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Is Corsair XMS Extreme Ram worth the price over Crucial regular Ram?

Are you willing to consider any others there are alot of different modules that fall between that $35 dollar spred.
 
Consider this. No matter how good timings Corsair XMS might have it's price is usually 2x the price of a regular pc3200.
I don't think the extra o/c from the corsair is a better value than selling your current cpu and buying a faster one. 😉
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: Venomous
Originally posted by: mAsTAd
Corsair XMS Extreme RAM costs 40 more than Crucial RAM for a 512 mb Stick.

Corsair XMS Extreme


Crucial RAM

If I am not overclocking my A64 3000+ is the lower latencies of the Corsair XMS worth it?
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But those Mushkin sticks come with crappy Elixer Ram. How about the Corsair Value Ram?
So, since I'm not overclocking there is not any point in getting XMS, correct?
 
With half the money for XMS you can get cheap pc3200 (kingston)and buy a faster cpu or keep the money.
Safe and no need for o/c. 😉
 
Just get the Crucial, its guranteed to work with your board or your money back. Best Non-OCing ram IMO.
 
I always go with Crucial. I have never run into a problem using their ram.

May not be the fastest, but it works. I doubt you would notice any difference between modules anyway.
 
I'd go with Crucial if I weren't overclocking. Tighter timings aren't worth $30 more per stick or more in those instances. Actually, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought timings didn't make as big an impact on A64 setups as AXP setups?
 
Ram timings are overrated, save the money and use it on something else that gives u a better performance boot for the dollar.
 
I just downgraded from Corsair XMS PC3500 C2PT running at 200MHz 2-2-2-11 to Corsair Value Select PC3200 running at 200MHz 2.5-3-3-11 and my system gets the same benchmark scores. The OS is just as responsive as ever. And I used the money I got in the deal to get a much better video card. And now my games run much better than before.

Take that for what it's worth mAsTAd... 😉
 
Well, you're buying a 3000+ instead of a 3200+ so you must be on a budget. Take the $80 savings (on 1 GB) and spend it on a better video card, or some other upgrade like a Sonata if you're buying a second-rate budget case.
 
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