alright, i havent seen this around, ive looked. i have heard great things about both...so, let the games begin!!!! which one is an awesome performer per price? they both are decent, but i dont think i will overclock TOO much. i will somewhat play around with setting, but not the holy grail of ocing here. btw, got a week 26 barton xp 3000+, a7n8x-e deluxe, 768MB of kingston (cries sadly)
a new coolermaster centurion case for better breathing...and some other parts pending...my vid card is weak!! wanting to upgrade at new year...waiting for tax money. i digress. which one would you pick? or is it a hard choice???
145 bucks(ocz) or 208(g.skill)??
First is this going to be going with your barton or a different cpu?
Second how important is budget?
Personally I would most likely go with the OCZ because of the price difference, they both have great reviews but one is a lot cheaper.
the barton. i wish i could run a 64. when i built my machine, it was budget-performance almost 3 years ago. i spent 600 bucks, now it isnt even worth 300..hahaha. anyways, it will be this stuff...oh, and that was my virgin post last time...haha. thanks for the speedy reply...and the budget is prolly going to be 500 bucks (pending with fire) , including a new vid card, next year.
I'd vote OCZ just because I'm more familar w/ OCZ... but i've heard good things about both. The OCZ platinum 4000 kit is some of the best overclocking 1gb sticks on the market.
G. Skill by leaps and bounds, period. Which model are you planning on getting? Are you trying to get these? Those aren't TCCD which won't OC nearly as far as say, the FFs. But that's why they don't cost nearly as much. Plus I haven't seen TCCD in 2x1Gb sticks. So you either gotta spend more and get TCCD which OCs like mad or spend less on the OCZ and get a lower OC.
i think i will go with the ocz. kind of a newb here, so...will faster ram work in a slower board? i might shell out the cash later for the faster if they can be pushed harder without the major upping in voltage. thanks guys, you are helping a lot. i think i might go with these then... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227208
yes, faster memory will run on a slower board as you put it.
you can put DDR600 in a board that supports DDR400. It will run with tighter timings. The advantage of getting DDR500 or DDR600 is that it is guaranteed to run at those speeds. This can be helpful when overclocking. If you get DDR400 then you may reach DDR600 but it depends on the specific modules
If you are overclocking you should get DDR400 that you know will overclock or a good quality pair of DDR500 or DDR600 depending on how far you want to OC.
For example, I bought DDR400 even though I wanted to OC, but I got these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146890
They use samsung TCCD chips which often OC to DDR600+ frequencies. So I knew what I was buying.
yes, you can click on the links to the manufactures website and read up. Not all RAM modules will tell you what chips they use. I think most of the OCZ platinum series use TCCD though. (except for the 1gb sticks) if you are unsure you can call OCZ tech support. They have a 800 number and they'll tell you. That's what I did before I ordered my platinum rev. 2 because for a short while OCZ used TCC5 instead of TCCD and I wanted to make sure I got TCCD. The guy at OCZ was very nice and told me how to tell the difference and everything.
thanks soloz...i initially planned on getting the ddr400 platinums...i think i will stick with those, so i can save a little money and get a better video card. you can take a bfg 6800oc and pump it up like the ultra cant you? if so, i am there.
with the extra money saved, i could just get the ultra i guess. thanks again guys
yeah, but it also might be a little out of price range!! it does have some sweet reviews. i will see, it all depends on how much i get back this year..it might only be like 2g... either way, im getting new ram. just depends if i decide to get me a drum set finally!! ive been waiting for like 10 years!!
i am goin to build this stuff later, the ram and vid card, but with these prices falling shortly, and the new stuff coming out after new years, who knows, i mihgt get the 6800gs...does it come in agp? i havent researched this one too much...
soloz, those are some sweet timings...so the 6800gs is coming to agp? awesome. i dont think it will bein my price range. who knows, i have heard from someone that nvidia is making a new gpu and unveiling at new year sometime, so price drops...due to no one buying the slower cards (anything but the 7800gtx, cant keep them in stock, so overstocked mid grade stuff) who knows, the 6800gs might be what they are releasing, and that wont help me any
im gonna agree with transonic....g.skill definitely out performs ocz...alot of ppl just go for ocz cause they are gold and look good....g.skill has the highest performing TCCD chips and at timings of 2-2-2-3
yeah, I've heard a lot of good about g-skill and I looked at some of their RAM... debated on buying g-skill or OCZ. I got OCZ because I've heard great things about their customer service... and that was basically why I was getting rid of my Corsair RAM... it performed alright... nothing spectacular, but it was their crappy customer service that really turned me off to them.
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