G.Skill Pi or HyperX ?

[Guest]

Hi guys.

It's finally this week that I decide which RAM I'll be buying.

Now it's between G.Skill PI PC2-6400 and Kingston HyperX PC2-8500. I would buy 2 kits for a total of 8 GB

Both are at the same price. Newegg "seems" to have HyperX in stock.... I hope they will still have this kit in stock tomorrow...

Anyways, here is a little summary of both kits :

Kingston is 1066
G.Skill is 800

Kingston runs at 2.2v
G.Skill runs at 1.8v

Both has a good heatspreader, but there is a little advantage to the G.Skill.

Both has the same bandwidth at the same clock speeds.

Reliability and Kingston's legendary stability or lower voltage and heat ( and easier to manage for the northbridge ) of G.SKill ?

Note that I plan to overclock my CPU on a 450x9 bus configuration to eventually hit the 4 GHz. The G.Skill can overclock to 450 MHz without any problem.

My motherboard : Asus Technologies Motherboard: Asus Maximus Formula / Intel X38 Express Chipset / ICH9R Southbridge / Intel 45nm Processors Ready

What's your point of view ??? Here is a review comparing the HyperX and the G.Skill : http://www.bigbruin.com/2008/gskillpi6400_5

Thank you very much.

Ghost.26

 

[GhislainG]

Whenever possible, you should buy modules that run at 1.8V or as close to it as possible.

 

[NITROGEnarcosis]

I have that kingston mem your considering. It runs like a champ and have had no problems out of it at all. My friend has been running the 1066 spd of the gskill for a while and also has not had any problems. personally if you plan on going above 400mhz bus speed i would get the faster ram.

btw 450x9 is sweet, i have my e7200 running there atm everything flies

 

[GhislainG]

The conclusion of the review comparing the HyperX and the G.Skill is that the G.Skill is the fastest.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your replies.

I think I'm going with the G.Skill.

Now the PK seriesd are also at a good price and free shipping ...

Sincerely I really don't know which one to get ! XD Someone I know had problem with the PK series. I'm sure it's only a bad luck and it can happens once in a while.

115 $ For the PK, 100 $ for the PI Series.

When I'll be overclocking, isn't simpler to have a 1:1 ratio and overclock the RAM to reach a 450 MHz bus speed ? I don't want to buy 1066 MHZ RAM and have to underclock them because of the ratios... Can someone explain this to me please ?

If there is any other advice, please, post it !

 

[GhislainG]

800 MHz and 1066 MHz probably are the same, but the 1066 MHz is guaranteed to overclock to that speed. By default it will run at 800 MHz and you'll have to overclock it manually.

 

[Guest]

Ok.

I really can't decide myself on which kit to get...

G.Skill PI 800 overclocked to 900 using 1:1 ratio, lowest voltage possible, best heatsink and immediate shipping.
or
G.Skill PK 1066 using another ratio to hit the 1800 MHz FSB, 2.1v instead of 1.8-1.9v and Newegg shipping which seems longer for purchases in Canada.

Newegg doesn't have any more Kingston in stock... they never get the HyperX in sotck for more than 1 day.

 

[GhislainG]

Can you provide a link to what you call "G.Skill PK 1066"?

 

[Guest]

Here it is : http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

And for the PI : http://www.memoryhouse.com/products/3171/G_SKILL/F2_6400CL4D_4GBPI_B/

 

[GhislainG]

I believe that PK at the end stands for package. G.Skill no longer have it on their site.

I'd go with the newer PI because it works very well with the P45 chipset.

 

[Guest]

G.Skill has both on their website :

http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view.php?id=g_ddr2&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=126

and

http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view.php?id=g_ddr2&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&category=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=115


I have a X38 chipset -. Maximus Formula

 

[Shadow703793]

800 MHz and 1066 MHz probably are the same, but the 1066 MHz is guaranteed to overclock to that speed. By default it will run at 800 MHz and you'll have to overclock it manually.

Not always. Take a look at the Crucial Ballistix DDR2 1066. Those set's are quite a mess (ie. compatibility issues, Memtest86+ errors).

+1 for the PI also.

 

[Guest]

I think I'm going for the PI.

The PI Series overclock quite well and will do the 450 Mhz just fine. I don't need to pay the extra 20 $ to get 1066 MHz.

Any other advices ?