votes on best OCing DDR2

[5uperGlu3]

sup everyone,
so i'm going to be going to a C2D once DFI puts out is 680i mobos. i am also planning to do some heavy OCing on my C2D. i just wanted to know from all you 1337 intel OCers what the best ram is for doing so. i know corsair makes some bad a$$ ram but i just recently started hearing about this "team" ram. what you all think??? any input would be greatly appreciated as i have never owned an intel and am not very familiar with them.

thanks in advance!!!

 

[lopri]

TeamGroup RAM is good, although the prices are inflated currently. Talking about price, if money isn't an object, the best OC'ing RAM title should probably go to Corsair Dominator DDR2-8888. ($650) I think OCZ is preparing DDR2-9000 but it isn't out yet.

 

[Markfw]

Well, I am very happy with my gskil PC8000 running @500 1:1, 2000 fsb. $180 for 1 gig

 

[n7]

Best RAM you can buy for OCing w/o spending too much:
Team Xtreem 2x 1 GB DDR2-800 4-4-4 $287.38 USD
http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800m...sCsid=ffce461aa238a767fe34ba745aadfa28

Or for a bit more:
Team Xtreem 2x 1 GB DDR2-800 3-3-3 $433.68 USD
http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-169...sCsid=ffce461aa238a767fe34ba745aadfa28

Obviously, the Corsair Dominator stuff is higher binned stuff, but it's also a lot more.

 

[tersome]

Originally posted by: n7
Best RAM you can buy for OCing w/o spending too much:
Team Xtreem 2x 1 GB DDR2-800 4-4-4 $287.38 USD
http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800m...sCsid=ffce461aa238a767fe34ba745aadfa28

Or for a bit more:
Team Xtreem 2x 1 GB DDR2-800 3-3-3 $433.68 USD
http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-169...sCsid=ffce461aa238a767fe34ba745aadfa28

Obviously, the Corsair Dominator stuff is higher binned stuff, but it's also a lot more.

Actually, I think that this is better than the first ram you listed. It's guaranteed micron d9.

 

[Kwint Sommer]

Originally posted by: tersome
I think that this is better than the first ram you listed. It's guaranteed micron d9.

The latencies are nice but how well does it overclock? I've never seen PC2-5300 RAM get much above PC-6400 speeds which is where the Team Xtreem RAM is designed to run.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: tersome
Actually, I think that this is better than the first ram you listed. It's guaranteed micron d9.

Both kits i mentioned are D9.
The 3-3-3 kit is higher binned, that's all.

Originally posted by: Kwint Sommer

The latencies are nice but how well does it overclock? I've never seen PC2-5300 RAM get much above PC-6400 speeds which is where the Team Xtreem RAM is designed to run.

You haven't seen good RAM then.

The 667 kit will do around 1000+ 5-5-5, often better depending on luck.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Crucial Ballistix is about $260 at zipzoomfly now. That's Micron D9. Should get you to DDR2-1000+

Teamgroup is about where Crucial is as far as I know. Except Crucial does not offer any memory rated at 3-3-3.