View Full Version : Twinmos 3700 anygood? Better than XMS3500?
Hey,
Is the Twinmo0s 3700 better than the XMS3500? I have 2x256Mb of the XMS but can get the Twinmos for £50 a stick of the 3700!
From here (http://www.cpucity.co.uk)!
Anygood?
Will this be good with an nF7 S v1.2?
XtremepH
05-28-2003, 11:18 AM
Well I can let you know some results once I get my NF7 S v2.0 board on Friday. I have to sticks of 256MB Twinmos 3700 with Twinmos chips
That would be very good of you!
Anyone else?
felix88
05-28-2003, 11:34 AM
http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/TwinMOS/PC3700-3200/
here is a comparison review between the Twinmos/Twinmos stuff, and some of the Twinmos/Winbond CH-5 stuff.
felix88
05-28-2003, 11:57 AM
i've got the CH-5 stuff at the moment. i think it needs some burn in, but i'm not really sure how.
i know i loop memtest, but do i run the ram at stock speeds? at the speed i am shooting for? or progressively faster speeds and tighter timings? what about voltage?
anyway, i hear Twinmos RAM really needs a good burn in before you can clock it really high.
the TwinMOS is gonan be cheaper than the XMS and with WinBOND chips clocks high :toast:
Craig
saaya
05-28-2003, 01:07 PM
no the 3700 comes with tmd chips (twinmos`s own brand)
brwmogazos
05-28-2003, 01:19 PM
my CH5 Twinmos are crap...they cant even do 2532@2.8V even @ 200fsb...
Anyways...My XMS3500 used to run @ 2522@225 no burning in....and my twinmos @210mhz@ 2532 2.8V...not impressive at all after some burning in with the CH5 chips :s
b|gf|sh
05-28-2003, 01:50 PM
Im runnin 2x256MBs of the 3700 TwinMOS on my NF7-S 1.2, nice ram but im getting held back by the board when running dual channel, but had it at 225-228 easily on single channel :)
Only thing is it doesn't like tight timings (as the VR-Zone review well pointed out) as im running at 7-3-3-2.0, and anything less just doesnt go.
So, im my opinion i'd go with the XMS3500 just cos of the nice timings, whereas i'll be getting a IC7 + 2.4C soon, so this stuff will fly in that :)