G.Skill RMA - Alternatives offered

pallys · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:15

Hi, RMA'd my G.Skill 4400 LE TCCD as a stick went bad.

since they are no longer manufactured, I have been offered:
G.Skill PC3200 2GB HX (2x 1024MB)

G.Skill 1GBFC PC4400 2.5-4-4-8

I was thinking of going for the 2GB and then running it on dividers...

what do you guys think ?

Cheers.

mightynimrod · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:19

Get the 2gb set, should clock well enough without the need for dividers (obviously not in the 4400 LE's league but well enough).

Minstadave · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:36

Definately take the 2Gb HZ, thats an awesome offer

pallys · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:39

Minstadave said:
Definately take the 2Gb HZ, thats an awesome offer

its the HX, top in the list here http://www.gskill.com/en/ddr.html

I think they are not good as good as HZ...

Minstadave · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:42

pallys said:
its the HX, top in the list here http://www.gskill.com/en/ddr.html

I think they are not good as good as HZ...

Ooops sorry misread it, they HX is still awesome, 2-3-2-5 timings at PC3200 is excellent for 2x1Gb, just whack it on a divider and you'll be well away.

pallys · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:43

HX uses Infineon Ce-6 chips, not sure if they're any good :confused:

Minstadave · 22 Aug 2006 at 14:46

pallys said:
HX uses Infineon Ce-6 chips, not sure if they're any good

I'm not sure how well they'd clock, but they have excellent stock timings, so you can just use a divider to keep them around stock and clock your 144 happily. Memory clocking on the A64 platform really doesn't bring a huge amount of performance increase, but having 2Gbs over 1Gb will make a lot of difference in any new games (BF2, Oblivion etc..)