whats some good cheap gaming ram

[tvdang7]

whats soem good cheap gaming ram guys? not regular but one with heat spreaders and made for o/cing

 

[Mrvile]

Hmm, post the rest of your system and we'll help you pick out some sticks.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Corsair ValueSelect should be awesome. Used the saved money on a beter graphics card and that'll give you better performance.

Edit: Fine since you're OCing some OCZ VX sticks should be good, they love voltage. And headspreaders dont' do crap. In fact they TRAP the heat in

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Corsair ValueSelect should be awesome. Used the saved money on a beter graphics card and that'll give you better performance.

Edit: Fine since you're OCing some OCZ VX sticks should be good, they love voltage. And headspreaders dont' do crap. In fact they TRAP the heat in

No actually, even if he were OCing, using a divider with the Value Select would work just as well.

But what if he uses Intel? Can't go with Value Select anymore really, that's why I asked him to post his rig.

 

[tvdang7]

amd 3700
abit ax8
6800 gt pci-e


what is this divider u speak of?....im new at this

 

[Mrvile]

A divider is something that lowers the speed of the ram as the speed of the CPU goes up. Look for some overclocking guides online, there are a lot of nice ones in these forums too. Do your research before doing anything to the comp, you wouldn't want to break it.

Corsair Value Select for about 70 bucks per 2x512 sounds about right for your system.

 

[tvdang7]

thanks for the info...is a divider virtual?.....or is it a real thing.......does the ram spedd have to go down?...for the cpu to go up? ...any other brands that are good i like to compare...what speed mem should i get?

im new at this please dont call me a noob or dumb

 

[Mrvile]

A divider is an option in the BIOS you can select, so I guess it's "virtual." Ram speed doesn't have to necessarily go down, but if the ram can't handle the high FSB's that the CPU is running, a divider helps bring it down. You don't notice the difference when using a divider.

The standard PC3200 is fine.

Some other good brands of ram include OCZ, Patriot, Corsair, Crucial. I think the Corsair VS's are the best option, they OC just as well as the others (with a divider) and are about a quarter the price of higher speed rams.

 

[tvdang7]

thanks man.....u were great help!! great!!! we need more ppl like u on here......

 

[cryptonomicon]

i recommend mushkin 3200 redline or OCZ's bh/ch knockoff (pc3200 EL GOLD).


VX is awesome but i only recommend it to the hardcore, just because of the.. voltage situation if you know what I mean. configging it to run it's best could take 3.4v or more and i dont think most users are ready for that.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
A divider is an option in the BIOS you can select, so I guess it's "virtual." Ram speed doesn't have to necessarily go down, but if the ram can't handle the high FSB's that the CPU is running, a divider helps bring it down. You don't notice the difference when using a divider.

The standard PC3200 is fine.

Some other good brands of ram include OCZ, Patriot, Corsair, Crucial. I think the Corsair VS's are the best option, they OC just as well as the others (with a divider) and are about a quarter the price of higher speed rams.

It's a hard clock frequency setting so it'll have no overhead. Just run your RAM with divider and get a better graphics card. Corsair VS it IS!

 

[tvdang7]

does any bios have it?

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: tvdang7
whats soem good cheap gaming ram guys? not regular but one with heat spreaders and made for o/cing

Crucial.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

They all *SHOULD* , if the board was geared for ocers.
abit ax8 eh? Yeah, should have it for sure.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: cryptonomicon
VX is awesome but i only recommend it to the hardcore, just because of the.. voltage situation if you know what I mean. configging it to run it's best could take 3.4v or more and i dont think most users are ready for that.

Thanks for the info. I'll keep that in mind.

 

[tvdang7]

ok im DO what u guys said and get some value selcect 2X256 but will it be ok to pair it with my already existing 2X256 ballistix ram?...my mobo has 4 slots...any performance decrease?....any input is appreciated

 

[Trizik]

Make sure the timings match.

Here's some cheap ram with heat spreaders:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141154
$92 - $20 MIR = $72

 

[MDE]

I'd grab a 1GB kit of the Corsair and sell your Ballistix in the FS\FT Forum or on eBay.

 

[tvdang7]

ok now i have a ram timing question...are lower or high CAS numbers better....example.... 2.5 or 2 or 3....i dont even know what these numbers mean

 

[Trizik]

lower the better

 

[edmundoab]

err. based on sales statistics,

Im sure corsair value select cas 2.5 is an awesome budget gaming ram