which?

[hybird]

hello,

I was woundering, what would be better ram for this board:
Abit AN8 Fatal1ty nForce4 Ultra?

Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200XL Platinum TwinX (2x512MB) (£132.72)
or
Crucial 1GB (2x512MB) DDR PC3200 Ballistix Dual Channel Kit (£123.32)
or
OCZ 1GB (2 x 512MB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR REVISION 2 CAS2 (£164.44)
or ram that you recomend, rams going to be used for gaming mainly.

 

[jammydodger]

To be perfectly honest I dont think you will notice very much performance difference between the 3. They are all good brands so stability wont be an issue. Are you planning on overclocking? What are the timmings on these modules?

 

[Guest]

Id go with the ballistix being the cheapest(money wise) of the bunch.
if you dont OC
<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2145&p=14" target="_new">LINK!</A>

if you do
<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2145&p=17" target="_new">Oced</A>

Chekc these read the conclusion and make up your mind =)

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0

 

[hybird]

@jammydodger
no I dont plan on overclocking.
The OCZ Platinum Series EL-DDR REVISION 2 has timings of CL 2-2-2-5.
Ballistix, doesnt say the timings.
Corsair XMS3200XL Platinum TwinX has timings of 2-5-2-2.
Im getting the ram from here: <A HREF="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Memory_8.html" target="_new">linky</A>

@labbbby,

By looking at that, for gaming the ocz is better but not by much, so I should go for the ocz? or the ballistix and pocket the remaining difference in money?

 

[Guest]

Ballistix is the same timmings...2-2-2-5

Thats your call really...

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0

 

[hybird]

ah. Ocz I think then. Thanks for the help.

 

[jammydodger]

Id go for the ballistix purly because its the cheapest and should perform within 1% of the other two.

 

[hybird]

*Problem Sorted*<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by hybird on 07/04/05 01:30 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[RichPLS]

Crucial Ballistix would be my choice of the three listed.

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