corsair twinx v. regular xms

[jedge78]

Hi guys,

I just ordered an P4875 mobo and two 512 PC3200 Corsair XMS C2 chips. I didn't notice however, that Corsair makes special TwinX chips for dual channel setups. My question is, will the regular Corsair XMS chips work in a dual channel setup or do I need the twinX chips? Also, why are the twinX chips so much more expensive than the regular XMS chips?

Thanks in advance,
Joe

 

[Balderdash]

Yes. The singles are the same chips (of the same class of course)

The twin packs were 'tested' to work together already, so you know they will work together, and it's a selling gimmick to get you to buy two at the same time without fear.

 

[TKH]

Just a reminder, TwinX is just normal XMS tested to be able to run in dual channel mode on A7N8X. And I'm just being paranoid, they aren't tested on Intel chipset, no big deal though.

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[jedge78]

I heard that a whole bunch of people where having problems with those chips and nforce2 mobos. Supposedly, they are releasing a special version that guarantees compatibility with nforce2. Any truth to this? And thanks again for the info.

 

[Balderdash]

Actually, he's not talking about a nForce chip set. He want's them for a P4 system board.

However, I haven't heard of any problems with the DDR twin packs and the Rev.2 mainboards, only the 1.06 and previous BIOS nForce boards.

 

[MorphiNoMan]

i went on corsair's forum and looks like that your 2 sticks of 3200 wont be running like they should. youll have either to slow your cas or to put your voltage higher

everyone has complaints with xms 3200 but it seems that everything works fine with 3500 sticks, i would upgrade them if you get problems with your memory...