kingston hyper-x?

[ramulack]

i am currently looking at ddr 333 memory sticks for my first system,

I havnt been able to find this topic, but what would the difference be between

Kingston 512Mb DDR [333]
and
Kingston 512Mb DDR [333] Hyper-X

Currently, where i live (canada) theres a 40 dollar price difference between the two
is the Hyper-X clocked higher?
is it worth a 40$ increase?

AMD Barton 2500xp
Asus A7N8X
Sapphire built ATI Radeon 9500pro

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: ramulack
i am currently looking at ddr 333 memory sticks for my first system,

I havnt been able to find this topic, but what would the difference be between

Kingston 512Mb DDR [333]
and
Kingston 512Mb DDR [333] Hyper-X

Currently, where i live (canada) theres a 40 dollar price difference between the two
is the Hyper-X clocked higher?
is it worth a 40$ increase?

AMD Barton 2500xp
Asus A7N8X
Sapphire built ATI Radeon 9500pro

grab (if you are just running stock) the regular ...

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

I wouldn't reccomend it. I had hyper-x and an a7n8x and it never worked properly. turns out hyper-x and revision 2.0 nforce 2 boards don't play nicely. just save your money and get some crucial or a different brand.

 

[Corporate Thug]

hyperX is premium ram for OCing. also, i believe the conflict with nforce2 boards is only with the asus board

 

[ramulack]

Wow, good thing i checked.

there a particular brand name you would recommend?

I will be running everything at clock speed, no overclocking with anything

 

[Corporate Thug]

for ram? if you are gonna OC def. go with Corsair XMS or HyperX. if your not gonna OC, get the cheapest name brand you can find

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

If you aren't going to OC at all, then just get the cheapest. Try and get Cas 2.5 or Cas 2 if you want a little more performance.

 

[randumb]

Look for some Crucial, they're usually cheap.

 

[magomago]

Well if you won't Overclock I wouldn't reccomend to get the CHEAPEST you can find 😉

I'd reccomend some pc2700 Crucial Ram...about ~35ish (I don't remember if it was 38 or 30)USD for a stick of 256 @ Newegg


As for hyper-X it has lower latency timings which is good 🙂 And its running in my frien'ds (pc3200hyperx) 8rda+ so all in all its good