PC3500 DDR433 ?

[chibchakan]

Has anybody tried it yet ? Is it any good ? I was going to get some Corsair XMS 3200 for a Epox 8K5A2+ I was going to buy until I found out about PC3500 DDR433. Should I go ahead and buy the Corsair XMS 3200 or what ?

 

[Insane3D]

I would get the PC3200 and save some money. I know Technonut has had his 8K5A2+ up to around 210mhz FSB (DDR 420) with the 8K5A2+ with the PC3200, and any higher than that, your PCI and AGP will start to get way out of spec. So, unless you are going for some insane speed of 210mhz+ on the FSB, I would save your money and get the 3200.

 

[Eymar]

Keep in mind also that dual ddr boards will be coming up in a few months (hopefully). Might be better to buy two 256MB sticks rather than one 512MB stick to save on upgrades in the future. However, most current boards overclock better with one 512MB stick (damn catch-22 situations!). Of course if you can afford two 512MB sticks then I just said some useless stuff and will also hate you

 

[TechMasterChen]

Has anyone been successful with running that memory on existing motherboards? I've read that some people have had success with DDR400 speeds on some chipsets but not DDR433. I'm just curious which chipsets tend to support that speed now.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

There's no chipsets that officially support DDR400 now, let alone DDR433.

 

[30wolverine30]

Buy the Corsair XMS PC3500C2!!! Newegg - $209. Or you can buy my XMSPC3200so I can get the 3500>