

i have the CAS 2 version and it wont run at CAS 2.0 :mad:

go with 3, cheaper and not much difference.

Lateralus68 · 9 Sep 2006 at 00:45

Hmm...i have the Cas 2 type and mine will only run at Cas 3 too. Any ideas as to why this is???

squiffy · 9 Sep 2006 at 01:16

I hve this memory, runs at CAS 2, just have to manually enter in CAS 2 in the BIOS (leave on auto and it sets at CAS 3) Make sure you're not running faster than 200mhz

Lateralus68 · 9 Sep 2006 at 08:58

sorry...i am a bit hopeless! how do i ensure that its not running at more than 200mhz??

Minstadave · 9 Sep 2006 at 09:22

Lateralus68 said:
sorry...i am a bit hopeless! how do i ensure that its not running at more than 200mhz??

Don't overclock, so that is no problem for you

Tetras · 9 Sep 2006 at 17:16

Yah, you have to manually set the timings with the C2PT.

Specifics here:
http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52351