Someone take a shot at this ram!

[LifeStealer]

Shopping around for some new ram to OC Narrowed it down to:

http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800m...sCsid=ffce461aa238a767fe34ba745aadfa28
http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-167...sCsid=f53adf14abcc5e195d4c492ac497a2ab
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145168
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065

Whats the best deal/highest overclocker? The Corsair? The Team ram looks kind of ugly to me but if its the best I'll just put some lip stick on it and plug er in

 

[LifeStealer]

No one?! Boo ;(

 

[humanure]

I would go with the Corsair, always had good results with their RAM and it is the best deal after rebate. Never used the team brand, but based on micron chips like corsair so they should be okay. I noticed you have to install the heat spreaders, but that's not a big deal. Also, it'll probably take 12 weeks to get that rebate.

 

[LifeStealer]

Anyone have any idea if the Team ram will boot at default on the ds3?

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Shopping around for some new ram to OC Narrowed it down to:

http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800m...sCsid=ffce461aa238a767fe34ba745aadfa28
http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-167...sCsid=f53adf14abcc5e195d4c492ac497a2ab
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145168
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065

Whats the best deal/highest overclocker? The Corsair? The Team ram looks kind of ugly to me but if its the best I'll just put some lip stick on it and plug er in

They are All Fine Choices.... as well as anything on the list below.... They are all Micron D-9 Chips... The Price on the Wintec, and Patriot fell last week... The Crucial PC6400 went up... My Personal Favorites are Crucial, Patriot, and Wintec... They are all Fabbed here in the States... and are Excellent....

All of the Vendors listed Below are JEDEC members except Team Group...






DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel


Crucial Technology 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820148017

Team Group - Team Xtreem 2 Gb Kit DDR2 (2 x 1Gb) 240-Pin DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel
http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-167...sCsid=f4298906ac5457e7b0b44172b58de39d

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DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)



BUFFALO Firestix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820150054

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145168

Crucial Technology Ballistix 2GB kit (2 x 1GB) DDR2-800 PC2-6400 Memory ? Retail
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80061-9

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065

Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220174

SUPER TALENT 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820609026

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=T800UX2GC4

Team Group - Team Xtreem 2 Gb Kit DDR2 (2 x 1Gb) 240-Pin DDR2-800 (PC2 6400)
http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800m...sCsid=f4298906ac5457e7b0b44172b58de39d

WINTEC AMPX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory ? Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820161063

 

[LifeStealer]

Thanks, I like Patriot (Liked them better when they tested for overclocked speeds) but I got a bad set and have been a little weary ever since.

The only problem I have with the Team is I have to install the ram sink, which of course isn't that big of a deal, just seems like for $270 they could do it. Just having trouble deciding between the Corsair and Team I know the guys at xtreme systems like the Team ram better though. I've seen a few RMAs on the Corsair lately as well, don't know it that was isolated however,

 

[Mr Fox]

Originally posted by: LifeStealer
Thanks, I like Patriot (Liked them better when they tested for overclocked speeds) but I got a bad set and have been a little weary ever since.

The only problem I have with the Team is I have to install the ram sink, which of course isn't that big of a deal, just seems like for $270 they could do it. Just having trouble deciding between the Corsair and Team I know the guys at xtreme systems like the Team ram better though. I've seen a few RMAs on the Corsair lately as well, don't know it that was isolated however,

Any of them will make a bad unit here or there... that is any Manufacturer.

What is Important is How Easy the RMA process is. Patriot, Crucial, and Wintec are Very Good...

Corsair used to be Easy as pie... then they started to make you jump through hoops with the RAM guy... and his scripted tech Support that further delayed the RMA process for nothing....

Team Group is New On the Scene.... and I know the Guys that are Using it Like it, and Swear by it... I have no personal Experience with their RMA Process...

 

[n7]

For the zillionth time:

Team doesn't install the heatspreader for various reasons.

The main one being that it does not reduce temps!

Just because most RAM comes with them now doesn't mean it's better that way.

Extreme air cooling is just as good w/o spreaders, if not better w/o.

It also means you can check what chips you got w/o ripping off spreaders.

And yes, i know that with some, Corsair's Dominator series., e.g., there is a claimed large temperature drop.
I don't believe it though.

If there was such a great drop in temps from using their miraculous heatspreaders, then they wouldn't need to include fans like they do.


Now that being said, anything from the list Mr Fox mentioned is good, though i am not positive the Patriot or Wintecs are D9s.

All the others i know are D9 chips.

 

[montypythizzle]

teamgroup is probably your best overclocking bet

 

[CurseTheSky]

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820145168

I have this memory in my system now (E6600, eVGA 680i, 8800GTX). It came as a package deal from Newegg with the motherboard, $20 off. Not too bad.

I'm having some kind of hardware or system instability problems lately (hopefully they're fixed now - stable for about two hours and counting, no overclocking), so I haven't had a chance to test it out. Once I get everything stable and set, I'll see what I can push it to.

 

[LifeStealer]

Yes, yes, I understand it doesn't really effect cooling, I don't understand why people believe that putting a thin little piece of aluminum (Painted no less) would really effect cooling. That being said however, it makes it look better

 

[Jaepheth]

Heatspreaders tend to ease my concern about ESD when I'm handling the RAM