Corsair ValueSelect vs. Corsair XMS Extreme

[MadDog31]

Hey all,

I'm reconfiguring my upgrade parts and this is what I have so far:

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum mobo
AMD64 3200+ 90nm

I'm looking for some RAM. I've found the Corsair Value Select 1GB dual channel pack to be a nice price for what's being rated as great memory. I've also stumbled upon this RAM from the hardware leaderboard. I'm not really looking to overclock at all now, and maybe in a year or so I might to push more out of my CPU. I've read the VS overclocks nicely in small doses (which is what I'd be doing) as opposed to the XMS that overclocks high which I probably won't do.

Do you guys feel the VS is best for my situation? I'm looking to save on an upgrade as much as possible, but wanted to feel out these two memory chips first.

Ian

PS...here's the link to VS.

 

[ts3433]

Corsair Value is fine even if you do a heavy overclock. Just run a divider; it doesn't kill performance on the A64 like it does with the P4 and (to a lesser extent) the AXP. Link

 

[MadDog31]

Thank you for the fast response. I've seen many folks state that same thing you just did...I'm probably gonna stick w/ the Value Select as recommended. Quick question though, what exactly is a divider? Sorry for the lame question but I know nothing about overclocking, although would like to learn some basics over time.

Ian

 

[Gamingphreek]

It means you run the memory clockspeed at a fraction of what you run the CPU FSB.

1:1 would mean that the FSB and the Memory are in sync (ie each are running 200mhz)

2:1 would mean that the FSB is running faster than the memory (or the memory is running slower)

-Kevin

 

[ts3433]

A divider is used to run your memory slower than the FSB (HTT on the Athlon 64). This is known as asynchronous operation. Dividers are expressed as a ratio like 4:5 or 5:6. Sometimes dividers are instead notated by different memory settings like "133" (2:3) or "166" (5:6).

 

[MadDog31]

Hmmm...ok thanks for the clarifications. I can see I have a lot to learn regarding that stuff...but it's good to know there's experts out there that know what they're doing and can explain things in an easy-to-understand manner!

Ian