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RevyGurl   01-30-2003 at 04:17:33 AM

Need 2 sticks of Value DDR mem for Epox nForce2, but have no idea which memory to get. Any suggestions from anyone??? Please please please!

- looking to spend $40USD on each stick (which I can buy on ebay cuz I think it's cheaper than online stores.. but I could be wrong)

- 2 sticks of 128mb or 256mb(if possible)

- PC2100 to PC2700(if possible)

- 166 - 266 MHz

- CAS Latencies: ?? (don't know - please help!)

- Brand: ?? (don't know.. but not the crappiest quality & not the most expensive either).

Can anyone offer any suggestions??

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flowmaster   01-30-2003 at 05:04:19 AM
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sorry but the cheapest ram only cost atleast 75 dollars or more. And 128meg of ram isnt a good amount of memory. Try for something bigger since you have that mobo.

:smile:

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RevyGurl   01-30-2003 at 05:54:30 AM
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Well I've been searching around in various places and looking at the prices, so far, I find that you can get the best deals on ebay..

a stick of (brand new even) 128MB, DDR, 266 Mhz, PC2100 RAM goes for about $20 - 25 *on average*.. (various brands like Samsung, Mushkin, Micron -- of which I don't know anything about though)

a stick of 256MB PC2100 266MHz DDR Memory you can find for around $35 - $45 *on average*. (new or used and brands like Elixir, PNY, Crucial).

you can find a fair amount of examples like this one: "New Elixir 256 MB PC2700 333MHz DDR Memory" which was sold for $45 with Buy It Now.

So there are lots to choose from, but I just don't know what specs to look for (in reference to my original post), and was wondering if anyone can help me with that.

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RevyGurl   01-30-2003 at 06:35:02 AM
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nevermind my original post.

I've just bought 2 x brand new Elixir 256 MB PC-2700 333MHz 184 pin DDR Memory for $42 bucks a piece using Buy It Now on ebay. Seemed like a pretty good deal. Was it?

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jlanka   01-30-2003 at 12:01:26 PM
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dude, good luck. If you're gonna cheap out on memory, you'll pay for it in the end with endless hours of blue screen debugging, unable to install OS' etc. I hope it doesn't happen to you. Number one rule in purchasing RAM is to get good stuff.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

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RevyGurl   01-30-2003 at 09:34:13 PM
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I'm not a dude, btw. Anyway, I just can get what I can afford, I'm not going to spend $100 bucks on a stick of memory (US dollars are freakn' expensive!). No one's been able to answer anything about what I've posted so far. So you guys are saying that these particular brands (Micron, Samsung, Mushkin, Elixir, PNY, Crucial) are no good? I thought it was the generic type of memory that I should be staying away from.

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jlanka   01-30-2003 at 10:43:50 PM
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I never heard of Elixir, couldn't even find anything about it on the web. But $40 for 256's sounds to me like Generic. The other brands you mentioned are all good. Maybe try to get one of them.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

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Flipphone   01-31-2003 at 02:53:24 AM
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i have pny im getting another stick it runs rock solid at cas2.0 from 2.5, good company middle of the road price

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flowmaster   01-31-2003 at 05:29:45 AM
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I know what elixir is and It runs in my other computer. Its generic but good. Get that if you want.
kinda like this site

<A HREF="http://www.gentechpc.com/scripts/shopplus.cgi?dn=gentechpc.com&cartid=3009029&action=add|viewcart&file=products/parts/memory/ddr/ddr.html" target="_new">http://www.gentechpc.com/scripts/shopplus.cgi?dn=gentechpc.com&cartid=3009029&action=add|viewcart&file=products/parts/memory/ddr/ddr.html</A>


:smile: "I put a flowmaster on my Nvidia FX VIDEO CARD and reached a db score of 240db on Futuremark's DEAF METER 2003"

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RevyGurl   01-31-2003 at 09:31:41 PM
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what's the difference between the two cas thingys? which memory is better to get, cas2 or 2.5?

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jlanka   01-31-2003 at 10:16:28 PM
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lower CAS is better.

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

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