New OCZ ram choice.

clone · 10 Jul 2006 at 10:00

Looking at ram for my conroe setup.

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Titanium Alpha XTC Series DDR2 CAS2 (OCZ2TA8002GK) (MY-072-OC)
800MHz DDR2
- CL 3-4-3-9 (CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS)
- Titanium Alpha XTC* Heatspreader
- OCZ Lifetime Warranty
- 2.2 Volts
- 240 Pin DIMM

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-7200 Dual Channel EPP XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2N9002GK) (MY-074-OC)
- 900MHz DDR2
- EPP 4-4-3-15 (CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS)
- Platinum Mirrored XTC Heatspreader*
- Lifetime Warranty
- 2.1 Volts
- 240 Pin DIMM

Top one is £100+ more
Awaits feedback

Minstadave · 10 Jul 2006 at 17:09

The second one down is faster and cheaper :confused:

clone · 10 Jul 2006 at 17:21

Dont understand it myself but hey the second one is £100+ cheaper

UKTopGun · 10 Jul 2006 at 20:11

Hehe yep check here:

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Titanium Alpha XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2TA8002GK) (MY-072-OC) - Price: £299.95 (£352.44 Including VAT at 17.5%)

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-7200 Dual Channel EPP XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2N9002GK) (MY-074-OC) Price: £199.95 (£234.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)

For whatever reason the new Titanium Alph XTC prices have been mucked up. The OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8000 Dual Channel Titanium Alpha XTC Series is exactly the same price as the
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Titanium Alpha XTC Series.

Minstadave · 10 Jul 2006 at 23:07

They were all described as CAS2 earlier too, but think they've got it sorted now

clone · 11 Jul 2006 at 08:42

So Dave what one should i go for m8,im after good ram for overclocking the conroe cpu,from what ive seen on the forum you are the man to ask about ram

Minstadave · 11 Jul 2006 at 10:07

The 7200 would be my choice of the two you mention.

clone · 11 Jul 2006 at 10:15

Minstadave said:
The 7200 would be my choice of the two you mention.

Cheer`s m8

Thanks for the help.

Dutch Guy · 11 Jul 2006 at 10:32

OMG, it is still 235 quid :eek:

DDR2 is expensive

Minstadave · 11 Jul 2006 at 11:20

Dutch Guy said:
OMG, it is still 235 quid DDR2 is expensive

The PC-5300/5400 is cheap though, the GSkill is only £125 inc VAT, thats not bad going at all.

Dutch Guy · 11 Jul 2006 at 11:48

Minstadave said:
The PC-5300/5400 is cheap though, the GSkill is only £125 inc VAT, thats not bad going at all.

Ah, I see, but is it worth paying nearly double the price :confused:

In other words are DDR2/AM2 systems bandwith limited unlike Socket 939 systems?

Minstadave · 11 Jul 2006 at 12:00

Dutch Guy said:
In other words are DDR2/AM2 systems bandwith limited unlike Socket 939 systems?

Nope it doesn't make a lot of difference, though AMD does like tight timings (well as tight as DDR2 can go) more than Conroe.

The high speed DDR2 is only really useful in clocking conroe at 1:1.

Dutch Guy · 11 Jul 2006 at 12:15

Minstadave said:
Nope it doesn't make a lot of difference, though AMD does like tight timings (well as tight as DDR2 can go) more than Conroe.

The high speed DDR2 is only really useful in clocking conroe at 1:1.

Ah, clone has a Conroe setup.

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