Corsair or OCZ?

[KeepItRed]

What's the faster and better brand for non-overclockers? And when I install RAM I hear lots of people talking about changing the voltage, when do you do this or is it only for OC'ers?

 

[suicidalpigeon]

no oc=corsair, you only change voltage if neccessary, mostly for oc'ing.

 

[akshayt]

corsair xms , isn't it supposed to be overclockers ram or gmaers ram
thoguh corsair value select may not oc too well

 

[Ike0069]

You can't just go by the brand, you have to look at the timings for the sticks you plan to buy.

 

[NatePo717]

Corsair and OCZ are both very high quality ram. You can't really lose either way. But if you have a DFI board I would suggest OCZ. It just seems to work better. Not to mention Anand seems to love the OCZ EL Platinum Rev 2 stuff.

 

[KeepItRed]

Originally posted by: Ike0069
You can't just go by the brand, you have to look at the timings for the sticks you plan to buy.

I just want fast ram as I am a hardcore gamer

Corsair and OCZ are both very high quality ram. You can't really lose either way. But if you have a DFI board I would suggest OCZ. It just seems to work better. Not to mention Anand seems to love the OCZ EL Platinum Rev 2 stuff.

Waiting for the next gen (R520) Crossfire mobo.

 

[KeepItRed]

By the way, out of OCZ or Corsair I just want a 1GB RAM stick but theres like 5 versions of it for different prices...Such as:

-----OCZ-----

OCZ Value Series

-----Corsair-----

Corsair DDR PC3200 (400MHz) CL2.5
Corsair DDR PC3200 (400Mhz) CL 3
Corsair ValueSelect DDR2
Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory Speed DDR2
XMS DDR Memory Modules


I have no idea which one to choose for fast RAM meant for gaming...

 

[imported_Kensai]

You forgot OCZ's gold series, platinum series and titanium series.

 

[KeepItRed]

I'm only comparing to the store that's right beside my house:

OCZ
Corsair

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: KeepItRed
By the way, out of OCZ or Corsair I just want a 1GB RAM stick but theres like 5 versions of it for different prices...Such as:

-----OCZ-----

OCZ Value Series

-----Corsair-----

Corsair DDR PC3200 (400MHz) CL2.5
Corsair DDR PC3200 (400Mhz) CL 3
Corsair ValueSelect DDR2
Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory Speed DDR2
XMS DDR Memory Modules


I have no idea which one to choose for fast RAM meant for gaming...

Well, right away you can eliminate some of those as DDR 2 is only for Intel and DDR is for AMD and Intel. Other than that I can't help much, I just plan to get 2x1gb Corsair Value Select, oc the cpu and run a memory divider

-spike

 

[KeepItRed]

Is there a performance decrease if you have X2 512 compared to X1 1024?

 

[suicidalpigeon]

512's have better timings in most cases, and 2 sticks would have dual channel on if mobo supports it.

 

[Spike]

but it's even better with 2x 1024 so you can do dual channel 1gb

 

[IamTHEsnake]

OCZ