OCZ -=OR=- CORSAIR

samzetec-s · 30 May 2007 at 23:29

Hi, im after some 1066mhz ram. I have a choice between Corsair and OCZ. Both are 1066mhz, have 5-5-5-15 timings and roughly cost the same. Which one would you choose and why?

OCZ http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-082-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

Corsair is "CORSAIR XMS2 2GB DDR2 1066 PC2 8500" (OcUK dont sell this and dont want to post competition.

braz2kuk · 30 May 2007 at 23:33

I would go for OCZ as it clocks better form my experience, thats just my opinion though

samzetec-s · 31 May 2007 at 20:08

Ok thanks, they look better too! Got the OCZ

Dazza69r · 31 May 2007 at 22:41

yeh i got ocz sli memory and i havnt looked back... did have corsair but my motherboard did not like it one bit

gt_junkie · 31 May 2007 at 23:14

Me too!

Is ace and very stable!

Love OCZ.

gt

p4radox · 31 May 2007 at 23:42

Neither. Just get some Ballistix PC5300 and experience practically identical performance for a lot less money.

samzetec-s · 2 Jun 2007 at 00:11

samzetec-s said:
Ok thanks, they look better too! Got the OCZ

Cant remember writing that, did someone alter/remove some of my post?

gt_junkie · 2 Jun 2007 at 10:14

Dazza69r said:
yeh i got ocz sli memory and i havnt looked back... did have corsair but my motherboard did not like it one bit

Holy mother of god your sig's huge!!! :eek:

Might wanna resize that badboy. Needs to be 400x75 and no larger than 20k.

gt

samzetec-s · 2 Jun 2007 at 12:17

Right installed the OCZ, but in the bios its coming up as the same timings and latencys as my previous ram. do i need to manually adjust them? I thought it would auto do it?

p4radox · 2 Jun 2007 at 15:53

samzetec-s said:
Right installed the OCZ, but in the bios its coming up as the same timings and latencys as my previous ram. do i need to manually adjust them? I thought it would auto do it?

If you set the timings to "Auto" then it should automatically configure them to whatever the SPD data tells it.

To be honest I'd just set them to what they should be anyway.

samzetec-s · 2 Jun 2007 at 23:56

Got it working now, its fine at 800MHz but when i take it to 1066MHz i get random crashes. Can any1 help?

p4radox · 3 Jun 2007 at 00:06

samzetec-s said:
Got it working now, its fine at 800MHz but when i take it to 1066MHz i get random crashes. Can any1 help?

Is the voltage set correctly?

samzetec-s · 3 Jun 2007 at 00:13

Ah! didnt think of that! Havent altered any voltage, what would you think it should be set to? Its actually been running 1066 for a few mins ok now.....

samzetec-s · 3 Jun 2007 at 00:16

2.1V i believe looking at this review: http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/OCZ_PC2-8500_SLI/index2.shtml

EDIT: just checked and its on 2.3V auto, i havent had any more crashes tho, strange. Could be i altered something else without thinking, but its working now. Just dont see much benefit in 3dmark05