Kingston HyperX 512MB PC4000 DDR DIMM $99.99 AR at BB!!!

[abaez]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1064603551726&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01169&skuId=5958868

I know the last deal was $109.99 but this deal deserves its own thread. There is no mention of a rebate on the page but go to cart and its right there. Good 5/9-5/14.

Not too shabby. I think I will jump in on this one.

 

[nippyjun]

I got some of this memory a few weeks back at Best Buy with a $10 rebate. If I buy another stick today with this new $25 rebate can I still qualify for the $25 rebate. The reason I ask is that the rebates are different promo numbers but go to the same rebate center and it says one rebate per household. Does that mean that for any one promo you can only get one of them, or any one item? Basically i want to know if I can get both rebates, one for each separate purchase with different promo numbers.

Thanks

 

[weirdichi]

How's this memory? If I mix this with some 333MHz modules, will it drop in default speed to the lower of the two or will it even be compatible?

 

[abaez]

nippy, I have no clue. weirdichi, I'm pretty sure it will drop to the lower of the two.

 

[DustBunny]

Yah... It'll drop to the lower, your lower being 333MHz...

 

[faZZter]

After you buy one module at Best Buy head over to Circuit City and pricematch the other for 99.99 without the rebate hassle! I did.

 

[nippyjun]

Originally posted by: faZZter
After you buy one module at Best Buy head over to Circuit City and pricematch the other for 99.99 without the rebate hassle! I did.

How did you get them to pricematch. They usually don't pricematch to a rebate price? Did you show them the sunday ad?

 

[jhurst]

All I know guys is that this RAM is rock solid. I have 2 sticks in dual channel running at minimum 500mhz (250fsb+) and it runs beautifully. With RAM prices being as high as it has been lately....especially compared to the OCZ and Corsair PC3200....this is basically a steal. If I was building another system....I would buy two of these today. Heck I might buy some and resell them on Ebay for some extra change :beer: (Ebay littered with chumps)

 

[abaez]

The only thing I'm scared of is getting two different sticks and not being able to run in dual ddr

 

[jhurst]

I had that concern too......I bought one stick of this off of a friend.....and then bought one from Best Buy....they had different version numbers and everything, but ran fine in dual channel....maybe I got lucky, but from what I read, alot of RAM will run in dual channel as long as they can both function with the same timings.

 

[pillage2001]

All, if not most, of these sticks use the Hynix chipset and you should not worry about not being able to run in DC mode.

 

[shohoku]

What AMD motherboard supports PC4000?

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: shohoku
What AMD motherboard supports PC4000?

It's not an official standard but overclockers would need it seeing that they exceed the PC3200 barrier.

 

[weirdichi]

The NF7 board I'm gettin won't run more than 512MB of 400MHz RAM. In theory, I can get this, then plug in some 333MHz ram and run both at 333MHz and the board will recognize a total of 750MB or RAM, right?

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
The NF7 board I'm gettin won't run more than 512MB of 400MHz RAM. In theory, I can get this, then plug in some 333MHz ram and run both at 333MHz and the board will recognize a total of 750MB or RAM, right?

Are you sure it won't?? I think at 256Mb + 512Mb, you should be able to do DC at 400Mhz but if not, it's backward compatible.

 

[weirdichi]

It's from Kingston's page. The more I think about it though, the more I think that it won't run just Kingston memory. HERE. I can use different brand memory I suppose?

 

[nugaluga]

amd boards need not apply, my friend and i both bought these chips

my friend with is intel board is running 900 fsb right now with these babys...

but my amd asus a7n8x nforce2 board won't overclock the fsb at all

 

[faZZter]

Originally posted by: nippyjun

Originally posted by: faZZter
After you buy one module at Best Buy head over to Circuit City and pricematch the other for 99.99 without the rebate hassle! I did.

How did you get them to pricematch. They usually don't pricematch to a rebate price? Did you show them the sunday ad?

Yeah I did show them the ad. I guess I shoulda said YMMV but they got the manager on duty and he ok'd it for me. I was like "schweet!"

Here's the proof!

 

[Kremerica]

So if I'm running an intel board that supports DDR400 or PC3200 same thing.

would this memory be better to buy an overclock than just getting pc3200 ?

I was thinking from an overclocking standpoint, if its rated for 500mhz I should be able to overclock it and it will be more stable than overclocking ddr400 right ?

if so, I am gunna buy 2 and do it dual channel overclocked

thanks

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Ah. Good stuff.

I'm running some right now. And with RAM prices at what they're at now a days, this is definitely a good price.

 

[weirdichi]

From a non-overclocker's point of view, would this RAM be overkill? Do I really even need it if I'm not gonna even harness the power within? I was thinking of just gettin some ValueRam from Kingston for my system from the Hot Deals section. $140 for 1GB isn't bad at all.

Also, how much faster is performance and where would I see it most (games or applications) if I run dual channel vs single channel?

 

[jhurst]

Originally posted by: Kremerica
So if I'm running an intel board that supports DDR400 or PC3200 same thing.

would this memory be better to buy an overclock than just getting pc3200 ?

I was thinking from an overclocking standpoint, if its rated for 500mhz I should be able to overclock it and it will be more stable than overclocking ddr400 right ?

if so, I am gunna buy 2 and do it dual channel overclocked

thanks

You can overclock your FSB to 250mhz and run a 1:1 ratio and your memory will run at 500mhz. Otherwise, with standard PC3200....if you wanted to OC to 250FSB, you would need to run a 5:4 ratio where your memory could run at 400mhz. So if you arent planning on some extreme overclocking, this RAM is sorta overkill. If you arent planning on OC'ing, try to find some lower timing RAM (perhaps CL2-6-3-3 or faster) b/c timings are a big aspect of how fast your RAM performs (especially the last 3 timing numbers more so than the cas latency number, CL2 is overrated if you can run 5-2-2 or 5-3-2)

 

[abaez]

Originally posted by: nugaluga
amd boards need not apply, my friend and i both bought these chips

my friend with is intel board is running 900 fsb right now with these babys...

but my amd asus a7n8x nforce2 board won't overclock the fsb at all

What intel board is he using? Almost every board I've read only allows a 4% overclock. I thought all intel boards come with no oc features at all.

I bought this mem today just waiting for my 2.8c and dfi lanparty board to come in and I'm gonna slap it on and try my luck.

 

[darkswordsman17]

This RAM is pretty good. Ran memtest and no errors. Haven't messed with timings much, and since my mobo totally sucks at OC'ing I can't really comment on that. Waiting for later this summer when I upgrade to see what it can do.

If you're not going to or don't plan on ever using more than the 400mhz then buy the ValueRAM, you can get it 20 bucks cheaper and won't ever notice the difference.

Oh, btw got 1GB about a 3 weeks ago for $255 (haven't got rebate back yet, plus had $15 in tax), so wish I had gotten in on this deal.

 

[nugaluga]

my friend was doin an abit ic7