DS3+Geil (800) vs S3+Corsair (800) - Which is best in my situation

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Daguiar

Discussion Starter · Dec 4, 2006

I am getting the following parts:

C2D E6400
Gigabyte DS3 [w/Geil] Gigabyte S3 [w/Corsair]
Geforce 7900GS

Now, for exactly Â£10 difference I can choose either:

Geil Ultra DDR2 2.0GB PC6400 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 1GB) 800MHz (4-4-4-12) with Aluminium heat spreader http://www.microdirect.co.uk/product...roductID=14777

OR

2Gb CorsairTwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC6400 (800), 240 Pinns, CAS 4-4-4-12
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=402849

The corsair's are +Â£10. I've heard bad things about this brand on this forum.... but I'm not sure which RAM is best to get. I will be OC'ing to 3.1GHz. Remember the difference is only Â£10 so I don't mind parting if its for good reason ^__^
The motherboard also changes if I get the corsairs or geil. From S3 to DS3 respectively.

Your opinions please.

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busa

· #2 · Dec 4, 2006

I would get the corsair. I have been running corsair ram for 2 yrs with no problems. Just curious but why do you need to change mb when picking diff ram. The corsair should run fine on the DS3 mb.

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adam144

· #3 · Dec 4, 2006

There's no difference in tech specs between the S3 and the DS3 aside from the solid capacitors, so it's up to you

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Daguiar

Discussion Starter · #4 · Dec 4, 2006

Thanks. Then I will go with the cheaper ^^. I just thought one or the other would OC better....

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Originally Posted by busa

Just curious but why do you need to change mb when picking diff ram. The corsair should run fine on the DS3 mb.

I change mobo because I am comparing from two different stores. One place has Geil RAM the other has Corsair. They also don't have the same mobo's. So I have to decide...
I'm going with the Corsair's + S3 combo.

Cheers once again ^^

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ENTERPRISE

· #5 · Dec 4, 2006

There Both really good RAM brands. However out of the two Listed i would go for the Corsair personally. Ther Overall Quality seems better.

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