Best memory Nforce2/XP2500+ system? went with Geil blue

[techwanabe]

02/27/2004 8:14 AM


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.

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Update - went for the Geil PC3200 blue spreader memory with CL 2.5 6-3-3 timings... that should be as good or better than the Buffalo PC3200 CH-5 winbond I had that went bad on me.

 

[techwanabe]

what? no opinions? I thought this forum was full of opinionated people? 😉

Looking at the Geil now... it has CL 2.5 6-3-3 timings and a sexy blue heat spreader.

Seems like you read the reviews available and a few people have bad luck with about every brand listed. I had bad luck with Buffalo so I'm trying another brand.

 

[Shimmishim]

go with 512 megs of kingston hyperX pc3200

they can run timings of 2-2-2-6 or even 2-2-2-5 on that nforce2 setup you have...

that's what i'd get if i got a amd nforce2 setup! 🙂

then again i am running two of these sticks in my shuttle an50r and running 2-2-2-5 timings at 217 mhz

 

[lxie123]

Originally posted by: Shimmishim
go with 512 megs of kingston hyperX pc3200

they can run timings of 2-2-2-6 or even 2-2-2-5 on that nforce2 setup you have...

that's what i'd get if i got a amd nforce2 setup! 🙂

then again i am running two of these sticks in my shuttle an50r and running 2-2-2-5 timings at 217 mhz

Do you mean the older revision hyperX that used bh5 chips like this?
Ebay

None of the 3200 hyperx stuff i bought lately for michines at work can do anything like 2-2-2-5 @ fsb200 even at 2.8vdimm. I don't think the current hyperx 3200 memory uses bh5 anymore.

 

[techwanabe]

The "buy it now price" of $143 is aweful high for a 256 mb module of PC3000. Not when I can get a 512 mb PC3200 that will do the job, even overclocked.

 

[Avalon]

I'm currently using a stick of geil golden dragon pc3200 512mb. Works fine in my 8rda3I, and overclocks modestly. Tried up to 217mhz with 2-2-3-5 latency, and it worked fine. Runs cool, no problems. I think Geil isn't as bas as people make it out to be, but that's just my experience.