A little over a year ago I purhcased a 1GB (2X512) PC3500 Mushkin Dual Channel kit. While it never lived up to the factory 433 rating I got a great price on it (Newegg) and it was stable to slightly over 400 (407) so I let it go.
I recently tried a utility called Everest to test my system and it shows an inconsistancy that may be the reason why I cannot reach much more than 400. Everest indicates that the chips in one stick have 2.0-4-7-7 specs while the other stick shows 2.5-4-4-7.
I thought that when you purchased a dual channel kit the two sticks were tested to be exactly the same. Has anyone had a similar problem. Is there another way I can test the memory to validate what Everest shows? As the memory technically at least functions will Mushkin do anything to make it right?
I have used Mushkin in most the PCs I have built over the last few years but maybe it is time to take a closer look at Corsair, OCZ, Kingston, etc, etc.
I recently tried a utility called Everest to test my system and it shows an inconsistancy that may be the reason why I cannot reach much more than 400. Everest indicates that the chips in one stick have 2.0-4-7-7 specs while the other stick shows 2.5-4-4-7.
I thought that when you purchased a dual channel kit the two sticks were tested to be exactly the same. Has anyone had a similar problem. Is there another way I can test the memory to validate what Everest shows? As the memory technically at least functions will Mushkin do anything to make it right?
I have used Mushkin in most the PCs I have built over the last few years but maybe it is time to take a closer look at Corsair, OCZ, Kingston, etc, etc.
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