Swifterzor

ENTERPRISE

WOW thats a sweet find there mate I wish Newegg shipped to the UK though.

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Thumper

Says $72 after rebate now. Still, a good deal though.

pauldovi

Corsair XMS is no different than Corsair Value.... Oh well the stupid LCD thingy...

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Taeric

That's not correct. The LED models are the Pro versions of the XMS line (most XMS products do not have the LEDs). The XMS series is their performance line, while the non-XMS is their value line. Within XMS, there are multiple levels as well. For more info on XMS, check this out.

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pauldovi

It is an opinion, which may be wrong, but after purchasing some XMS, I was not impressed with its performance. I have found that Corsair XMS are highly prices, and tend not be as good as someother products.

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Taeric

There are at least three different levels of XMS - C2, LL, and XL, and there is a vast performance difference from the low end to the high end. The performance and the bang for the buck really depends on where your product falls in the spectrum of what they offer.

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MjrTom

People who are into overclocking their PC's should not be buying anything that is marketed as "Value"

Value= worse memory timings and DDR400 speeds will if your lucky get 410mhz.
XMS range and you are looking at much greater frequncies on tighter timings

Value stuff should be left for the OEM PC's

Along with a good PSU, your memory imo is your next most important consideration

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xie67

To the doubter's..!

Value RAM is not the same as the XMS range period !

As taeric pointed out the CORSAIR XMS range is the performance series starting with the C2 then LL then XL.
The pro series offers no further gains in performance just the inclusion of LED's on the PCB, with the expert giving you the extra 'BLING' with programmable readout displays.

The link to the newegg RAM is for the C2PT which is just the same as C2 but with Platinum heatspreaders. The performance of such is fine at those prices. My own TWINX 3200C2 ran 1:1 @ 215MHz 2-3-3-6 2.7Vdimm on the socketA XP-M 2600+ I had perfectly stable.

However I have noticed that the prices for CORSAIR RAM in the USA by comparison to here in Australia is high (strange things do happen).