The very best ram

[lambchops3344]

I was wondering what people would say is the very best ram, without discussing pricing.

Right now i have corsair xms 3200 2225... its the best ram for me because im not much of and over clocker and it has such good timings.

I have herd alot of people raving that ocz series and geli are better... what do you think? overclocking?

 

[suicidalpigeon]

expensive may look like the best ram but they dont perform as good as a ram half it's price

 

[Cheezeit]

Textwow this stuff is expensive

 

[suicidalpigeon]

Text. and i dont have a clue how well geil/ocz's work because i never used one. but i too heard they score nice numbers on oc'ing.

 

[KoolDrew]

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Or you could get Mushkin Redline XP4000 which would give you high speeds at tight timings. It's really whatever you prefer. I would prefer TCCD over UTT though as it doesn't require much voltage to get a good overclock and overclocks higher so you coulc keep a 1:1 ratio when overclocking.

 

[RollWave]

what does TCCD mean?!

 

[suicidalpigeon]

i think it means 2-2-2-5 ddr3200 ram chips from the mighty samsung

 

[yacoub]

Originally posted by: Cheezeit
Textwow this stuff is expensive

I don't get the "wow", considering that's 2GB of RAM with fairly tight timings.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: rnp614
what does TCCD mean?!

It's a memory chip and memory that uses them are known to get very good overclocks. They can run 2-2-2-5 w@ 220MHz all the way up to 300MHz with looser timings. So they really are the most versatile.; They also do not need a lot of voltage to get really high clocks either. You could saty with *safe* voltages and still get around 300MHz and above.

Also no TCCD is getting harder to find as they are no longer in production. it has been replaced by TCC5

 

[mwmorph]

1g sizes,
GOOD-(cheap)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440
Best-(cheap+Cas2 so it's a few% faster(1-3%))
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231012
(out of stock)

anything that costs more is a waste. no need to oc memory. gains are minimal for the amount you spend. just use dividers.

 

[KoolDrew]

I do agree with mwmorph, but you did ask for the "very best"

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: Cheezeit
Textwow this stuff is expensive

more like *wow* that stuff is marked up a lot!

 

[lambchops3344]

while yes i can agree that is a great price for great ram im not interested in pricing... i wanna know the absolute best... well that might not be possible

 

[TankGuys]

Originally posted by: lambchops3344
while yes i can agree that is a great price for great ram im not interested in pricing... i wanna know the absolute best... well that might not be possible

"Very best" is a remarkably subjective assesment.

Do you want the best timings? Best bandwidth? Best quality? Best compatability? Best...

You get the picture. The best RAM depends on what you want to do with it. Do you plan to overclock afterall? In that case, you'll have to look for something different than if you just want to build something which is fast without an OC.

 

[lambchops3344]

how is my current ram for ocing?

okay then lets see..

Overall fastest without any ocing

and

Best for overclocking and making really fast

and once again forget pricing

 

[KoolDrew]

Overall fastest without any ocing

Any PC3200 with tight timings

Best for overclocking and making really fast

What I linked to above.

Are you just asdking these questions out of curiosity or are you actually plan on purshasing them? Your RAM, even Value RAM would be fine for OCing; just run a divider. More expensive stuff is not really worth it in most cases.

 

[lambchops3344]

naw im pretty much just looking around... i love my ram... espically the lights on it... im gonna have a rave right now...

 

[ryanv12]

If you're not ocing, you can't get any better than the RAM you got. Even if you were ocing you couldn't even get that much better.

 

[LED]

Look @ the Ballistic Series by Crucial as it OC's great and most of the others are 3rd Party chips