spec me a 2 gig kit please

barnsta

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i feel my system is letting me down with my 4 stix of 512 mb corsair value ram 3200/400 so would like to upgrade to some performance

i cant afford to spend oceans on them but any help is greatly appreciated, also can you buy ram second hand if so where from please?
is this advisable or not?

cheers you lot
 
man_from_uncle said:
I second kbc, G Skill ZX are great sticks of ram. They are ideal for non-overclockers and a great option if you one day decide you want to try overclocking. They are still a £150 or so though and I don't take that money lightly. Value ram will do a job too.
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ok thanks guys, so you think i will notice a difference in performance bearing in my mind my curent ram config.

cheers
 
ok i am about to order, is everybody sure that these are the ones for me at these specs or should i consider summit else

thanks
 
hi someone at ocuk reccomended these Corsair 2GB DDR XMS4000PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS3 (MY-094-CS)

what's better do u think these or the g skill ones?

thx
 
got the g-skill delivered yesterday, zx pc3200 2 x 1 gb dual package

Really really dissapointed, i think i may have a faulty stick, I couldn't run them in 1 t mode or on the normal timings, it kept on crashing my pc. So i am sending back as unwanted and will be ordering a new pair of something else as I really need to get my computer sorted as i have sold my old memory already!!

Any suggestions please, bearing in mind my specs.

thanks much appreciated
 
n3x said:
Did you slacken the timings? My corsair i have atm says it can do 2-3-3-6 but at default mhz it wont run on anything below 2.5-3-3-6 :confused:

Hmm ive just ordered the hz's... fingers crossed.
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I had the timings on auto, checked in cpu-z and they said 2.5-3-3-6

so no it wouldn't run below this. It could b emy board so panic thee not!

I am still open for sugegstions tho.
cheers
 
unfortunately i didnt have time to run memtest, I think i will go for corsair xms either the 4400 cas3 or the 3200 cas2 which do u think would be better if i plan to overclock a little?

thanks
 
n3x said:
well my 3200 xms pros are currently priming at home around 233mhz @ 2.5-3-3-6 on a 166 divider i think. I've pushed them up to around 250mhz before but i hadnt tested for stability and not sure what timings they were on now.

I expect to go home and find "execution halted" on my screen but they were running perfectly all day yesterday after some heavy gameage aswell.

So i guess if u'r only overclocking a little the low timings will probly be best but no1 seems to be able to prove which is actually better... timings or mhz? Im under the impression its a nice compromise betweek both. I plan to run a few 1mb superpi's on my gskill (if it works ;) ) to see what produces the best results for my system! Should be a long and boring task but someones gotta do it... lol :rolleyes:
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ok thanks, thing is the asrock board is not great for overclocking so maybe i should go for the 4000, i am so confused! :confused:
 
n3x said:
i think if your mobo isnt great for overclocking u should go for the 3200 :P

If your rams not gonna be run too far over 200mhz lower timings would suit u much better!
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yep I think thats what i am going to go for, thanks so much for your time and help
 
Havana_UK said:
GEIL value 2GB kit is very good.

Spec is (I think) 3-4-4-8 1T @ 200MHz, I have no problems running mine at 2.5-3-3-7 1T @ 210MHz.

Also, be warned, I'm pretty sure there's a small print with the Corsair CAS2 2GB PC3200 which says for AMD systems it's spec'd at CAS 2.5.

Cheers,
Hav
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just checked and it says tested on amd and intel at 2-3-3-6 so should be ok

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cheers
 
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