good ram vs generic

[orangewolf]

im building a new pc and cant decide on the ram too buy
system is as follows

asus a7n8x-x
xp 2500
40 g hdd
leadtek fx 5200 340 t
antec sonata

but the part that i cant decide on is ram where i live im pretty limited to choice its either 512mb pc2700 generic or 256 of kingston hyper x pc 3200 both for the same price

 

[lunitic]

If you're not going to overclock the system you'd better take 512MB pc2700. pc3200 will give you more headroom if you're going to OC, or it will allow you more aggressive timings and thus a slightly faster system. But 256MB is a bit tiny for a really super PC; I would go for the 512MB

 

[DOOM]

don't get generic

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[soccerdude90]

Whats is wrong with generic? it have worse times, problems or sumthing? your not a troll/fanboy of sumtihng are you?? lol, but if there 512 3200, those are good right?

Help me out, im a 14 year old boy in a land of... old people!

 

[DOOM]

Generic brands will be more likely to be DOA, tend to have more compatibility issues, stability issues, shorter life, and are generally just not as well made. Stick with the name brands, especially at higher speeds. Check with the mobo manufacturer for a list of approved or recommended memory vendors.

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[ecar016]

actually generic value ram is the same as fast memory....just not rated as high.....alot of times this doesnt mean that it fails at the faster speed. Alot of times the valuse ram sells alot more volume than the fastest ram. This means that it's labeled lower because thats what sells. Business sense. Anyway, I've never had any problems.

I own an intel 865perlk board and DDR400 ram. It runs great at the default setting of CL2.5 3-3-3-8. Can anyone shed some light on these settings and what faster settings can I test.

Thanks
EC


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[scottchen]

umm you must've made a mistake you mean 2.5-3-3-8? or 3-3-3-8 if it's that then it's not cl2.5 settings.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[scottchen]

Name brand are much better but it comes at much higher cost, for example my OCZ memory did 240 at 2.0-3-3-8

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[scottchen]

Name brand are much better but it comes at much higher cost, for example my OCZ memory did 240 at 2.0-3-3-8

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[pIII_Man]

it all depends who you get the memory from...i would not recomend generic ram...but would recomend value ram from brands like kingson, corsair, crucial, geil....


Proud owner of DOS 3.3

 

[ecar016]

sorry my misprint.....i got kingston value 2.5CL 3-3-8
can anyone recommend diff. settings to try for faster perf.

EC


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[scottchen]

nForce2 mobos over 200mhz FSB is known to have best performance at these timings 2-2-2-11. It's really bizarre but some guy actually tested and most ppl agreed with him. You should try it, just to confirm if this guy's right or if he's BS.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU