which ram!?!?!?!?!?! will order in less thatn 3 hrs!

GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 LifeAkron, PA Icrontian
edited November 2003 in Hardware
I have a choice to make and i Cant make up my Mind

KINGSTON HyperX Series 184-pin 1GB Kit (2x 512MB) DDR433 (PC3500) DDR RAM modules, Model# KHX3500K2/1G


OR


CORSAIR MEMORY XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, (Twin Pack) 1GB(2 x 512MB) 2x(64MX64) TWINX1024-3200C2 PRO Matched Pair .Retail
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  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited November 2003
    Which has the best price? Both should be a fine choice for your needs though. Also, you could order both and then test them to see which is better, then sell the lower performing of the 2.:eek2:
  • croc_croc_ New
    edited November 2003
    GenomeWizard get geil.
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited November 2003
    Ok GenomeWizard ;),
    Just take a look at the reviews from newegg and see what people have gotten the fsb to. I'd suppose either set of ram would do just fine for an amd system so just go with the cheapest.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Really though... what is the price? I've had good luck with Kingston, but either the Kingston or the Corsair will give you good results.

    Don't get Geil! :ninja:
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    THe corsair is like 10 bux more than the Kingston but I didnt know it one had a better rep than the other

    I know they are both good and as for the geil I have it and its sold and this is replacement ram. It ran just fine but no good for Ocing
  • croc_croc_ New
    edited November 2003
    no really, genome, get geil!!! ;)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I compared Kingston 3500 and Corsair 3500 very much in depth when I decided to get a gig of memory. Inadvertently, many of the comparisons also involved Corsair's 3200 and Kingston's 3200.

    Corsair was faster stock, and clocked higher on almost all the tests I found.
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited November 2003
    Chances are both of them are winbond BH5 modules, chances are they will do 230, chances are they will perform the same. You make the choice.


    Thrax, he's comparing KHX 3500 vs XMS 3200
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    well this is the Corsair 3200 pro vs the Kingston 3500
  • croc_croc_ New
    edited November 2003
    I think the question is, are you overclocking? and how high?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I found the corsair 3200 outdoing the kingston 3500 in several tests. ;D
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Ocing my 2800 right now at 10.5 x 200 would like to go father but my geil ram wont ( teh crappiness )
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Thrax had this to say
    I found the corsair 3200 outdoing the kingston 3500 in several tests.

    You're kidding? Wow, that Corsair must be really kickass stuff to actually be better than Kingston... I've got 2 256 MB PC2100 Kingston "Value RAM" (CL2.5) chips that run at PC2700 speed at CL2 timings 6-2-2-2...
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited November 2003
    Thrax had this to say
    I found the corsair 3200 outdoing the kingston 3500 in several tests. ;D

    Ya my pc3700 KHX is utter crap. Won't do 251 fsb @ 2.8vdimm and 8-4-4-3.

    But Genome I doubt you will be reaching the top speed of either of these ram modules without any mods so just buy the cheapest one.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Gnomewizardd had this to say
    Ocing my 2800 right now at 10.5 x 200 would like to go father but my geil ram wont ( teh crappiness )

    What mobo do you use? You should be able to (if you wanted to) just see how far the Processor will go independent of the RAM if you've got an NF2 board - you can run the FSB async.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Don't expect to much out of dual 512mb though. Not to many peeps can get it stable above 230 at good timings without supermodding the board.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I have two sticks of Corsair 3200 myself that do 235MHz @ 2/2/2, 2.9v.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    My Corsair 3200 hits 229 with cas 2/5/2/2 and goes to 242 with loose timings.

    BTW Gnome
    Did you ever sell all the XMS you had before?
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    yea the 512 xms pair? yea it was sold a while ago looks like Corsair it is!
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited November 2003
    Corsair makes great stuff but so does Kingston.

    Personally, I'm more pleased with my Kingston PC3200 because I had 4 (FOUR) bad sticks of Corsair PC3200 before I finally gave up on shipping it back for replacements so NewEgg let me ship it back for a refund and get the Kingston. No problems w/ my Kingston. :)

    Stuff happens, though. I think I just got RAM from a bad batch on the Corsair. Also, I doubt most people test their RAM to verify it works at its rated speed so there are probably a lot of bad sticks floating around (of all memory brands) that people don't even know of.

    Since the Kingston is cheaper, I'd get the Kingston no question.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=20-145-466-02.JPG/20-145-466-01.JPG


    WOW look at those suckers!
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited November 2003
    LED lights, yay. Those will match nicely with your TypeR Cube:p But I'm told the coolers are more efficient. It'd be nice to get review of those on this site.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    well i think its gonna haveta wait! I am goingto get teh Kingston 3500 since its actually cheaper and acouple reviews I read made me lean towards it. Not to mention the fact taht there were alot of mixed views in here and I know that they are both very good manufactures.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Buffalo makes GREAT ram for about half that price. Uses either BH5 or CH5.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I know you are supposed to runt 2x the same sticks for dual channel. But what I am wondering is can you run one256 and one 512 of otherwise the same memory???
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited November 2003
    Mackanz had this to say
    Buffalo makes GREAT ram for about half that price. Uses either BH5 or CH5.

    However winbond modules are currently out of stock at newegg :doh:
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Sure Larry, but you won't get dual though.

    Buffalo PC3200 with Winbond CH5 $85 each shipped if you buy 2. (thats $170) Not bad for sticks that does the same as BH5 but at 5,3,2,2 instead of 5,2,2,2.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    mtgoat had this to say
    I know you are supposed to runt 2x the same sticks for dual channel. But what I am wondering is can you run one256 and one 512 of otherwise the same memory???

    I run 1 stick of Corsair 3500 (512mb), and two sticks of Corsair 3200 (256mb) in another NF7-S. That one chugs along at 225 at 2/2/2.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    The guy at Amdmb's buy and sell is having them. REALLY nice guy. Quick in answering email's and pm's as well.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I may switch out completely if I can sell my 512 XMS3200
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