Corasair value pc2700

[hatimh]

Corsair Value S. PC2700 DDR-DIMM 512MB
- Unbuffered, Non-parity, 64Megx64, CL2.5

Does anybody have any experience with this ram? I am wondering if I could run this at cas 2. and some aggressive timings.

Appreciate your time.



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[Nights_L]

I have no experience with that ram..
but since it says to run at CL2.5, it probably won't run at CL2

 

[hatimh]

The reason I asked was that I have Crucial at the moment, which is classed at cl 2.5 and it runs sweetly at cas 2 and other timings at 5,2,2.

Thanks.

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[hatimh]

Does anyone know if this RAM can run at CL2 if you set it to do so in the BIOS?

Cheers.

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[Prof133]

If you tell it to do so, it will try to run at CL2. It won't ignore your request just because it's rated at CL2.5.

 

[david__t]

I have 2 Corsair modules both rated at CL2.5 (PC2700) one is an older model (black heat spreader) and the other is a newer platinum version. Anyway neither of these works at cas 2 I'm afraid (KT333 mobo rev 2.0 barton 2500+). You can reduce the memory timings quite a bit which gives you a minimal increase in power but if you really want the better performence then it is worth shelling out for the more expensive stuff (maybe 3200 / 3500) to make it future proof as well.

At the end of the day Tom has said in his articles that Cas 2.5 compared to Cas 2 is about the equivalent performance drop from a 2100+ to a 2200+. But even having said that I doubt you would notice it that much in games - maybe just the benchmark score in 3D Mark 2001. I think from memory I got about 100 - 200 extra points with aggressive memory timings and then at CAS 2 I presume you might get about 500 more 3D Marks but whether that is worth paying more than double for the RAM is questionable.

4.77MHz to 4.0GHz in 10 years. Imagine the space year 2020