RAM Question

Post by **Kills On Site** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:38 pm

While looking for some fast DDR2 800 memory on newegg I noticed in some reviews for various brands that some people reported it not runnning at CAS 4 when it said it was and some reported needing to change the voltage. Why is this so, it seems strange to me and I would hate to buy RAM that would'nt do as advertised.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:19 pm

Also, if you were to purchase RAM, would you got for Kingston HyperX, Crucial Ballistix, Corsair XMS2, OCZ or Patriot?

Post by **Tormentius** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:17 am

All of them except Patriot sound pretty good. As for the voltage that isn't uncommon with performance RAM. If you need to bump the voltage a touch to run at faster timings it shouldn't be a problem, just make sure you read up on it first.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:19 am

Well the Crucial Ballistix has a $45 mail in rebate that would drop the 2GB kit down to $70. Almost makes it too tempting to get 4GB, otherwise I was thinking Kingston HyperX.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:54 am

Get Crutial...

i would take any Brand from that list other then Kingston... seriously..

Again, persional pref.. but i have allways found there ram to be slower then the Micron counter-parts ( Crutial, OCZ.. etc )

And p.s. Get 4 gigs, dont wuss out

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:45 pm

Can XP Pro 32-bit even access 4GB without issue?

I've always had good luck with Kingston, but I've never used their performance memory. The Crucial Ballistix looks good.

Post by **Tormentius** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:50 pm

XP will only see 3GB.

Post by **Silicone_Milk** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:12 am

Really? I thought XP could see up to 4gb?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:31 am

i think what tor is trying to say is it can only allocate the usage of 3GB's of Ram, wile it can see the 4th Gig..

a few computers i built now have 4 gig's of ram on XP.

Post by **obsidian** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:16 am

What's the point of 4GB of ram on a 32-bit OS (I assume you are using XP 32)? Even if the OS can see it, it can't allocate enough memory addresses to make use of it.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:35 am

for me there are two points:
One:
Still running Dual channel, Even though its 3 gig's...

Two:
Waiting for prices to drop and getting a 64-bit Vista..