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Best memory for the price Nforce2/XP2500+ system?

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techwanabe

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I originally purchased and installed a stick of 512 mb PC3200 Buffalo Winbond CH-5 CL2.5 memory for $89.00 shipped from Newegg. That stick went bad on me and after several attempts to exchange it for like memory and getting back CL3 memory, I finally got a plain refund so I could pick it myself.

Considering that I have an Epox 8RDA+ Nforce2 mobo with XP2500+Barton CPU, what would be the best memory for around $90 to buy - which is stable and can OC moderately well? Recommendations? Must be CAS Latency of 2.5 at least.

A quick search at Newegg came up with the following - I increased the PC rating to 3500 and came up with this in my price range. Or I could drop back to PC3200 if some feel other brands are better:

Kingmax 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3500 - OEM
(limit 5 per customer)

Specification
Manufacturer: Kingmax
Speed: DDR433(PC3500)
Type: 184 Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2.5
Support Voltage: 2.5V-2.7V
Bandwidth: 3.5GB/s
Organization: 64M x 64 -Bit
Warranty: Lifetime

Model#: MPWC22D-38
Item#: N82E16820156008



Kreton Technology Blitz Extreme Speed Module 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3500 - Retail
(limit 5 per customer)

Specification
Manufacturer: Kreton
Model: BLZ512M-433
Speed: DDR433(PC3500)
Type: 184 Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2-3-3-7-1T
Support Voltage: 2.6V
Bandwidth: 3.5GB/s
Organization: 64M x 64 -Bit
Warranty: Lifetime

Model#: BLZ512M-433
Item#: N82E16820207012



 
I've been told the Kingston HyperX PC3200 is bad.

I have the Kingston HyperX 3500, and it's pretty darn good. I'm not sure if it is the exact same as what you listed.

Be sure to read the reviews at NewEgg just in case the actual product they are selling isn't a lemon.
 
Geil rocks. I have their blue ValueRam (2.5-6-3-3) and it handles 11x200 no problem with the 2500+. Just need to bump Vmem up to 2.8V. Geil guarantees that all of their RAM will run at 3.0V so it's no problem.
 
Second vote for GEIL here!

Im using it on my asus NF2 board and its running at ddr440 at the moment. GREAT price too. Perfectly stable. Didnt even have to bump up the ram voltage. Comes with nice heat spreaders.
 
Third vote for Geil! 🙂
The copper heatsink ones overclock well and have 2-6-3-3 timings. I used the blue Value ram on my sister's 8RDA+ and it had no problem running at 2.5-6-3-3 at default voltage.

If you want to overclock, I would go with the copper ones.
 
Originally posted by: Naustica
Third vote for Geil! 🙂
The copper heatsink ones overclock well and have 2-6-3-3 timings. I used the blue Value ram on my sister's 8RDA+ and it had no problem running at 2.5-6-3-3 at default voltage.

If you want to overclock, I would go with the copper ones.
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Looks cool! Even if I overclock, I'd still be running the memory in spec most likely - my stock CPU setting would by happy with PC2700, so this Geil looks nice.

What is the deal with the copper? I think the blue value you mentioned looks pretty good.

 
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