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Jul 22, 2002, 04:55 AM
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Driverage Snipe
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What RAM should I get
Hey guys, I got my PC2100 ram here and since I'm unlocking my XP I'm gonna get some new ram and give the old one to my parents.
I have a few choices that fit in my price range
OCZ PC2700 @ 245 CDN
OCZ PC3000 @ 260 CDN
OCZ PC3200 @ 290 CDN
True Samsung PC2700 @ 290 CDN (Sorry about that guys)
and lastly
Generic Samsung PC2700 @ 210 CDN .
Any ideas?
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Jul 22, 2002, 05:15 AM
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Junior
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What is generic Samsung  .... anyway, I recommend Samsung (whichever kind). Those were shown to overclock best.  |
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Jul 22, 2002, 05:35 AM
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nither
ocz 3200 is simply sumsung ddr 400
so just buy the ddr 400 of sumsung dont trust ocz
and then overclock it to the max
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Jul 22, 2002, 10:35 AM
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ocz 3200 is not ddr 400 of samsung dude
true samsung means samsung chips on samsung pcb
so get the "True Samsung" DDR333 it is really 333
any generic samsung may not actually go that high without probs
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Jul 22, 2002, 10:56 AM
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E Pluribus Unum
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Why not Corsair?
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Jul 22, 2002, 11:03 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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If it helps any...
I have 512Mb of Samsung PC800 RD-RAM @ 944Mhz, altough it's not DDR-RAM it is Samsung and runs nicely OC'd.
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Jul 22, 2002, 11:09 AM
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Driverage Snipe
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Corsair costs too much and it's basically the same as OCZ or True Samsung, IMO
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Jul 23, 2002, 09:40 AM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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i can tell you only thats the BEST ram is:
Mushkin 2700 DDR 333.  |
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Jul 23, 2002, 11:58 AM
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Junior
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Re:
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Originally posted by JavaFox
Why not Corsair?
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I was reading an article a month ago and it compared the different types of ram and found that the only companies that HADN't overclocked their ram and had actually been selling true 333 ram were Nanya and Samsung . The Corsair didn't overclock at all. They claimed that the heatspreader on the Corsair was on so tight that they almost thought that Corsair memory had "something to hide"  . Guess what they found when they managed to pry it off . It was overclocked DDR266  ..... most of the other manufacturers' RAM ran at 333 and wouldn't go any higher. The Samsung overclocked like a champ, so that's why everyone recommends it. I'm pretty sure that's why the Samsung memory's reputation has changed from "the cheap company" to "the highest quality RAM for OCing".... |
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Jul 23, 2002, 01:04 PM
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Drivers? What Drivers???
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I would go with Samsung, it's cheaper and it's the best one for OC, that's the one I'm using right now (not Samsung PCB thou..  ). The maximum FSB I have used is 185Mhz CAS2-1.8V, Normal settings in my I-Will XP-333, the maximum I have run it is at 190FSB, but the video card and sound card start to crap out at this speed, but have never been able to raise it to 200Mhz, even with resistor mods, it once started at 2.1V, but Windows never got to load 
But even for a generic PCB it works perfectly stable at 185Mhz FSB
My 2 cents  |
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Jul 23, 2002, 02:44 PM
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E Pluribus Unum
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Well, the thing you have to realize, dallas, is, up until recently, no company has produced PC2700 to JEDEC specifications. It's all, basically, overclocked. |
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Jul 23, 2002, 05:03 PM
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FWIW: http://www.tweaktown.com/document.ph...review&dId=314 nice article from just last week. 
'Nother FWIW: AGP 8x cards & boards are a reality. 533FSB mobo's & CPU's to stay up w/the transfer rate, are here too. All we need is 533mhz RAM ... I'd expect prices to adjust down for slower RAM just like CPU's have & vid cards & mobo's are.
P4's @ 3gig+ real soon.
Things are moving fast. 
L8tr,
JAV
GBA! |
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Jul 23, 2002, 06:35 PM
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Driverage Snipe
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I took the bite and bought the true samsung PC2700, cost me a lot, but I expect much out of it. hehe
Think I'll need to mod my KT3 Ultra to get that high fsb?
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Jul 24, 2002, 12:57 AM
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Elite Bastard
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Samsung PC2700 -CTL still seems to be the best out there. Speeds of over 210mhz aren't that uncommon |
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