Ok, which of these 2 sticks of ram should I buy?

[Schwan]

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Does anybody know if that geil will do cas2?

 

[chizow]

The Geil might, the link says 5ns, but if you look at Geil's site, its rated at CL 2.5 (it looks like that's the non-Ultra). The Geil link doesn't say whether or not the PC3200 is 5ns, but I would guess it is since the Ultra is hand-picked 5ns.

I would stay away from the hardcore cooling stuff and the site in general, as I recall various horror stories about that RAM and reseller.

Chiz

 

[Actaeon]

Originally posted by: chizow
The Geil might, the link says 5ns, but if you look at Geil's site, its rated at CL 2.5 (it looks like that's the non-Ultra). The Geil link doesn't say whether or not the PC3200 is 5ns, but I would guess it is since the Ultra is hand-picked 5ns.

I would stay away from the hardcore cooling stuff and the site in general, as I recall various horror stories about that RAM and reseller.

Chiz

Reseller ratings shows pretty good scores for both companies.

I would probally go for the Geil @ BuyXtremeGear.

 

[chizow]

Don't shoot the messenger......

I just glanced through again and there are some deeper links from mike101 and RobsTV (I stopped looking after that) that would indicate problems with either the RAM or the reseller. Just passing the info along. RAM more than anything else you put in your 'puter is a risky buy IMO....

Chiz

 

[Actaeon]

Originally posted by: chizow
Don't shoot the messenger......

I just glanced through again and there are some deeper links from mike101 and RobsTV (I stopped looking after that) that would indicate problems with either the RAM or the reseller. Just passing the info along. RAM more than anything else you put in your 'puter is a risky buy IMO....

Chiz

I'd probally stay away from that Hardcore cooling memory. They have decent reseller ratings, though I don't trust the no-name memory.

 

[Yourself]

Good choice...they tried to pass off Nanya 6ns memory as Winbond stuff that would do 466. Lol, the stuff they sent me wasn't stable at 166. Buyer beware...


Self

 

[Actaeon]

Originally posted by: Yourself
Good choice...they tried to pass off Nanya 6ns memory as Winbond stuff that would do 466. Lol, the stuff they sent me wasn't stable at 166. Buyer beware...


Self

Which company? I am considering the Geil PC3200 @ BuyXtremeGear

 

[NesuD]

i just picked up the GeIL dual channel kit pc3200 ultra. work perfectly for me. that is the one with the copper heatspreader. Can't really say if those vendors are reliable or not but if it is the genuine GeIL pc3200 ULD then that would be a pretty good buy. the Genuine GeIL pc3200 ULD does cas 2 @400mhz

 

[Schwan]

The thing that I don't understand is the memory at guyxtremegear says it's the "ultra" memory which on the Geil website says is cas2. But when I find buyxg on pricewatch the list that memory at cas2.5. So is it the real Ultra version or is it a false claim?

 

[Schwan]

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[Jeff7]

Well, if it matters at all, the picture they used is the same. I was comparing the swirl patterns on the copper heatspreader - they're all identical to the ones used on Geil's website; Buyextremegear.com just copied it directly. So it looks like they might both be Geil. Or maybe the two companies just liked the same picture....if this really means anything at all; just sort of something I noticed.

 

[Schwan]

Well I looked into it and on resellerratings a guy was mad because he recieved Geil value ram when on the site it says Geil Ultra ram. The Value ram does 2.5cas while the Ultra does Cas2. I think that's pretty shady that they are doing that.

Has anybody recieved the advertised Ultra ram from them or is it all the Value stuff? If it was Ultra this would be pretty hot. IMHO

 

[Yourself]

Originally posted by: Actaeon

Originally posted by: Yourself
Good choice...they tried to pass off Nanya 6ns memory as Winbond stuff that would do 466. Lol, the stuff they sent me wasn't stable at 166. Buyer beware...


Self

Which company? I am considering the Geil PC3200 @ BuyXtremeGear

Hardcorecooling...

 

[Markfw]

I can only answer for the Geil PC3200 C2 that I got from mwave (I think that was the company) I had to pay $140 for it about 2 months ago. I am running it right now at CAS2, 182 FSB sync, and it works great. I do NOT over volt anything to OC, and even one burp even under 98SE, and I go down in clock (98 is the worst, but I need it for some things like my camera) I had it running at 218 FSB non sync, but also C2, but it wasn't stable under anything but XP, and I also want sync'ed memory timings to the fsb (no latency hit). Mine sure looks the same as this, and I think mine said 2-3-3-6 timings, but I don't want to pull it out to verify that fact right now.

Edit, nope, it was newegg, and boy has the price dropped. Here is an excert:
GeIL DDR RAM 512MB PC-3200 400Hz Ultra- CAS 2, 1T CommandGL5123200U. DDR400, CAS 2, 184 Pin Dimm, 6-3-3 1T Timings,6 Layer Low Noise PCB. Pure Copper Heat Spreader with 3m Patened Thermal Tape; Clear Acrylic Retail Package - Lifetime Warranty Model#: GL5123200U Review by OCAddition.com Special FedEx Saver Shipping $6.00
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[Schwan]

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