mrOCman Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 Hi all, I have been checking out this forum for some time now, and let me just say that IT IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!! The amount of information I gathered from this board helped me in selecting my new rig, which I will have the pleasure of OCing 24/7!! Here is what I have so far: AMD Athlon FX53 DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert OCZ PowerStream 520W eGeforce 7800 GTX 256mb PCI- E ThermalTake VB1000BWS Soprano mid-tower ATX Black I am having trouble in slecting the right ram modules to finalize the rig. I am hesitating between these 2 models: CORSAIR PC3500 LL PRO 2*1024 DUAL OCZ Gold GX XTC 2GB (2x1GB) PC4000 DDR <-PROB I have gathered information on these rams from many websites, here are some stable OC values: OCZ Gold PC4000 GX XTC 2GB Dual Stock: 250MHz 3.0-4-3-8 2.75v OC: 200MHz 2.5-3-3-7 1T 2.8v 225MHz 2.5-3-3-7 1T 2.8v 230MHz 2.5-4-3-7 1T 2.8v 265MHz 3.0-4-3-8 1T 2.8v Corsair 2GB XMS-3500LLPRO TwinX Stock: 218MHz 2.0-3-2-6 1T 2.8v OC: max results shown 228MHz 2.0-3-2-6 1T 2.8v or 3.0v 256MHz 2.5-3-3-7 1T 2.8v or 3.0v 258MHz 3.0-4-4-8 1T 3.0v The $1,000,000 question: WHICH RAM SHOULD I BUY??????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 The $1,000,000 question: WHICH RAM SHOULD I BUY??????? Between those, the OCZ. I'll take my million in small bills please. :cool: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrOCman Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 Thanks for the speedy reply! Now that's dedication I would have thought that the lower latencies of the corsair would be a winner... why go OCZ? is it for compatibility's sake? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrOCman Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 I'll take my million in small bills please. :cool: ya...you whish it was that easy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 the Corsiar 3500LL PRO is actually excellent excellent awesome memory...it is the Infineon CE-6 stuff...same chips used in teh OCZ PC4000 EB 2GB kits you pay extra for the useless LED's though, so if you want some fantastic memory, go for the OCZ EB the other OCZ kit you mentioned is fairly fantastic as well...I love my XTC modules basically...you can't go wrong either way...unless you have a cpu cooler that hangs over the memory slots...then you will find out what pain is when you try to install the 3500LL PRO modules (they won't fit in the first two slots with any aftermarket cpu coolers like XP-90's etc that hang over memory slots) PS1: never go by someone else's overclock results...that is the worst thing you can do PS2: you have an FX-53, probably the older 130nm core, which has the older memory controller...and it might not overclock as well as the newer 90nm cpu's with newer memory controllers. PS3: heh...just checking to see if you are paying attention! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrOCman Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 Hi Angry, thanks for the reply if you want some fantastic memory, go for the OCZ EB I've looked at them (OCZ EB DDR PC-4000 1024MB Platinum), and I think you're right... they have won me over you have an FX-53, probably the older 130nm core, which has the older memory controller...and it might not overclock as well as the newer 90nm cpu's with newer memory controllers. What kind of overclock should I expect??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
patcheney Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 ok, for the sake of saving forum resource , i won't open another thread as i have an exactly same question, the rams in my sig have failed on me recently and i need some ones too. my options are: corsair 3500LL (you all know which ones im talking about) g.skill hzs 4000 ocz 4000(gold or platinum?) i understand that cpu speed is the king of all but i also know that running a 1:1 divider would be best for oc. so please come up with any suggestions to make me (and mrOCman) make the decision. many thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 Hi Angry, thanks for the reply I've looked at them (OCZ EB DDR PC-4000 1024MB Platinum), and I think you're right... they have won me over What kind of overclock should I expect??? heh read! PS1: never go by someone else's overclock results...that is the worst thing you can do ocz 4000(gold or platinum?)i understand that cpu speed is the king of all but i also know that running a 1:1 divider would be best for oc. so please come up with any suggestions to make me (and mrOCman) make the decision. many thanks. gold or platinum...either or same stuff as the Gskill, but there are no Gskill reps here, while there are 3 and sometimes 4 OCZ reps here who are all overclockers and love DFI motherboards as for overclock...you best take a read of this: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40178 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
patcheney Posted May 11, 2006 Posted May 11, 2006 heh read! gold or platinum...either or same stuff as the Gskill, but there are no Gskill reps here, while there are 3 and sometimes 4 OCZ reps here who are all overclockers and love DFI motherboards as for overclock...you best take a read of this: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40178 cheers angry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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