Sold out in W. Palm Beach also, and this is a good place to get deals cuz things are rarely OOS. Their preorder plan thingy had the item at $89.99, but I'm not committing till I (hopefully) find one with infineon chips. Then, I'll show them the (saved) web printout.
most of the store around my area is sold out. so the sales rep offered special order at the 79.99 price. i ordered 2, and they will call me when it ready.
hopefully these have good chipset.
hopefully these have good chipset.
I got the last one in pasadena ... the chip manufacture is LEI (never heard of them), but they do pc2700 (ddr333) @ 2-2-2-5 @ 2V so I'm satisfied.
Got hold of Infineon stick, and installed in my EPOX 8RDA+ in dual channel config. Both running at 400Mhz at CAS 3 which made me happy because, I thought I may have to drop FSB to make both sticks run in dual channel.
However, when I benchmark them in 3DMark2001, the scores drop from 14089 to 13654...isn't dual channel supposed to improve memory performance?
Chips labeled with HYB25D256800BT-6
The other stick is a Hynix HY5DU56822BT-J
However, when I benchmark them in 3DMark2001, the scores drop from 14089 to 13654...isn't dual channel supposed to improve memory performance?
Chips labeled with HYB25D256800BT-6
The other stick is a Hynix HY5DU56822BT-J
dual channel improves performance only slightly depending upon application... gaming usually doesn't improve more than 2% but some apps get upto 20% increase.
I think the problem is your relaxed timings, more bandwidth doesn't improve speeds as much as tight timings. Try bringing it down to 2-2-2-5 @ ddr333 then move the fsb up from there to find the sweet spot. Benchmark and let us know.
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I noticed this deal too with the weekend CC ad and ran to the store and was ectatic to see that there it was priced $10 less. They were OOS but I was lucky enough to get the last one at another CC store. I would have gone to others and bought more if the rebates weren't limited to one person, per household, per address. Dayum.
I'm pretty sure it'll work on the Dell Dimension 4500. It works fine on my 4550 at 333MHZ. It should have no problem at 266 MHZ. By the way, this stick of 512K Centon ram replaced a stick of 512K Crucial ram and it's just as fast. memtest86 speed for both is 1081 with a PIV 2.66 GIG.
I'm pretty sure it'll work on the Dell Dimension 4500. It works fine on my 4550 at 333MHZ. It should have no problem at 266 MHZ. By the way, this stick of 512K Centon ram replaced a stick of 512K Crucial ram and it's just as fast. memtest86 speed for both is 1081 with a PIV 2.66 GIG.
Just got the last stick at my local Circuit City store. It rang up to $89.99 but the sticker on the shelf stated $79.99 so they honored the shelf price, so after taxes it was $86.18. They said they'd get more on Wednesday. Hope I can get them to price match my monday night price.
i ask the cc sale guy if he could special order the ram for me, and he told me that we can't special order the ram; than i ask him, could i get a raincheck for the ram, and he told me no. i though if an item is adversited in CC's ad, or any other ad, if the item is OOS, they are suppose to give you a raincheck if you ask for one, is the CC sale guy trying to pull my leg or something?
Watch out for the rebates. Make sure you sign both rebate forms. It asks for a signature on the upper half of the rebate and is very easy to miss. Also, one of the rebates ask for the original cash register receipt. It is very easy to miss this detail. I caught this on the third check just before sealing the envelope. You know that they will reject you for any type of technicallity. It is a great deal but the rebate is somewhat tricky.
Can anyone say: Bait and Switch.
I wonder how many people go to the store trying to find these deals only to find them out-of-stock. So there they are with cash in hand and nothing to buy, what are they to do... I hate Circuit City. They don't call it Circuit Sh!tty for nothing.
I wonder how many people go to the store trying to find these deals only to find them out-of-stock. So there they are with cash in hand and nothing to buy, what are they to do... I hate Circuit City. They don't call it Circuit Sh!tty for nothing.
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my CC sales rep was hungry for a sale..checked stock from warehouse..saw 80 or so ..ordered with me prepaying got it 6 days later..tested it as soon as I got it home,,as always ymmv and being nice and polite can still get you places as when I went to pick it up I swung thru CompUSA grabbed their flyer last week ..checked CompUSA's stock ..rolled to CC with ad ..
showed to same sales rep ..20 minutes later out the door for $99 and tax for WD "JB" 160GB drive w/ controller card..no waiting on MIRs ..as well as a CC giftcard for $20 in my pocket.I understand about the details of the rebates, but isn't that the case with most rebates.
If you don't follow their direction, most likely it will get rejected.
When there are multiple rebates involved (unless the merchant made some screw up), typically the manufacturer gets the original receipt/upc, and the store (BB, CC, etc..) will get the copies.
As many in here, I've done numerous rebates (probably 40-50 in the last year). I follow the instructions to the letter. And thus far have had a 100% success rate. There were some that took forever (3-4 months from easier rebates/officemax), but with a little perseverance and few phone calls, they all get paid.
I've read of at least one of you getting several sticks with a coupon. The rebate submission form clearly states 1 rebate offer per person, per name, per household. To me that means its the sum of all of those contingencies. So if two people from the same address apply for the rebate, its likely only one or non will get approved.
At my store, i bought two sticks, paid with a cc for one, and cash for the other.. That way the cash ticket has no name.
Good luck
If you don't follow their direction, most likely it will get rejected.
When there are multiple rebates involved (unless the merchant made some screw up), typically the manufacturer gets the original receipt/upc, and the store (BB, CC, etc..) will get the copies.
As many in here, I've done numerous rebates (probably 40-50 in the last year). I follow the instructions to the letter. And thus far have had a 100% success rate. There were some that took forever (3-4 months from easier rebates/officemax), but with a little perseverance and few phone calls, they all get paid.
I've read of at least one of you getting several sticks with a coupon. The rebate submission form clearly states 1 rebate offer per person, per name, per household. To me that means its the sum of all of those contingencies. So if two people from the same address apply for the rebate, its likely only one or non will get approved.
At my store, i bought two sticks, paid with a cc for one, and cash for the other.. That way the cash ticket has no name.
Good luck
The Website has been corrected to the 89.99 price. Does anybody have a scan or a cached page of the 79.99 price?
OOS at my local CC in Manchester, NH but the woman I talked to special ordered one for me, said the RAM would be in the next 2-3 days and I would still be able to get the rebate. I'm wary because the rebate forms indicate that they need to be postmarked by Saturday. Anyway, we'll see.
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08/19/2003 4:56 AM
Watch out for the rebates. Make sure you sign both rebate forms. It asks for a signature on the upper half of the rebate and is very easy to miss. Also, one of the rebates ask for the original cash register receipt. It is very easy to miss this detail. I caught this on the third check just before sealing the envelope. You know that they will reject you for any type of technicallity. It is a great deal but the rebate is somewhat tricky.
thanks i did almost miss that, in fact if you had not written it, i would have, great deal here
anyone get the NCP chips? how do they overclock, these were the only ones my store had, i got three, seem to run 333 fine
anyone get the NCP chips? how do they overclock, these were the only ones my store had, i got three, seem to run 333 fine
Any memory bandwidth above the FSB of your processor is pretty much useless(cept for some DMA devices).
That's why dual channel doesn't give you all that much with AMD cpu's
If your xp1700+ is Oc'd to run at 333FSB..then run ur Memory at 333Mhz also. Keep them the same.
Then rerun your benchmark.
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