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I presently have two 512 dimms of Kingston Value Ram, CL3, installed. I
want to double the ram.

I know I could use Kingston ram but I'm looking for a better value/deal,
perhaps on ebay etc.

I'm under an impression that Corsair and Mushkin cause problems with
these boards.

What manufacturers would be safe to use and to mix with the Kingston. I
was looking a Crucial and at Elixir.

What brands have people had good and/or bad experiences with?

TIA

Louise
 
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In article <MPG.1c11f27be35a006989790@news-server.nyc.rr.com>, Louise
<none@nospam.com> wrote:

> I presently have two 512 dimms of Kingston Value Ram, CL3, installed. I
> want to double the ram.
>
> I know I could use Kingston ram but I'm looking for a better value/deal,
> perhaps on ebay etc.
>
> I'm under an impression that Corsair and Mushkin cause problems with
> these boards.
>
> What manufacturers would be safe to use and to mix with the Kingston. I
> was looking a Crucial and at Elixir.
>
> What brands have people had good and/or bad experiences with?
>
> TIA
>
> Louise

Why not stick with a name brand and buy a product with a
warranty ? Sure, you could find some RAM on Ebay, but my
question would be, why is the seller selling it ?

http://www.kingston.com/company/warranty.asp

Will saving $30 a stick, make up for the hassle of dealing
with a swine on Ebay ?

Paul
 
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In article <nospam-2711040325430001@192.168.1.177>, nospam@needed.com
says...
> In article <MPG.1c11f27be35a006989790@news-server.nyc.rr.com>, Louise
> <none@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> > I presently have two 512 dimms of Kingston Value Ram, CL3, installed. I
> > want to double the ram.
> >
> > I know I could use Kingston ram but I'm looking for a better value/deal,
> > perhaps on ebay etc.
> >
> > I'm under an impression that Corsair and Mushkin cause problems with
> > these boards.
> >
> > What manufacturers would be safe to use and to mix with the Kingston. I
> > was looking a Crucial and at Elixir.
> >
> > What brands have people had good and/or bad experiences with?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Louise
>
> Why not stick with a name brand and buy a product with a
> warranty ? Sure, you could find some RAM on Ebay, but my
> question would be, why is the seller selling it ?
>
> http://www.kingston.com/company/warranty.asp
>
> Will saving $30 a stick, make up for the hassle of dealing
> with a swine on Ebay ?
>
> Paul
>
well - not if the seller is a swine - certainly not.

However, I have both bought and sold on ebay and have had good to
excellent experiences. I believe when selling, I was "excellent".

Louise
 
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Louise wrote:

> I presently have two 512 dimms of Kingston Value Ram, CL3, installed. I
> want to double the ram.
>
> I know I could use Kingston ram but I'm looking for a better value/deal,
> perhaps on ebay etc.
>
> I'm under an impression that Corsair and Mushkin cause problems with
> these boards.

I sure hope not. I have 1 Gig of Corsair XMS memory on such a board.
Thus far no problems.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-523&depa=1

>
> What manufacturers would be safe to use and to mix with the Kingston. I
> was looking a Crucial and at Elixir.

I've personally not experienced that problem but most 'experts' seem to
suggest matching, not mixing.

>
> What brands have people had good and/or bad experiences with?
>
> TIA
>
> Louise
 
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On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:10:40 GMT, Louise <none@nospam.com> wrote:

>I presently have two 512 dimms of Kingston Value Ram, CL3, installed. I
>want to double the ram.
>
>I know I could use Kingston ram but I'm looking for a better value/deal,
>perhaps on ebay etc.
>
>I'm under an impression that Corsair and Mushkin cause problems with
>these boards.
>
>What manufacturers would be safe to use and to mix with the Kingston. I
>was looking a Crucial and at Elixir.
>
>What brands have people had good and/or bad experiences with?
>
>TIA
>
>Louise

I have never had bad luck with Crucial on any system. I had one
system that went down after a nearby lightning strike. One of the
casualties of that episode was that the Crucial memory failed.
Crucial did not even care when I dialed their 1-800 number and told
them it most likely failed due to the lightning strike, they just
replaced it without any hassle. Gotta love that kind of service.

On my PC4800E-Deluxe I strayed from Crucial and bought two 512meg
sticks of OCZ PC3500 (433M). It has worked flawlessly for me so I
would not hesitate to look at OCZ as well.

Regards,

Ender
____
[____]
(OIIIIIIO)
[] []
 
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In article <apdhq0p7o1nq969p10nfdfts99mcan4272@4ax.com>,
enderwiggin3rd@SBhotmail.com says...
> On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 07:10:40 GMT, Louise <none@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >I presently have two 512 dimms of Kingston Value Ram, CL3, installed. I
> >want to double the ram.
> >
> >I know I could use Kingston ram but I'm looking for a better value/deal,
> >perhaps on ebay etc.
> >
> >I'm under an impression that Corsair and Mushkin cause problems with
> >these boards.
> >
> >What manufacturers would be safe to use and to mix with the Kingston. I
> >was looking a Crucial and at Elixir.
> >
> >What brands have people had good and/or bad experiences with?
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >Louise
>
> I have never had bad luck with Crucial on any system. I had one
> system that went down after a nearby lightning strike. One of the
> casualties of that episode was that the Crucial memory failed.
> Crucial did not even care when I dialed their 1-800 number and told
> them it most likely failed due to the lightning strike, they just
> replaced it without any hassle. Gotta love that kind of service.
>
> On my PC4800E-Deluxe I strayed from Crucial and bought two 512meg
> sticks of OCZ PC3500 (433M). It has worked flawlessly for me so I
> would not hesitate to look at OCZ as well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ender
> ____
> [____]
> (OIIIIIIO)
> [] []
>
Thanks for your recommendations.

Should I have any concerns about mixing 2 dimms of the Crucial, Corsair
or OCZ, with my present 2 dimms of Kingston Value? The Kingston has a
cl of 3 whereas some of the above are at 2.5 or even 2.

Louise
 
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> Should I have any concerns about mixing 2 dimms of the Crucial, Corsair
> or OCZ, with my present 2 dimms of Kingston Value? The Kingston has a
> cl of 3 whereas some of the above are at 2.5 or even 2.
>
> Louise

It`s a good idea to share dimms from the same kind, if you don`t, the
slower timings are applied (with auto setting in bios). Dimms running on
fast timings will give you very little gain in performance (notjing to
go for).

Niclaas
 
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With the Kingston having a cl of 3, you might be able to run some OCZ 4200
along side it without a performance loss. I have 2x512mb 4200 and they have
a 3-4-4-8 timing by spd. Right now I am running them at 1:1 with a fsb of
255.
Silvertip
"Petra Grehling" <petra.grehling@online.de> wrote in message
news:coc78m$sgo$1@online.de...
>
> > Should I have any concerns about mixing 2 dimms of the Crucial, Corsair
> > or OCZ, with my present 2 dimms of Kingston Value? The Kingston has a
> > cl of 3 whereas some of the above are at 2.5 or even 2.
> >
> > Louise
>
> It`s a good idea to share dimms from the same kind, if you don`t, the
> slower timings are applied (with auto setting in bios). Dimms running on
> fast timings will give you very little gain in performance (notjing to
> go for).
>
> Niclaas
 
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