WHICH RAM C2D

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Not sure if this is allowed in here.

Looking to build a C2D system soon either a E6300/E6600. Anyway my mates currently on holiday in Florida and seeing as the ram prices over here are ridiculous I may as well take advantage of him being there.

Looking to get 2x 1gb (2gb) which would be the best to get for the above CPU/S?


Thanks
 
Breeze said:
Not sure if this is allowed in here.

Looking to build a C2D system soon either a E6300/E6600. Anyway my mates currently on holiday in Florida and seeing as the ram prices over here are ridiculous I may as well take advantage of him being there.

Looking to get 2x 1gb (2gb) which would be the best to get for the above CPU/S?


Thanks
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Depends what your mobo can handle?

For example: The new 680i can handle PC8500 and above memory.
 
Breeze said:
Not sure if this is allowed in here.

Looking to build a C2D system soon either a E6300/E6600. Anyway my mates currently on holiday in Florida and seeing as the ram prices over here are ridiculous I may as well take advantage of him being there.

Looking to get 2x 1gb (2gb) which would be the best to get for the above CPU/S?


Thanks
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Be a little careful of HM Customs and Excise - they are usually OK with a few components, but theoretically anything over £30 is technically liable to import duty and then VAT. In the past I would have carried 2 sticks of RAM through security no problem, but now everything has to go in the luggage. Someone I know brought a £2000 mountain bike back and he was really unlucky that the Customs Officer on duty was a mountain biker and his 'bargain' was suddenly very expensive.
 
.:dhry:. SiroVa said:
Depends what your mobo can handle?

For example: The new 680i can handle PC8500 and above memory.
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Thinking about getting a cheap P5W or the like with a view to go 680 when there prices are more reasonable. Was only looking for 6400 or would it be worth getting 8500? Cant find that Crucial Tenth Anniversary memory on any US sites.
 
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WJA96 said:
Be a little careful of HM Customs and Excise - they are usually OK with a few components, but theoretically anything over £30 is technically liable to import duty and then VAT. In the past I would have carried 2 sticks of RAM through security no problem, but now everything has to go in the luggage. Someone I know brought a £2000 mountain bike back and he was really unlucky that the Customs Officer on duty was a mountain biker and his 'bargain' was suddenly very expensive.
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Thanks for the heads up but it would still work out cheaper even if the customs kicked up a fuss.
 
Really depends on the mobo, the g.skill HZ sets are meant to be good. And you cant go wrong with corsair aswell!
 
Thermaltake said:
Really depends on the mobo, the g.skill HZ sets are meant to be good. And you cant go wrong with corsair aswell!
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Was thinking along the lines of a Asus P5W DH Deluxe. Which Corsair type mate?
 
Prehaps these if you can get them.

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)

The C4 type is meant to go well with the Asus & Gigabyte boards! ;)
 
Jus saw a reveiw of these, and it said that they don't offer the same performance that the ballistix do. So maybe ask your friend to pick up a set of them! ;)
 
ugh no...

if your going to be buying a set from the US you will most likely be unable to take up any warranty/rma they offer...

so stay away from brands/models with questionable reliability - especially ballistix...

infact I'd stay away from anything made by

crucial
corsair
geil

if I didn't have a decent warranty with it...

personally I'd go for OCZ or G.Skills memory tho they might not be the cheapest... my 6400 HZ have worked in just about every motherboard I've tried them in without any issues and clock upto 1071 (from 800) on stock settings alone...
 
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Rroff said:
ugh no...

if your going to be buying a set from the US you will most likely be unable to take up any warranty/rma they offer...

so stay away from brands/models with questionable reliability - especially ballistix...

infact I'd stay away from anything made by

crucial
corsair
geil

if I didn't have a decent warranty with it...

personally I'd go for OCZ or G.Skills memory tho they might not be the cheapest... my 6400 HZ have worked in just about every motherboard I've tried them in without any issues and clock upto 1071 (from 800) on stock settings alone...
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Which OCZ would you recomend mate. Do you know if the HZ's are renamed something else, maybe HU?
 
G.Skill 6400HZ are HZ everywhere afaik... deffinatly seen them on <enter US online retailer here> as G.Skills HZ...

OCZ Wise depends on how much you want to spend but dual channel titanium kits will give you good results with enough voltage (and they are rated for higher voltages than normal kits) but if your using a 975X based board you might want to avoid OCZ RAM thats rated for > 1.9v minimum as you might have problems booting on it.
 
Rroff said:
G.Skill 6400HZ are HZ everywhere afaik... deffinatly seen them on <enter US online retailer here> as G.Skills HZ...

OCZ Wise depends on how much you want to spend but dual channel titanium kits will give you good results with enough voltage (and they are rated for higher voltages than normal kits) but if your using a 975X based board you might want to avoid OCZ RAM thats rated for > 1.9v minimum as you might have problems booting on it.
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having read your post roff i just had a quick browse on the memory section of OcUK. It seems some ram is rated at 2.1 - 2.2 some like corsair 1.9 - 2.3. I am buying at 975x board soon and was wondering what the stock mem voltage is that will allow my memory to boot up.. is it 1.9?
 
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