Your comments on Kingston HyperX PC2700

[JFL]

I've been looking at buying some Kingston HyperX PC2700 for my Epox 8RDA+ (with latest bios). I'd get two KHX2700/512 modules from here , and prices are quite good. Just wondering if you'd had any bad mojo with this memory?

 

[Corporate Thug]

there was some talk about hyperX not being compatible with some nforc2 boards but it has worked fine on all the boards i have tried.

 

[Megatomic]

JFL, I have 2 x 512MB Kingston HyperX PC2700 installed on my Epox 8RDA+ rev. 1.1 with A3/A3 chipset and BIOS rev. 3522. The memory is running flawlessly and has done so for almost 2 months now.

DCDDR mode on
166MHz FSB
100%
5-2-2 2.0

I am very pleased with this setup.

 

[pspada]

2700 is old news. PC3200 will keep you happier, longer.

 

[Megatomic]

Not everyone overclocks pspada. JFL might have 333MHz FSB AthlonXP that will do nicely with some quality PC2700. JFL might also plan on keeping this system in that configuration for 2 or 3 years in which time even PC3700 will become old news. As a result, 1GB of high end PC2700 is a good buy especially considering the price.

Of course, you might be right if JFL plans to overclock. But since he didn't specify we just don't know... 🙂

 

[JFL]

I know PC3200 is better, but it costs more and only shows better performance is you crank up the fbs higher than 166mhz. But for what i need for a gaming rig, PC2700 will do the job at 2-2-2-5 1T.

 

[m305]

stick with the 2700 because i think if u go with the 3200 the nvidia chipset will reject it because a lot of ppl have had promblems with that speed on those kind of mobos

thats wat ive heard atleast

 

[xSauronx]

you could always save a couple more dollars
get some pc2100 from a good manufacturer...my hynix stick and spectec stick of pc2100 is running 190fsb without a problem 😀 good sh!t this

 

[EXman]

if 3200 or 3000 is a few dollars more go with that my PC3000 does 3200 all day with good timings no sweat and it is a couple dollars more.

 

[pspada]

My point here is that PC3200 will work for you even if you eventually get one of those 400Mhz Barton chips down the road, or overclock, or change to an Intel 800fsb platform, whatever. But if you've bought into PC2700, it may overclock enough to run, but maybe not, and certainly not with the best possible performance. Then you're looking to buy new stuff, losing all of your investment. For the rather small additional cost it can be had now, so there are no worries down the road. And it's likely to perform with better specs now at 333 to boot (pun intended).

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: pspada
My point here is that PC3200 will work for you even if you eventually get one of those 400Mhz Barton chips down the road, or overclock, or change to an Intel 800fsb platform, whatever. But if you've bought into PC2700, it may overclock enough to run, but maybe not, and certainly not with the best possible performance. Then you're looking to buy new stuff, losing all of your investment. For the rather small additional cost it can be had now, so there are no worries down the road. And it's likely to perform with better specs now at 333 to boot (pun intended).

true, i'll get PC3200 for longetivity. Prescott and Athlon 64 are supposed to debut with DCDDR400 too.

 

[JFL]

By the time I change my memory again, we'll propably be looking at Intel and AMD chipsets running with DDR-II memory, so DDR400 may not be as hot as it is now.