New Corsair DDR2 8500 vs current Dominator XMS2

elpedro · 10 Mar 2009 at 20:05

I have 4x1GB modules of the Dominator XMS2. I have a mate who would take them off my hands for £30 and I'm thinking of buying this stuff.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-173-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

Two reasons, using two modules instead of four puts less strain on the northbridge (had to lower my CPU overclock after I installed 2nd set of RAM) and I could upgrade to 8GB if I wanted.

AndyOcUK · 10 Mar 2009 at 20:47

All true and correct mate

elpedro · 10 Mar 2009 at 20:58

AndyOcUK said:
All true and correct mate

So this RAM isn't inferior to the Dominator?

AndyOcUK · 10 Mar 2009 at 21:04

elpedro said:
So this RAM isn't inferior to the Dominator?

No, not twice as much of it for the same slots

Check your user notes

Happy · 10 Mar 2009 at 21:11

elpedro said:
So this RAM isn't inferior to the Dominator?

Only cooling wise, it doesn't have 'the' heatsinks.

AndyOcUK · 10 Mar 2009 at 21:48

Happy said:
Only cooling wise, it doesn't have heatsinks.

Yes it does. It has the XMS2 Heatsink :confused:

Happy · 10 Mar 2009 at 21:50

I meant it doesn't have the Dual-Path Heat Xchange (DHX) technology, so that's the only difference.

Ah, I missed 'the' in my previous post

gurusan · 10 Mar 2009 at 21:55

If they are older dominators then they are micron d9s ....even the best 2x2gb DDR2 kits you can buy can't even hold a candle to the way old D9GMH/D8GKX chips clocked....

But if you are just running them around stock or 1100ish then no, there's no difference.

setter · 10 Mar 2009 at 22:00

Used to have 4gb (4x1) of team extreme that was D9GMH, sold them and replaced with 2x2gb of ocz reaper, didnt even realise they were great clocking kit's

gurusan · 10 Mar 2009 at 22:02

you faiL! I want a set of d9s

I have OCZ Flex 9200, some of the best 2x2gb you can buy...and it's poo compared to my old ballistix 5300 or OCZ sli

setter · 10 Mar 2009 at 22:05

Must be over a year or so since i sold em, replaced with reaper 6400, which has subsequently been replaced with reaper 8500.

Yellowbeard · 11 Mar 2009 at 02:29

This kit will not be D9s as the PSC ICs to make 2GB kits are much faster than the 128mb Micron ICs. This is a good kit even though it only has heat spreaders and not "the" heat spreaders. Most likely PSC ICs like 99.999% of all 4GB 8500 kits these days.

AndyOcUK · 11 Mar 2009 at 16:35

The Twin2X4096-8500C5 is a 4096 MByte matched pair of DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs. This part delivers outstanding performance in the latest generation of dual-channel DDR2-based motherboards. It has been tested extensively in multiple DDR2 motherboards to ensure compatibility and performance at its rated speed. This memory has been verified to operate at 1066MHz at latencies of 5-5-5-15.

- 1066MHz
- 5-5-5-15 Timings
- EPP Profile
- 2.1V

Buy Now @ Just £40.99 Inc VAT.

Phatjayunoi · 11 Mar 2009 at 17:37

Man this special offer price for this 1066 RAM makes me regret buying 8GB worth of the 800Mhz version a few months back. I could always just re-sell it and go for this one, but meh

. Damn you OcUK

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reflux · 11 Mar 2009 at 17:40

gurusan said:
it's poo compared to my old ballistix 5300 or OCZ sli

Aye, used to have some Crucial 10th Anniversary stuff, 667mhz, that clocked to 1100mhz on stock volts. Considering it was only £20 more than 2GB of boring GeIL stuff at the time, it was bargaintastic!!

elpedro · 11 Mar 2009 at 21:56

Just ordered some, sold my 4x1GB Dominator for a bargaintastic £30 to a friend. Mr Q6600 will be going back to 3.5GHz when this arrives.