What ram should I get?

[blawblaw]

Once I get a job, and I pay back my dad (xD, Im a bum!), Im gonna get some new ram because this ram is actually faulty, and it doesnt OC well anyway.

These are the ones that I am considering:

Mushkin

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820146397

G.Skill

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231021

Also any suggestions are welcome.

 

[twisted5]

I personally would go with the G.Skill. Maybe it is just the fact that I have 4 pairs of it and have never had a problem with them. They OC on average about 265 but 2 of my pairs are at 272 and 277 3-4-7-3 1T. Just my .02

 

[JN]

Having not tested out the Mushkin ram i've been given for review, i can't really comment yet.

I've had G.Skill in my rig for the past few months though and its pretty darn nice.

|3ourne might be able to give you a better answer.

 

[WC Annihilus]

Either one really. For memory with UCCC chips, they all perform in general about the same: anywhere between 260 and 300 (300 very rare, 290 possible, 280 some chance, 270 solid, 260 just about guaranteed). So in essence, it's all about which is the cheapest. Those 2 tend to be the favorites though (G.Skill more so only because of price).

 

[FragTek]

I'd go with the Mushkin. They're one of the top "proven" badass memory manufacturers that have been around a dogs year. I trust them for all of my memory needs

 

[|3ourne]

here , get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220084

after rebate its 145.99 . Has the same UCCC chips like the mushkin and the gskill and I can vouch for patriot products being good. I have used them in the past and they work just fine. Actually OCZ orders all their memory made from PQI and Patriot .

 

[JN]

Yep Patriot are decent. Had some of their good stuff back in my P4 days

 

[FarFarAway]

Patriot are great if only we could get them easier in the UK

 

[blawblaw]

That Patriot mem has a nice price tag, but I was leaning towards Mushkin. Either or, I wont be buying this mem in two-three months or so, so a lot is bound to change.

 

[Waffles]

im going to rma some crucial ballistix 2x1gb z503's... i'll sell em for $160 shipped

 

[blawblaw]

im going to rma some crucial ballistix 2x1gb z503's... i'll sell em for $160 shipped

rma? whats wrong with them?

 

[WC Annihilus]

Man, that is very tempting man. Anyways, with the Ballistix, there was one bad batch that would die after a month or 2 of use. Some people kept getting from that batch, resulting in endless RMA's and the discontinuation of the line. So, it's a risk, but if you get lucky, it's well worth it as they clock amazingly well.

 

[FragTek]

Find yourself a pair of Ballistix Tracers. They all come from a cherry picked batch that didn't have the problems that the standard Ballistix did. I had my Tracers for quite some time and they never let me down, super high clocks with very low voltage and decent timings.

 

[blawblaw]

yoooo, im tryin somethin weird. I put my fsb down to 300 and ran my divider at 133 (now at 200mhz)and put my timings at 2-3-2-5, and 1m run of superpi is the same, and primes running now for the past 40 mins and everythings all good.

This cool?

 

[FarFarAway]

No it means your RAM is running pretty slow. Grab us a CPU-Z screenshot of the front screen and the both memory pages

 

[blawblaw]

here you go

My mem cant really go pass 220mhz at 3-3-3-8, and this works fine.

 

[Raging]

get yourself some g.skill hz mate,they are getting good results(260mhz pretty much guaranteed i think)

i myself will be getting some soon,cant be beaten for the price too imo.

cheers.

 

[blawblaw]

get yourself some g.skill hz mate,they are getting good results(260mhz pretty much guaranteed i think)

i myself will be getting some soon,cant be beaten for the price too imo.

cheers.

yeah i am gettin new ram but i dont have a job yet.