Kingston HyperX 3500 OR Corsair TwinX3700

[mixerman]

I need to know what the better ram is to buy? And I will be overclocking in the future too?

My system:
P3 850mhz (100fsb), 512 Micron PC133, Abit SE6, IBM Deskstar 75gxp (60 gig @ 7200rpm), Hercules 3D Prophet 2 GTS (64 meg), SB Live MP3, Pioneer 16x DVD, Asus 45x CD-Rom

 

[pIII_Man]

Well i have replyed to you b4 about the pc3700, in short it has bad timmings, you should be able to get to pc3700 speeds with hyperx3500 at the same timmings as the corsair modules.

 

[JP5]

both good brands

 

[TKH]

mmm, friend, unless you are going to get a whole new system, PC3500 or PC3700 RAM can only decorate your bookshelf...
If you ARE going to get a new rig, I would say by the time PC3700 should be widely available and many potential problem will be fixed. A good example is some early batch of Corsair XMS PC3200 has serious problem when the frequency and timing is set to [By SPD] or [Auto] on nForce2 mobo, but later the bug fixed. Now only Corsair offers the PC3700 IMHO even it is good quality but I won't recommend anything without competitor.
BTW, I can tell those Kingston HyperX PC3500 blue monster is screaming. I have two of those running in my rig now, rock stable, and oc extremely well; from review I've read, the HyperX PC3500 is head to head with Corsair PC3500 TwinX. Corsair has higher overclockability if run at loose timing, but when timing is lower, Kingston rulez; but from the roundup (Corsair vs Kingston vs Mushkin vs Geil), Mushkin PC3500 is the overall winner while Geil goes under bottom of the sink...

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[mixerman]

well I am getting a new system.. my parts should be in today for the "New PC" below in my signature.. so what do you think about this now?

NEW SYSTEM:
P4 2.8c (800fsb), Abit IS7, Kingston HyperX PC3500 (2 x 512mb), IBM Deskstar (60 gig @ 7200rpm)
OLDER SYSTEM:
P3 850mhz (100fsb), Asus CUV4X, 620mb Micron PC133, WD 40gig 7200rpm

 

[TKH]

Nice setup.

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