$23 for 64mb CL3 Kingston RAM *no rebates, coupons, or anything, just plain-out good deal!*

[GoldenTiger]

64mb of Kingston CL3 PC133 RAM is on sale at buy.com for just $23. No coupons needed, no rebates needed, just a flat-out good deal hassle-free . Seriously, the difference between CL2 and CL3 is nothing in actual performance.... don't think that CL2 is going to make your system give 20 extra frames per second in your games, at most it'll give 0.00041389 fps or something. If you want RAM, grab it. CL2 is just extra sweetening...

BTW, anyone who asks I'm gonna answer in advance: PC133 ram will also work at any speed under it (like a 100mhz bus or a 66mhz bus).

 

[stingbandel]

goo deal. thanks

 

[Rhodent]

How do you know this is CL2? I see nothing on buy.com that says so. If this kingston has the nanyo chips you can forget it. If it has the Infineon chips then odds are you will get it to work at cl2.

 

[yellowperil]

Will this work in a system that takes PC100? (I'm thinking of the Dell Celeron system)

 

[esquared]

This is definitely not CAS 2 memory. The only CAS 2 PC133 Kingston makes is the Virtual channel memory that lists at 98.00 for 64 MB. The Value Ram CAS 3 PC133 lists for 58.00 for 64 MB, which is more than likely what this memory is. It might do CL2 only if the chips are Infineon. The rest of the chips that Kingston uses, (ie., Winbond, IBM, Nanyo) more than likely will not do CL2. It's a crap shoot as to what chips you get. I received a 128 MB Value Ram last month with Infineon chips and a co-worker bought the same ram this month and it had IBM chips.

Yellowperil: PC133 is backward compatible, so it should work fine in a system running PC100. I have PC133 running on an old FIC 503+ board and it runs perfectly.

 

[Fokks]

esquared

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/computers/product.asp?sku=10251635&loc=101

here's Kingstons 128 stick of PC133 CAS2 ram for only $59.95!
BUT! notice it's part # "Mfg part#: KVR100X64C2/128" See the "C2"

Now look at the part number for the 64MB stick for the deal of the day

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=70001931&loc=114
(You can get to that by clicking on buy for the deal of the day, then on the part in your cart.)
"Mfg Part Number: KVR133X64C3/64" Notice unfortunately the "C3"
Still I'd bet they will run at CAS2 without issues. And not a bad deal still

 

[jau]

Wat's the benifit of running @ cas 2 vs. cas 3? Is it better to run a pc 100 that can do pc 133 @ cas 3 then to run it pc 100 @ cas 2?

 

[ss284]

buy this ram, and get the 20 dollar rebate. however, im not sure about the validity of kingston and their rebates. anyone have good/ba experiences with their rebate system?

EVEN BEtter!

also if a new customer, add the 10 dolar off coupon =)


let me know if any more info pops up,

Steve

 

[GoldenTiger]

Bump!

 

[esquared]

Fokks:
Your first link is to PC-100 CAS2 memory. I was referring to PC133 memory.
The 3 digits after the VR is the memory speed. ie VR100 or VR133.

 

[mrVW]

Ok -- I just found a hot deal combo with this.

If you DON'T MIND REBATES, this is a rebate heavy deal. Ok. Trying to combine some deals.

TDK 74Minute 100PK Cakebox is $39.95 then $20 rebate.
Kingston 64MB PC100 CL2 DIMM $32.95 then $10 rebate.
Kingston 64MB PC133 CL3 DIMM $22.95 deal of the day.
Kingston 128MB PC133 CL3 DIMM $54.95 then $20 rebate.

--- total --- $39.95 + 32.95 + 22.95 + 54.95 = $150.80 which gets you qualified for a $30 existing customer coupon. My total comes out to $120.80 then $7.01 Standard shipping.

Then I have two kingston rebates ($10, then $20), and a TDK rebate ($20). Final cost, $70 for 256MB of RAM! The CD-R's are just frosting on the Cakebox [grin].

 

[esquared]

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[RobsTV]

mrVW
Looks like the ram you get is a real crapshoot.
I bought 2 sticks of the 128meg Cas3 ram. Winbond chips.
Both are Junk stuff. Piss poor ram. Neither will boot in a normal system.
By normal system, I mean what is currently popular, such as Abit KT7.
By Junk and Piss Poor, I mean it should work with the normal 10% rule, or 133+13. Any modern part, (CPU, Memory, Video, etc), should be labeled at least 10% less than what it can actually run. That is how normal quality control works. Anything less is Piss Poor Junk. Good stuff will run 20%+ from what it's rated at.

With a modern board like the Abit KT7, owners normally do 2 things. Overclock it a little, (why not, remember 10% rule!) and run memory af FSB+PCICLK. So a minor overclocking of 110MHz FSB means memory is gonna run at 146Mhz. Other "cheap" memory has no problem doing this. I have ran generic PC100 in this system, at those speeds, and currently am running cheap Apacer PC133 CAS3 ram at 146 CAS2 with these settings. Zero problems with any other ram. If you have a 2 year old motherboard, then this ram should do fine, but skip it if you want to take advantage of what modern motherboards have to offer.

EDIT: Forgot to add. This junk is actually rebadged PC100, not PC133. Run motherboard monitor, and look at the specs. Clearly shows true spec is PC100 in last line, and part number in Motherboard monitor shows KVR133X64C3/128. The ram I got was using the Winbond chips though. Memory works fine in a FIC 503+ motherboard at 112Mhz.

As for this $23 DOTD, I ordered 3 of them. They will work good in older 100Mhz FSB systems as upgrades.

 

[loosbrew]

ok, i just got two of these value ram modules with hyundai chips in them, and both are running at 146(110fsb@fsb+pciclk) and so far so good. i havent crashed yet. they both were rated cas3 via sandra but they can hit cas2 no problem in my system, abit kt7 raid w tbird 900@1050.

btw...wheres the $28 no rebate deal on buy.com, cant find it anywheres.
loosbrew

edit...NM, i didnt realize that it was 64mb. oh well...

 

[chexi]

In response to an earlier question:

Running Ram at pc-133 @ CAS3 provides better performance than pc-100 @ CAS2. I believe there is an article about this on Anandtech somewhere. Might have been Tomshardware though, not sure. Extensive tests were run, and the mhz outweighed the CAS in terms of performance. CAS is to be used to tweak once you find your mhz limit. You may back off a bit from your mhz to get to CAS2, but not much or you are getting less bang for your proverbial buck.