Which of these RAM is better?

[mrza]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145503

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227210

 

[JohnAn2112]

The OCZ set has better timings than Corsair. 2-3-2-5 vs 3-3-3-8. Go with the OCZ. Hmm...I wonder why the Corsair set costs more.

 

[bimmer01]

OCZ all the way

 

[Ike0069]

I've read that some have trouble running that OCZ RAM at CAS2 in AMD rigs, but 2.5 works fine.

Either way that's better than the Corsair timings. Those are the same timings as their Value series, so it would seem that the OCZ is a MUCH better deal in this case.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Ike0069
I've read that some have trouble running that OCZ RAM at CAS2 in AMD rigs, but 2.5 works fine.

Either way that's better than the Corsair timings. Those are the same timings as their Value series, so it would seem that the OCZ is a MUCH better deal in this case.

Funny you should mention that... my OCZ EB PC3500 never EVER ran at CAS2 no matter how much voltage I applied. It was rated for CAS2.5 @ 217MHz, so I figured CAS2 should be doable at stock speeds of PC3200 (200MHz) with raised voltage........ Not even a post. weird!

 

[interchange]

Originally posted by: CraigRT

Originally posted by: Ike0069
I've read that some have trouble running that OCZ RAM at CAS2 in AMD rigs, but 2.5 works fine.

Either way that's better than the Corsair timings. Those are the same timings as their Value series, so it would seem that the OCZ is a MUCH better deal in this case.

Funny you should mention that... my OCZ EB PC3500 never EVER ran at CAS2 no matter how much voltage I applied. It was rated for CAS2.5 @ 217MHz, so I figured CAS2 should be doable at stock speeds of PC3200 (200MHz) with raised voltage........ Not even a post. weird!

I don't know about their GB sticks, but I do know that OCZ speed bins the 512MB Plat. Rev. 2 first. This means those chips that can't do the fast latency are the ones they attempt to reach high clocks on. And the ones that can do the higher clocks are more expensive 🙂. Of course there's no guarantee that the fast latency chips can't reach high clocks with relaxed timings, but there's almost a certainty that the high clock chips can't reach the fastest latencies. I do know that my Platinum Rev. 2 RAM can't hit DDR500 even though it can hit DDR415 with the fastest latencies.

Even amongst the same chips, all are not created equal.

 

[forumposter32]

Thanks for that link. Sheesh, I didn't know there were 2 GB kits with 2-3-2-5 timings. Wow, that's sweet!

I might sell my setup in two months before I move and after a month or two at my new place, I might order that 2 GB kit. (Of course, I'd like to see it $50 US less than the current price.)