Boiling HOT! Corsair Value DDR2 4200 1gb Kit $83 shipped

[JimmyK319]

Hey Trader05, I was wondering what might account for such a large difference. Could you post your system set up? And also, do you tweak the settings or anything like that? 4800 sounds like the correct number but the highest I could get mine to go was 4391, and that was just once. Post any tips if you have any. Thanks.

 

[AStar617]

Anyone looking to dump their 256mb ECC DIMMs from the SC420 in favor of these, plz PM me. :thumbsup::beer:

 

[Trader05]

JimmyK319:

My 4700 is

3ghz 530
1gb of this Corsair
120gb Seagate w/ NCQ
Sapphire X300 video
USR PCI Wireless G
16x DVDROM
16X NEC 3520 DL DVD-+

I think thats it..., i just made sure i had the latest chipset drivers from Intel. If you are using your old ram with it, its possible it clocked it down to 3200 and also not sure if onboard video has anything to do with it.

 

[JimmyK319]

My Dell 8400 is 3ghz 630, the 1gb corsair ram (sold the old ram), 120gb wd sata, and the x300se that came with comp, whatever brand it may be. I updated the chipset drivers and still nothing. I can't figure out why there is such a huge difference. :\

 

[aj58]

Originally posted by: JimmyK319
So far I've seen these at the prices shipped:

Corsair - $99 now, $105 when I bought it.
Wintec - $106
Geil - $110
OCZ - $95
Mushkin - $103

The first three were the ones I found to be in the price range when I bought my ram. Had I known about the OCZ, I may very well have bought that. And if the Mushkins were $103 shipped at the time I would have definitely bought those. I don't know of the performance difference between these and I would love to benchmark them but I can't. I don't know why, but I'm sold by the Mushkin name and at the current prices between the ram, would buy it over the rest.

I don't know ram at all, but I seriously doubt there is much difference between the valueram. Somebody tell me if I am wrong. I would really like to know. So in response to the poster above, just get the more inexpensive one as OCZ has lifetime warranty as well.

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I tested the corsairs on sisoft sandra with my dell 8400 and got 4200MB/s as the # for the bandwidth. No background programs running.

I got my cousin who tested his mushkins on his dell 4700, and it scored 4455MB/s and that's with a few background programs running.

However, I scored higher on the speed rating (7708MB/s for me, 7486MB/s for him)at pcpitstop.com. Keep in mind he didn't restart his computer before testing. So after all this, I have concluded nothing.

ROFL...


This is a Kick Ass Deal!

 

[ezland00]

does K8V SE Deluxe accept ddr2 ram?

 

[JimmyK319]

"3 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 3GB un-buffered ECC and non-ECC PC3200/PC2700 / PC2100 DDR SDRAM memory"

Nope.

 

[Trader05]

battle of the lowest price with these!

 

[hytek369]

wow

 

[Trader05]

price update

 

[Trader05]

update!

 

[KristopherKubicki]

Here is the RTPE link:

http://labs.anandtech.com/alllinks.php?pfilter=1848

Kristopher

 

[Delbert]

Looking at the recent price increase at most places in Kristopher's link above I decided to finally jump in on this for my Dell SC420.

 

[Morpheux]

$83 shipped ...
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...Code=140121&Category_Code=Corsair_DDR2

 

[thaumaturgan]

wow.

Just got some for my sc420 as well. I love this forum.

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: Delbert
Looking at the recent price increase at most places in Kristopher's link above I decided to finally jump in on this for my Dell SC420.

Originally posted by: thaumaturgan
wow.

Just got some for my sc420 as well. I love this forum.

Looking to get something back for your ECC 256's? Please PM me.

 

[PJABBER]

Wow. :laugh:

In for two gigs of PC-4200 Corsair (VS1GBKIT533D2) @ $83 shipped per gig from Monarch.

Super hot deal on this memory with a lifetime warranty.

Thanks!

 

[PJABBER]

Also, if you buy these modules and then review them on Pricegrabber.com as a member you can get a $5.00 Product Review Bonus check. Good for the first 50 people that request the review forms so YMMV.

http://www.pricegrabber.com/

 

[NeoZGeo]

er.... why not get this OCZ? same speed and timing but only $77 after rebate?

linky

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: NeoZGeo
er.... why not get this OCZ? same speed and timing but only $77 after rebate?

linky

When you include shipping for the OCZ it comes out to $81.78 AR. I would rather pay a $1.22 more and not have to deal with a rebate.

 

[jpeyton]

Average for value RAM. I've seen branded 1GB kits for under $75 shipped.

 

[bamacre]

Bumping

OP, can you edit the OP?

Monarch - Corsair 1GB DDR2 PC-4200 $83 shipped

Mine came in retail packs.

 

[bamacre]

Calling Trader05

 

[Trader05]

update, thanks bamacre

 

[skisteven1]

Everyone's having good experiences with this ram then? I'm about ready to make the plunge, but I figure if I can get decently better ram for 5 or 10 bucks more, I might as well do it. What do you think of this versus the ram in this thread? Is there any reason to go with this over the cheaper stuff? or go with the more expensive over this?