i have crucial ballistix, its great ram
Crucial BalistiX or Corsair XMS3?
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Anything but crucial please, they're terrible in recent years. Spend the extra 15 and get this, plus you'll get triple the amount
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231225
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That's RAM for an i7 setup. Also, I've had no problems with Ballistix Memory.
Originally Posted by conductor609 Anything but crucial please, they're terrible in recent years. Spend the extra 15 and get this, plus you'll get triple the amount
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That's ram for any ddr3 setup, they just specify as a feature that it's compatible with i7. :|
Also, I had a pair of ballistix tracers die and I told them the reason was because the sticks were single sided, the representative continued to tell me I was wrong and I would not be given double sided if I RMA'd. Their famed customer support isn't even good anymore. G.skill/mushkin/corsair are now the generally preferred ram companies.
Originally Posted by Bellatrix That's RAM for an i7 setup. Also, I've had no problems with Ballistix Memory. |
That's ram for any ddr3 setup, they just specify as a feature that it's compatible with i7. :|
Also, I had a pair of ballistix tracers die and I told them the reason was because the sticks were single sided, the representative continued to tell me I was wrong and I would not be given double sided if I RMA'd. Their famed customer support isn't even good anymore. G.skill/mushkin/corsair are now the generally preferred ram companies.
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These crucial kit runs @ 1.8v not 2.0 as you stated^, so once again, which would give me more stability, overclockability of both of these sticks??
I can get the sorsair for $55 USD crucial for $60 USD. whats stops me is that the crucial has a lower CL than the corsair, just wondering which is more worth it as well as more overclockable on a p45 chipset board.
Note that these are DDR3 sticks.
- Oscar -
Originally Posted by PizzaMan Both the Ballistix(new ones anyway) and XMS3 are pretty much crap for OCing. If it has to be one of these I would say the Corsair. I'm a Crucial fan, but the new 2.0v sticks are total crap. |
I can get the sorsair for $55 USD crucial for $60 USD. whats stops me is that the crucial has a lower CL than the corsair, just wondering which is more worth it as well as more overclockable on a p45 chipset board.
Note that these are DDR3 sticks.
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I will be using a gigabyte EP45T-DS3R, I plan to Overclock a E8400 to 4ghz+ So ram must be good, and of course it should stay cool. The debate continues, not sure still which is better, some say crucial some say corsair.
Originally Posted by PizzaMan Out of the two the Crucail kit would be fast. It's same speed with tighter timings. Though, this is DDR3. I was thinking DDR2. Sorry I didn't click links at first. What mobo are you using? |
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