pc2100 or pc2700???

[CyberZenn]

im in the process of building a system where i will be doing some moderate overclocking (no higher than 150 fsb) - would it be better to pick up a high quality stick of pc2100 or a generic stick of pc2700 ddr ram??? Any opinions?

 

[CyberZenn]

anybody anybody?

 

[Frosty3799]

i would say a brand name pc2700.... and then get a ddr333 motherboard.

 

[CyberZenn]

Originally posted by: Frosty3799
i would say a brand name pc2700.... and then get a ddr333 motherboard.

right, but thats a lot more expensive - the above options i listed are pretty close in price - and i already have a ddr266 mobo (free from good people at AMD and Nvidia) 😀 Any reccomendation between those two choices?

 

[dakata24]

what are the specs and how generic, is this pc2700 ddr sdram?

and by quality pc2100 ddr sdram, you mean crucail, mushkin, etc.. right?

 

[CyberZenn]

Originally posted by: dakata24
what are the specs and how generic, is this pc2700 ddr sdram?

and by quality pc2100 ddr sdram, you mean crucail, mushkin, etc.. right?

generic pc2700 = the cheapest stuff pricewatch vendors can scrape up

quality pc2700 = name brand (crucial, mushkin, etc)

 

[dakata24]

id go with the pc2100 ddr. i have my Athlon XP 1700+ overclocked to 1.628Ghz (11 x 148fsb) and runs fine with fastest memory settings with the 512MB PC2100 ddr crucial stick in my system. i can goto 150fsb but anything past 148fsb i have to bump the vcore alot just for the measly 30Mhz.. wasnt worth it imo.

no point in taking a risk on generic pc2700 not knowing the quality of the ram.

 

[CyberZenn]

good call i will take ur advice dakata24 - thanks 😀

 

[etalns]

dont risk taking generic ram, last 2 - 512 sticks of generic ram I got were pieces of crap