Brand o' RAM to o/c

[Elcs]

Apologies beforehand, I dont wish this to become a flame thread but I just want some info.

Im going to get an Nforce2 board in about 1 months time (so far it will be an EPoX 8RDA+ but subject to what happens over the time period). So I have 512mb PC2100 Crucial DDR which I'll test before passing it onto my dad .

Since I dont fancy sticking pc2100 into my new board, what should I get?

I want 512mb and I wont be budged on my total. Im not really a fan of 2x256mb sticks but I've seen that some companies pair 2 good sticks together and sell them in what I'd term an 'overclocking pair'. Both sticks should 'roughly' hit the same point.

So far, Ive studied some prices and Corsair PC3200 looks totally unreasonable. TwinMOS looks reasonable and so does Crucial. If you want a list of a few of my suppliers in the UK, check here. They should have a reasonable mix, including Crucial, TwinMOS, Corsair, Samsung and probably a few more.

Im looking towards the fabled 200 fsb at decent timings for a decent price. I estimate that I'd have about £100 to spend on RAM at the very most.

I'll be looking forward to getting some replies in.

 

[Elcs]

bump

 

[fhetw]

it all depends on how much youre willing to spend
id like some geil pc3500/3700 ultra platinum cas2 winbond 1x512~$200usd
ive heard pretty good things about samsung 3200
corsiar/crucial can get expensive but they are nice

 

[beatle]

Twinmos

 

[Bartman39]

A second for twinmos/twinmos (runs good at 215fsb 2-3-3-6) 8RDA+

 

[wicktron]

A third for TwinMos

 

[fhetw]

here are some reviews. make sure you get winbond

geil
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=55608
http://www.envynews.com/review.php?ID=385&page=1
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=55588

twinmos
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=52304

corsair
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=52783
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=51332
http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=50626

http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=46847

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Kingston HyperX clocks like mad, and doesn't break your wallet.

- M4H

 

[tchybrid]

i have GeIL Platinum Ultra Series PC3500 DDRRAM, great stuff, and they are so much cheaper now when i first got them =P look into it

 

[Elcs]

Peoples favourite - GENERIC - 2x256mb pc3200 CL2.5 - £56!!!! - If i wasnt overclocking..... then I might

Geil - I cannot find anywhere
Crucial - Not *very* expensive - 2x256mb PC3200 CL2.5 = £90 - Free shipping also - Very happy with my 512mb pc2100 and their delivery (delivered within about 18 hours of ordering, woke me up at 7:30am though )
Kingston KingMax - 2x256mb PC3200 CL2.5 - no PCB colour info - Says its 'KingMax' - £88
OCZ - 2x256mb PC3200 CL 2 - £115 - bit expensive for my tastes - Id rather go Crucial over this stuff
Corsair TWINX and XMS - WAY overpriced - not even going to bother to type it out
TwinMOS - Linkified - Take a look - Is this the miracle stuff? - it looks insanely dirt cheap - maybe cheap enough for 2x512mb

This was a quick check on some RAM and prices... advice based upon my prefered budget (£100 for 512mb) and the price of the ram appreciated.

 

[Links4me]

Good luck with the crucial.....I still have to buy mem..... Here is a link for a place that sells geil and twinmos, neither brand are all that cheap....I guess since you already got the mem you probably won't be looking but for someone else.....I don't know anything about these guys I just saw a link elsewhere memory x

 

[Links4me]

oops....that is the link to the reseller store.....good prices if you're a reseller..... this is the link for the retail store.....or click on the link at the top of the page of the other link.... memory x (retail)

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: Links4me
Good luck with the crucial.....I still have to buy mem..... Here is a link for a place that sells geil and twinmos, neither brand are all that cheap....I guess since you already got the mem you probably won't be looking but for someone else.....I don't know anything about these guys I just saw a link elsewhere memory x

Im looking for my memory. This Crucial 512mb PC2100 stick is mine at the minute but when I give him this board, Im going to give him this DDR so I need to find myself some good and cheap PC3200

 

[Links4me]

I shouldn't try to post in the morning..... no geil on that site.....twinmos tho'.....look under "generic computer memory" sorry...

 

[Links4me]

Oh, the twinmos (winbond chips) memory ain't cheap, but I hear it oc's great....I'm thinking about just getting a stick of kingston hyperx pc3200, it is pretty reasonable....I gotta go to work.....

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Kingston HyperX clocks like mad, and doesn't break your wallet.

- M4H

my vote too!

 

[PreachTru]

GeiL PC3500 Ultra Platinum is good stuff... you can find it on www.pricewatch.com

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: PreachTru
GeiL PC3500 Ultra Platinum is good stuff... you can find it on www.pricewatch.com

Pricewatch.com wont help me any and Pricewatch.co.uk is a heap of junk unfortunately.

 

[Wigwam]

regarding the twinmos ram, am i right in assuming it is the modules with wonbond chips that are good and the ones with twinmos chips arent so hot?

if so, can anyone advise where to get the twinmos/winbond pc3200 chips in UK?

thanks

 

[Intelman07]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Kingston HyperX clocks like mad, and doesn't break your wallet.

- M4H

I got some kingston with my 2.4B Needless to say i got it up to 3.2Ghz so I'd say its a good overclocking ram.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: Wigwam
regarding the twinmos ram, am i right in assuming it is the modules with wonbond chips that are good and the ones with twinmos chips arent so hot?

if so, can anyone advise where to get the twinmos/winbond pc3200 chips in UK?

thanks

Since Im from the UK, of course I can

Here. This is the supplier selling TwinMOS/Winbond DDR. DIRT CHEAP compared to most other brands tbh. £64 for 2 256mb sticks @ PC3200

 

[Wigwam]

Many thanks Elcs!
i am after a gig of the stuff so 2 512mb modules at £64.44 each.....tasty, very tasty

am i right in assuming this is the good stuff for overclocking though?

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: Wigwam
Many thanks Elcs!
i am after a gig of the stuff so 2 512mb modules at £64.44 each.....tasty, very tasty

am i right in assuming this is the good stuff for overclocking though?

Your Welcome.

I dont know how good it is for overclocking but so far theres like 4 votes for TwinMOS so Id say its gotta be good.