Memory advise

Claire Drew · 1 May 2007 at 11:37

I have found a very good deal on the below memory

Kingston HyperX - Memory - 2 GB ( 2 x 1 GB ) - DIMM 240-pin - DDR II - 800 MHz / PC2-6400 - CL4 - 2 V - unbuffered - non-ECC

I have got Vista home pro and 1gb of ram (2x512) running a bit slugish so wanted to upgrade.

I have looked round and the memory prices are very good at the moment but have the option of 3

1.Kingston HyperX - Memory - 2 GB ( 2 x 1 GB ) - DIMM 240-pin - DDR II - 800 MHz / PC2-6400 - CL4 - 2 V - unbuffered - non-ECC at £80 inc vat

2.Kingston ValueRAM - Memory - 2 GB ( 2 x 1 GB ) - DIMM 240-pin - DDR II - 667 MHz / PC2-5300 - CL5 - 1.8 V - unbuffered - non-ECC at £48 inc vat

3.Patriot 2GB PC6400 Kit (2x1GB) 800MHz, CL 5-5-5-12 Part: PDC22G6400ELK at £74 inc vat

any imput to the 3 options???

Nymins · 1 May 2007 at 12:53

Well i have the Patriot 2GB PC6400 kit, but the timings are 4-4-4-12 from the box. From the reviews they say they are pretty good overclockers are some have gotten them to 1000mhz. The Kingston HyperX looks pretty good too, but i have had no experience with them.

I can tell you more about the Patriots once i get them installed.

Zefan · 1 May 2007 at 12:55

Nymins your sig's filesize is above the maximum allowed 20KB.

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Nymins · 1 May 2007 at 13:01

Ahh thanks for pointing that out. I thought it was allowed up to 40kb or something, or did it change? I probably just misread it. Thanks again.

matthew2456 · 1 May 2007 at 13:04

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR

Claire Drew · 1 May 2007 at 13:45

Im not looking to overclock at the moment so want 800mhz at stock. I will be looking to tweak it a little when I get some more air through the case and get time to mess. Would I be better getting tighter timings at stock speed hows that work?

Nymins · 1 May 2007 at 15:17

Claire Drew said:
Im not looking to overclock at the moment so want 800mhz at stock. I will be looking to tweak it a little when I get some more air through the case and get time to mess. Would I be better getting tighter timings at stock speed hows that work?

It will give you better performance if the timings are tighter in general.