Which 4Gb Ram Kit....

peter212693 · 28 Aug 2007 at 18:08

Hi all,

I’m going to upgrade my rig. I’m going for the following:

This will be an upgrade from my X2 [email protected] with 4x1GB Corsair XMS3200. As you can see i will be doing some overclocking on the E2160 beast, so my question is which ram kit do you think I should go for. Don’t want to spend a fortune but would consider and opinions on memory or the rest of it.

Ive has this input from sniper123:

Save yourself some money and get 2 of these...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144
I have the same mobo and 4x1GB of that ram.
Currently ram @ 930mhz 4-4-4-12 2.1v

Many thanks

PS I'm going for 4Gb as I do a lot of gaming in Vista, Thanks

Cob · 28 Aug 2007 at 18:20

Are you after 2x2gb or 4x1gb?

The link is cropped and therefore doesn't work, but I'm guessing that it's meant to point to the PC5300 Ballistix. And it would be a very good choice if you're happy with four 1gb sticks as opposed to two 2gb sticks.

peter212693 · 28 Aug 2007 at 18:37

Cob said:
Are you after 2x2gb or 4x1gb?

The link is cropped and therefore doesn't work, but I'm guessing that it's meant to point to the PC5300 Ballistix. And it would be a very good choice if you're happy with four 1gb sticks as opposed to two 2gb sticks.

Link now working. Thanks

I was thinking more 2x2Gb as its ment to be better for overclocking, but I may be wrong. If 4x1Gb still performs as good then great.

So not too fussed really.

Cob · 28 Aug 2007 at 19:02

The 2x2gb kits currently won't clock past their rated speeds. So if you're looking at getting as close to a 400mhz FSB as possible then you'll need to buy PC6400. And the 2x2gb PC6400 kits are currently pretty pricey at ~£180.

Whereas two kits of the 2x1gb PC5300 Ballistix will set you back £130 and will overclock further than any of the 2x2gb kits.

Having four 1gb sticks will not hamper your CPU overclock in this case. I had (and so have many others) four sticks of the PC5300 Ballistix running at 1066mhz without any effort.

Tute · 28 Aug 2007 at 19:34

Cob said:
The 2x2gb kits currently won't clock past their rated speeds.

How come?

Cob · 28 Aug 2007 at 19:46

Because they're pretty much at their limits already. People are reporting being able to OC as little as 20-30mhz on the PC6400 kits.
There is a fabled Mushkin 2x2gb PC6400 kit out there that's meant to overclock pretty well, but it's hard to get hold of in this country.