Is Crucial worth it?

[Ronin13]

I'm about to get 256mb DDR 2100 RAM from either Crucial or Kingston. The Crucial is about 50% more expensive, but also able to reach 300mhz.

Does this only have an impact if I OC the FSB, or will it give an overall increase in performance?

Thanks.

 

[Arrow]

With Crucial, you're always guaranteed <b>reliability</b> and performance.

Rob
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[Ronin13]

Isn't Kingston supposed to be reliable as well?

Will I actually get an performance increase going with Crucial ?

 

[Arrow]

Yes, Kingston is good as well - they will run well at up to the claimed speed, but their overclockability seems to be a little lower most of the time.

Rob
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[Ronin13]

So, bottom line is:

As long as I don't OC, they will give me equal performance?

 

[Arrow]

I can't say that would be <i>for sure</i>, but I can say that in that case, in the mere chance that there is a difference, it shouldn't be noticeable at all to the average user (unless you've got a bad DIMM or something).

Rob
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[Guest]

does any1 know how much crucial pc2100 can o/c to?

 

[killall]

so youre not going to buy pc2100 from crucial but pc2400 (which is 150/300 fsb...) id go for the crucial... youd be able to run it cas 2 and if you get a 150 fsb cpu in the future itll lower upgrade costs... if you can afford it now, get it...

if in doubt blame microsoft...

 

[aster]

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[Guest]

I had crucial 2100 nice and stable at 150 cas-2, and that was with 2 sticks in, so unless i was very lucky..

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