Mushkin Redline 3500

[JNav89GT]

Got these in last week for testing! Not too shabby for mid level parts.

Top out at 257 in memtest. Can bench a bit higher, but seem very cozy in my X2 setup ;)

[Bennah]

Nice work John.

How much cheaper are they to 4000 Redline?

Whats your verdict in which to buy for everyday say?

[JNav89GT]

Well as of now they are only like $20-30 cheaper per kit than the PC4000, so I'm not quite sure how to look at these value wise.

On one hand, 257 is a very good result and these are rated at 2-2-2-6 at 3.1v-3.2v so there "seems" to be quite a bit of headroom in these parts. However, on the other hand, it's always nice to know the part will do 250+ which the PC4000 part is rated at. To me $20-30 isn't a big deal, so I might spring for the PC4000 if I hadn't already had them. But alot of people don't have that luxury, and saving $20-30 on the ram, could net them a better heatsink, power supply etc... and help them to achieve better overall results with a more complete system.

I give this memory a hearty thumbs up and at $209 at newegg is a decent value. I wanna try some Redline 3200 if I can get ahold of some ;). Friend got some and says they are doing 250 in his machine(DFI board etc... tight timings).

Would be nice to see other user's experiences with the 3200/3500 Redline parts so we could become overall more comfortable with where these memories will fall in their overclocks.

[Bennah]

Should be a review of some 3200's up soon on here I read :D

Well I think everyday, your not going to see much difference between 3500 and 4000 performance I think. Talking 10-20mhz ?

People may just want to save the money and take the 10-20mhz loss as they might not notice the difference anyways.

[JNav89GT]

I'd say that's a logical conclusion. I'd like too see a few more posts re:users experiences before I could be super comfortable saying most will do 250+, but It's good to see these do relatively well.

It hink the main eimpediment to users buying these is the value UTT that is out there. I can say with the value UTT I've tested most was junk and couldn't get over 220-230 so while some get good kits, the value UTT is just that, value ram.

[sparkie34]

Good stuff :toast: There is so much good ram out there now its hard to pick which one to go with. :p:

[HousERaT]

nice job.... I have the even cheaper Redline PC3200. They overclock well with good timings also.... I think all the Redline products are tops.

[JNav89GT]

wow
price drop on this stuff
$174 AR woot! Tempted to get another set to run 4x512mb :O
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146389

[TEDY]

yep price dropped quite a bit :>

179$ AR now :>

i don't see redline 4000 dual pack on newegg ?

[AMD-me]

168 after rebate!!

[JNav89GT]

JNav89GT freezes credit card in block of ice to try to prevent inevitable from happening. I feel the forces of good and evil all tied up inside of this sale lol!

[charlie]

sheeeeesh....

That's a great deal...

C

[charlie]

I've been playing with my new Redline HP3200 set...

and they do 250++ too, sheesh! What are they doing at MUSHKIN??

C

[EMC2]

Sounds like another steroids scandal brewing :p:

"Mushkin labs raided... DIMMs found on steroids and in a special high Mhz training room" :lol:

What volts are you putting to those poor little HP3200 Redlines Charlie?

[TEDY]

JNav89GT freezes credit card in block of ice to try to prevent inevitable from happening. I feel the forces of good and evil all tied up inside of this sale lol!

Feel the force! :D Don't let dark side of Mushkin ruin you :p:

[AMD-me]

I've been playing with my new Redline HP3200 set...

and they do 250++ too, sheesh! What are they doing at MUSHKIN??

C
What volts u using?

[charlie]

Sounds like another steroids scandal brewing :p:

"Mushkin labs raided... DIMMs found on steroids and in a special high Mhz training room" :lol:

What volts are you putting to those poor little HP3200 Redlines Charlie?

