OCZ or Corsair XMS

[CrimsonCutie]

Building new system. The mobo will be the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium.

Which memory do users have better luck with. I am either getting OCZ or Corsair XMS

OCZ titanium
Corsair XMS Plat.
Corsair Pro with LEDs
OCZ Black

Comparrison of Memory

Any input, ideas, thoughts, experinces will be greatly appreicated.
thanks adhead of time
J

 

[w00t]

I'd go with plat. or gold except that isnt on list.

 

[Bona Fide]

OCZ without a doubt. Case closed

 

[CrimsonCutie]

ok 2 votes for ocz so far hehe

 

[mwmorph]

get the cheap one.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=28&threadid=1475190&enterthread=y

the difference between 3-3-3 and 2-2-2 is 2% at most. dont get it unless you do nothing but use winrar 24/7. get some value ram to oc with and run a divider and only slightly higher than stock volts. that money yuo save can upgrade you from a 6600gt to a 6800gt.

 

[Some1ne]

I'd go with the fancy LED RAM, just because the LED's are cool. Not that there's anything wrong with the OCZ RAM.

 

[Chef Brian]

OCZ Gold BH5 is about the best deal for performance memory. $200 CAD (about 160US) for a gig of 2-2-2-5 DDR400 that overclocks like a mofo and loves voltage. Or Redline for the same price...


Just don't buy Corsair. Their performance memory is overpriced to the Max.

 

[CrimsonCutie]

i am not seeing the OCZ Gold comeing in a 2 gig==2x1gb configuration.. only 512's

 

[CrimsonCutie]

it seems OCZ is a favoured memory

 

[d2arcturus]

OCZ Platinum, or Platinum rev2 if it's the same price.

 

[JohnAn2112]

OCZ!

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
get the cheap one.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=28&threadid=1475190&enterthread=y

the difference between 3-3-3 and 2-2-2 is 2% at most. dont get it unless you do nothing but use winrar 24/7. get some value ram to oc with and run a divider and only slightly higher than stock volts. that money yuo save can upgrade you from a 6600gt to a 6800gt.

Exactly. Get the cheap RAM, and spend your $$$ on other components. Fry's and other stores routinely have 512M sticks for $30 and less nowadays; don't spend more - particularly on AMD systems with integrated memory controller, it's wasted $. Get a better graphics card - that's the holdup for most things folks do nowadays anyway.

 

[rise]

mushkin or corsair

imo mushkin is the best 1 gig sticks, mine are 250 2.5-3-2-8.

 

[fstime]

I love the value ram guys around here.

I don't know they convince themselves their 200 fsb 2.5-4-4 is just as good as my 250 fsb 2-2-2-5 or 300 fsb 2.5-3-3.

Value ram is good but some poeple want the best

Anyways, with that board, i'd get some nice OCZ TCCD w/ the BP PCB.

I think its the PLAT rev.2 stuff, not sure though.

 

[Hacp]

Ya, spending 150 dollars on the tight timings which will get you 3-5% is a waste of money. 3-5% is around a 200MHZ boost. For 150 dollars it is NOT WORTH IT. For 30-40 dollars 3-5% is good, but not for 150 dollars. I would rather spend the money to upgrade from a 6800GT to a 7800GTX.

 

[bjc112]

I love my OCZ..

Runs 260 mhz @ 3/3/3/8 1T with no problems..

Rev 2 Plat. (PC 3200)

 

[Hacp]

BJC are these 1mb sticks?

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Chef Brian
OCZ Gold BH5 is about the best deal for performance memory. $200 CAD (about 160US) for a gig of 2-2-2-5 DDR400 that overclocks like a mofo and loves voltage. Or Redline for the same price...


Just don't buy Corsair. Their performance memory is overpriced to the Max.

or for like $229 you can get TWO gigs of valueram, which IMO is better than 1GB of fast memory. I even bought 2 gigs of this memory for my PC, but it was rejected by my system, and I sold it to a friend. shame.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: Hacp
BJC are these 1mb sticks?

Now sir they are not..

I need more than 2MB

It's 2x512

I didn't realize the OP was looking for 1GB sticks..

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: Hacp
Ya, spending 150 dollars on the tight timings which will get you 3-5% is a waste of money. 3-5% is around a 200MHZ boost. For 150 dollars it is NOT WORTH IT. For 30-40 dollars 3-5% is good, but not for 150 dollars. I would rather spend the money to upgrade from a 6800GT to a 7800GTX.

i don't understand your math. he's looking at 1 gig sticks for around 135/gig. wheres your 60/gig ram?

realistically, even 4x512 of vs will cost you ~85/gig, or $170 for 2 gigs, right? so its ~$100 difference, or 50/gig for stuff that will actually clock well.

3-5% performance hit between running 3-4-4-8 @ 200 and 2.5-3-3-8 @ 250?? look at Zeb's guide again. at least in the apps i care about, games, lol, you're looking at 3-18% with the norm around 10%.

also note Zebos timings i'll tell you its not 3-4-4-8 pc3200.

 

[imported_Kensai]

OCZ EL Platinum. Great stuff there.

 

[waddles]

One word... OCZ! As if you didn't know that already. But like some people have said if you not going to overclock then just get value RAM and if you do get value RAM get Crucial because they have their support in the U.S.A. Go Crucial! But as far as over clocking go Crosair... I'm just kidding go with OCZ of course. Enjoy your new PC.

 

[Hacp]

Hes looking at 2Gig dual channel kits that cost around 270-330 dollars. Comparing the low end to the high end, it is a 150 dollar difference.

Ow ya, where are you getting those numbers? Zebos guide does not have those numbers.

 

[Hacp]

NVM, seems like the Platinums cost around 130 for a GB. Its around 80 dollars more expensive than what regular ram would cost. 80 bucks for the 3-5% is bordering acceptable, especially considering that its 1GB, and supposedly these ram modules will overclock a few mhz (like 10-20) at those timings, so I can't find any reason not to support the Platinum!

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: Hacp
Hes looking at 2Gig dual channel kits that cost around 270-330 dollars. Comparing the low end to the high end, it is a 150 dollar difference.

Ow ya, where are you getting those numbers? Zebos guide does not have those numbers.

heres just 1. you can go look at others.

Farcry 800x600 in FPS
PC2300 - 3-3-3 1T- 61.46
PC3000 - 3-3-3 1T- 66.49
PC3000 - 2-2-2 1T- 72.67
PC4700 - 3-4-3 1T- 74.97
PC3800 - 2.5-2-2-1T - 77.08

even the two pc3000, one at cl2 one at cl3 show a 10% difference.