Kingston or Corsair? [Archive]

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immortal

26 Sep 2003, 07:31am

I am looking into building a new computer with all the latest and greatest. Although I can't decide on what RAM to use and need some help. Heres what I'm looking at:
Corsair XMS 1024 (512x2) PC3200 CL2
-and-
Kingston HyperX 1024 (512x2) PC3200 CL2
The Corsair is more expensive by 5 USD and both come with heat spreaders.
Thanks in advance.

Mt_Goat

26 Sep 2003, 12:47pm

Both are good and it would be hard to say one was better until you consider what board it is going in. Some boards have fits with some makes of RAM.

immortal

26 Sep 2003, 05:18pm

The board is the ASUS K8V Deluxe (http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8v-d/overview.htm)

danball1976

27 Sep 2003, 09:26am

Go with Corsair memory

Mt_Goat

27 Sep 2003, 02:36pm

For an A-64 system go with the Corsair.

yagga

28 Sep 2003, 01:48am

AMD_XP

28 Sep 2003, 07:06am

I have both in different machines and am very pleased with them. I am using 1GB of Corsair XMS in one machine and 1.5GB of Kingston HyperX in the other. I don't think you can go wrong with either brand.

JLamy

28 Sep 2003, 08:29pm

How about the ABit NF7-S board? Which brand would be better, as Kingston seems to be slightly cheaper? My last 2 systems had Corsair XMS in them, and never had a problem with them, yet.

immortal

30 Sep 2003, 04:10am

thank u everyone for your input

Mt_Goat

30 Sep 2003, 04:20am

Originally posted by JLamy
How about the ABit NF7-S board? Which brand would be better, as Kingston seems to be slightly cheaper? My last 2 systems had Corsair XMS in them, and never had a problem with them, yet.
Either one will work great. Just make sure it has the capability of low latency at however far you plan to push it. My XMS does 5-2-2- cas2@215MHz

JLamy

7 Oct 2003, 07:38pm

Thanks MTGOAT.
I will be pushing for speed of course, but wont spend days experimenting with different settings as I do not have that amount of time yet!

#Mr.Unix//.hax

8 Oct 2003, 08:35pm

I have Kinston pc3200 512 stick and very happy with its performance.

yagga

8 Oct 2003, 11:12pm

#Mr.Unix//.hax

9 Oct 2003, 03:37pm

Yes, they are both great products....its just a matter of personal prefrence.

yagga

10 Oct 2003, 05:29am

uh... becuase I feel like it...:D

Tell me, is this sentence gramically correct (no, the next one!)?
"A apple a day keeps the doctor away."

...just feel like doin somethin, don't take it in any bad way

third king

11 Oct 2003, 07:21am

it should be "an apple..." not "a apple..."

yagga

11 Oct 2003, 04:23pm