IIRC, that was at 3.4v... they're quite nice. All the redline sticks are within like 5% of each other... just amazing, makes you wnder how they make any $$. They must reject a LOT of IC's, lol... probably ending up in the competitor's sticks :stick:

C

[TEDY]

wow makes you think to buy 3500 instead 4000

charlie 2-2-2-5 3.4v and 250+ ? impressive :woot:

[TEDY]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146389

155$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ :woot:

[charlie]

These Redline HP3200 are only $140

They're rates at 2-3-2 but ignore that, they do PC4000 easy @ 2-2-2 :D

[Duonger]

It is also on special at Monarch

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=140568&Category_Code=Unbuffered_Mushkin

Duonger

[HousERaT]

That's a nice deal at monarch..... now the question is do I need another gig? ;)

[TEDY]

what is going on with 3500

they were 155$ just 1hour ago, now 145$ ???????

something fishy here :)

DOUNGER ????

[setyotomo]

i think thats because mail in rebate TEDY

[TEDY]

yes setyotomo but they were 175$ AR yesterday ....check reply #9

how can drop 30$ in 1 day ? :)

mushkin holding back something or is it common thing prices dropping so quickly :>

[Duonger]

what is going on with 3500

they were 155$ just 1hour ago, now 145$ ???????

something fishy here :)

DOUNGER ????

Newegg and us are trying to show that this part does well out there. we gave them a special on it since they are testing it in the ABS machines right now too. You guys can help by telling them to use us more..LOL :stick:

Duonger

[JNav89GT]

wow! Hope to see more users with this stuff too to see how they do :)

[HousERaT]

wow.... under $150.00 for a gig shipped with a rebate. Not a bad deal at all.

[EMC2]

Wow the price is going down too!

/me fights harder to resist the redline surge :p:

Wish Santa would drop some HP4000 down my chimney :lol: Hey Steven, what's Santa's number bro? :p:

[SiGNAL748]

I've heard these sticks run pretty hot and active cooling is recommended. Is there anyone here running ok WITHOUT active cooling?

[JNav89GT]

when Mushkin recommends active cooling, why would someone not use active cooling ???? :shrug:

[justwOo]

I've heard these sticks run pretty hot and active cooling is recommended. Is there anyone here running ok WITHOUT active cooling?
yeah, i think thats called stawk (spelling? never used this word before)

but ya... my friends run stawk speeds at 3v and does fine, they do get alittle warm, but have been working great for a while now

[Playful_Buffalo]

i think at 3v or under it is alright to run it without active cooling...just need reasonable case temps

[eva2000]

shame us Aussies will never see redline range of ram in Australia heh

[JNav89GT]

that's like bringing columbia to the crack convention there eva2000 ;)

[bateslabel]

But these are "failed" dimms that couldn't run at 250 right?

[JNav89GT]

lol if they are someone forgot to tell my sticks that do 255 and another guy who has pc3200 redline that do 257 as well

[bateslabel]

What I mean is that these are dimms Mushkin tested but failed to make the grade for 4000 PC?

[sparkie34]

What I mean is that these are dimms Mushkin tested but failed to make the grade for 4000 PC?


Just because they didn't bin for pc4000 speeds doesn't mean they won't do those speeds with slightly more voltage. Maybe mushkin bins them to run 250mhz 2-2-2 with 3.2v If it doesn't make the cut they go into the pc3500 sticks. But bump those sticks up to say 3.4v or so and they will do 250 2-2-2. :toast:

[JNav89GT]

What I mean is that these are dimms Mushkin tested but failed to make the grade for 4000 PC?
hard to say really
unless your at Mushkin and know how they bin. I assume the best go toward PC4000, but I don't think from the results I'm seeing that Mushkin is binning that aggressive that the lower spec parts will not still do well.

The 3200 and 3500 results, while not quite as good as the PC4000 parts still are quite good. :fact:

[ludeboy12]

damn i cant wait till my psu comes so i can put my rig together.....

cant wait to see how high i can take these sticks...

[setyotomo]

awh that sexy red heatspreader ... this is very tempting...