chizow, I apologize for getting huffy about this...I'm frustrated because I don't feel I'm getting my point across. If you've seen my posts in this forum, you know I'm a very happy guy and I try to avoid conflict...
Okay, my turn...hehe
1) If I were to buy the TwinX matched set, the first thing I would do is drop my multi to 11 or 11.5 and crank my FSB to 200mhz and the timings specified. If it didn't work, I'd send it straight back to Corsair for replacement. If it did work and I got more performance out of it, great,
Absolutely. As with any Corsair module, if it doesn't perform at it's rated speed and rated timings, then send that stuff back!!
the peace of mind that my sticks are "matched" would allow me to proceed with more confidence and accept the fact that the maximum speed reached between the pair is the maximum I'll get out of the product. No guesswork involved.
This is where we differ. What I'm trying to say is that being "matched" has nothing to do with this stuff running at it's rated speed. Period. Until recently with the XMS3500, I hadn't seen a single module that wouldn't run at it's rated speed. Most of them overclocked just fine even! I still maintain that if you stick a pair of this new ram in a DC board and crank it to it's rated speed, that has nothing to do with the sticks being "matched", they are simply running at their rated speed.
If you go out and buy 2 sticks of the same memory (whether it be XMS2700, 3000, whatever) and stuck it in that board it would do the same thing. It would run at it's rated speed regardless of the fact that they don't "match".
If I bought two sticks and they DIDN'T perform at 200mhz at the specified timings, I'd be starting a painful and tedious process that I suppose some don't mind going through. I'd have to go through a constant carousel of swapping out parts, testing them, waiting for one stick to return from RMA etc. etc.
No, you'd send it back because if it doesn't run at it's rated speed and timings, like Corsair guarantees with every stick (magic or not), then it's defective.
Not only that, but many boards and dimm modules are adversely affected if you add more dimms.
Yep, that's a fact, but that's the fault of the mobo, not the ram, and Corsair would most likely tell you that.
Even if you were able to determine that one stick ran at the specified speed and timings, and the other didn't, there's still no guarantee that two of the same sticks that ran fine individually run without problems together.
There's no "multiple stick" clause that I know about, a guarantee is a guarantee.
Anyways, we'll probably end up agreeing to disagree
lol! yeah, probably...but that's cool, as long as there isn't any bad blood...
Another scenario:
Corsair memory in all it's forms is guaranteed to run at it's rated speed and timings...period. Agreed?
Okay, let's say you buy two sticks of XMS3200, rated at ddr400 and 2.5-3-3-6, and it runs that fine (if it didn't, we'd rma it according to Corsair's guarantee).
Stick 1 maxes out ddr420 at 2.5-3-3-7
Stick 2 maxes out ddr425 at 2.5-3-3-7
Both sticks run at their rated speed and timings and both sticks will run fine in a DC board, despite the difference.
Now you buy some magic XMS3200, rated at ddr400 and 2.5-3-3-6
Stick 1 maxes out ddr420 at 2.5-3-3-7
Stick 2 maxes out ddr421 at 2.5-3-3-7
Both sticks run at their rated speed and timings, the difference between the magic set and the other is that the magic set has a much smaller difference than the other set.
Both sets run in the DC board just fine, both run only as fast as the slowest stick, do you see? There's no guesswork involved, the difference between the sticks is just smaller (like I said, no two sticks can match perfectly), and that, to me, is not worth the price.
SteelSix, sorry about cr@pping in your thread...
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