Someone needs to do a good RAM Round-up

[Tab]

It amazing to see all of these ram reviews. However, we need one big review of the new 3200 3500 sticks.... Someone with a crapload of money do it Anyone have any experince with GeIL PC3500 DDR433 Dual Channel Memory Kit.

 

[AnAndAustin]

Not personally but GEIL seriously suck. Their RAM take HUGE voltage increases to run at the rated speed, people have found PC2100 runs just as fast with these high voltages so which ever way you look at it GEIL are crap. No need for Corsair's price premiums though, Crucial and TwinMOS are very good and affordable too! If you have AMD PC2700 is all you need but even decent PC3200 costs very little extra so it makes sense to grab that. P4 when not Dual Channel need all the mem b/w possible so PC3200 is the elast you should generally buy, anything higher is aledgedly 'hand-picked' PC3200 anyway and most likely more random than hand picked so don;t pay through the nose!

 

[NesuD]

Originally posted by: AnAndAustin
Not personally but GEIL seriously suck. Their RAM take HUGE voltage increases to run at the rated speed, people have found PC2100 runs just as fast with these high voltages so which ever way you look at it GEIL are crap. No need for Corsair's price premiums though, Crucial and TwinMOS are very good and affordable too! If you have AMD PC2700 is all you need but even decent PC3200 costs very little extra so it makes sense to grab that. P4 when not Dual Channel need all the mem b/w possible so PC3200 is the elast you should generally buy, anything higher is aledgedly 'hand-picked' PC3200 anyway and most likely more random than hand picked so don;t pay through the nose!

Maybe that used to be true but I don't think it is any longer. I just picked up a GeIL pc3200 ULD dual channel memory kit for my nforce 2 board and they run 400 mhz at the rated timings 6-3-3-2 1T with no problems at all using 2.6 vdimm. The GeIL pc3500 dual channel memory kits have been getting pretty positive reviews around the net from what i have been seeing.

 

[Mikki]

Yeah, someone does need to do a good memory round-up......<hint hint> :evil:

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: Mikki
Yeah, someone does need to do a good memory round-up......<hint hint> :evil:

oh like the 1st two werent good enough? :evil:

XMS 7 stick shootout

shootout II

 

[Mikki]

lol!!! I was wondering when you'd catch that...hehe....well how about some different brands?

 

[THUGSROOK]

why? XMS is the one to beat right?

i have no confidence in other brands ~ it would be a complete waste of my $.

if someone would like to send me a pair of something to test, thats a different story
but the problem is that i currently only run 352dcddr ~ cant exactly max it out like i did on the p4b533.

and honestly ~ now that im on granite bay, i dont care

 

[Mikki]

hehe...completely understand....of course you'll be adding to your Corsair threads soon, right? New sticks and a 4 stick test?

 

[THUGSROOK]

itll be 100% geared towards granite bay ~ no m86, strictly performance and vcore requirements for a givin fsb.

XMS3000 vs XMS3200LL .......& 4 stick testing just for the fun of it.

 

[maxSe]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
itll be 100% geared towards granite bay ~ no m86, strictly performance and vcore requirements for a givin fsb.

XMS3000 vs XMS3200LL .......& 4 stick testing just for the fun of it.

I can't wait for this, since I've been itching to go DC lately... (Have I blamed you for this yet Thugs? )
I assume they'll all be same size modules, right? (256MB sticks, I assume...)

 

[THUGSROOK]

yes all samples will be 256mb sticks.