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« on: January 09, 2006, 11:32:15 AM »

BEcause i plan on upgradin my Memeroy i wasnt sure which one would performe better and faster. Im a Corsair Fan so i wasnt sure if the 1 Gig (512 x 2) DDR2 240 pin Xms series would performe / work faster than the 2 gig(1g x 2) Vaule select pair. If anyone has any ideas on good ram for the price range of 100-150 tell. THX


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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2006, 01:36:38 PM »

What exactly are you planning on doing with the ram that this computer is going into? If you are going to be overclocking and gaming then I would suggest that you go with the 1GB of XMS. However, if you are going to be doing things like video editing, etc. then I would suggest you go with the 2GB of Value Select.


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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2006, 04:47:06 PM »

O well i was gonna be doin alittle bit of all cuz i just bought the Geforce 6 series but i dont really all the time play games. But i think im just gonna go ahead and go with the 2 Gigs cuz. THe more the better i suppose. ANother thing is that i dont know to much about overclocking. Is there a certian program. If u could give me feedback or links on overclockin that would be nice...THX


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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2006, 12:02:07 PM »

While there are programs to overclock your processor, it is usually best just to do it through the bios. Also if you are going to be overclocking, I would definatly go with the XMS over the Value Select. From what I have heard, G.Skill is supposed to have some pretty good overclocking ram as well.


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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2006, 12:03:44 PM »

What CPU and motherboard are you running, and do you plan to overclock at all?


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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2006, 04:30:42 PM »

YEa I have Dell and i was told that they lock the BIOS and i wont be able to do any type of overclocking so ill just go w/ the 2 gig Value. Unless there is a way of bypassing it.


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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2006, 11:01:46 AM »

Maybe I just hate how nice the corsair is, but I've always gone with cheaper stuff. Right now I have 2x512 of crucial 2700, but I would probably go corsair in the future.

Some good ram:
Kingston HyperX
Mushkin (NICE)
Corsair XMS

The value-select is pretty good if you want to get lots of decent ram for not as much cash.


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