Bests RAM in commerce?

[Juspriss]

Hello guys!
I have always look only your 3Ds and never write one, but i'm going to buy The New Computer ( near Sept ) and i have decided to write my first one!

Which are the BESTs RAM in commerce?

I will buy an a64 3500+ ( or FX-53 ), so s939, and i will wait the new chipset nForce!

Which of the BEST ones do you advise me?

Tnx all & sorry for my BAD ENGLISH

p.s. i will OC it like a demon!

[Soulburner]

OCZ 3700EB

[Juspriss]

Are still in commerce?
I think they are out now

I think they are aviable until this stocks end

[nutcase]

Originally posted by Juspriss
Are still in commerce?
I think they are out now

I think they are aviable until this stocks end

Nope.. 3700EB is back in stock.. Newegg just got a new shipment.

Expect to see them fully available again at most distributors..

[Juspriss]

Nope.. 3700EB is back in stock.. Newegg just got a new shipment.

So the 3700EB are coming again to commerce?

Great!

[Lithan]

Yes we will be much happy with your mighty duck sandwich. May the smiling toads do you many mercies. Happy Sir Fingles Day to you my pants-wearing amigo.


3700EB is looking nice to me now that they've seen a decent price drop. (Though I still think more than 150$ for a 512 stick is simple gouging.) I still say buy BH-5 if you can find some for less than the EB. (I see it going for <$300 all the time.)

[aoc007]

If you don't want to spend as much then you can probably find some Kingston HyperX PC3000 (KHX3000), they usually have the Winbound BH-5 chips, for around $220 or so and you will probably get a pretty good oc out of those with volt mods. But the OCZ3700EB is pretty good because your gauranteed a pretty good oc and it doesn't take as much voltage (good for the Athlon64).

[STEvil]

$150/stick of 512? thats not bad.. its nearly $150/stick of 256 in canada

[Lithan]

512megs of Crucial pc3200 is 70-80$ for comparison.
There is no reason high performance ram should have a more than 100% price premium over brand name "Standard" ram. And ram prices went up to get 80$ for a stick of 512. You could grab 512 sticks for 40-50$ after a MIR at best buy/compusa last year. Hell 256 sticks were rarely more than 20$ on sale, even for good stuff. (I remember back when everyone was trying to get BH5-chipped kingston valueram for like 15-25$ a stick at best buy. And before that it was samsung 2700.)

[STEvil]

No reason high performance ram should be more expensive than normal ram?

Does that mean I should pay the same for an A64 3700+ and 2800+, or forged pistons for a 350 vs. domed aluminum ones for a rice burner??

LOL!

[Juspriss]

1Gb kit DDR PC-3700 EB Platinum Edition - OCZ OCZ4661024EBDCPE-K

Enhanced Bandwidth, Dual Channel kit (2x 512Mb)
466Mhz, CL 3-3-2-8, 184 pins, OCZ EB Plat Edition
w/ Platinum Heatspreaders, Full memory specification
Stock: 10-20 kits
Manufacturer: OCZ Technology, Warranty: Lifetime

€ 374 incl. VAT

Here ( Europe ) they are not so cheap...

Are you sure they are coming back to commerce HERE?

I found 2x512 Mushkin Bh-6 ( 222 special ), but the don't boot at 2225 200Mhz 2,85Volts... so i have decided to find some good memory still in commerce ( if they take few volts for "good jobs" is better ) .

Tnx all

[gokickrocks]

i have some ocz el platinum pc3200 2x512mb rated at 2-3-2-5 on the way...will let you know how they turn out, if i remember

[Kalway]

KHX3000 is a good deal, if it's compatible with your board. The problem with it is it's double sided and many boards don't like double sided BH5. I had to sell mine and buy EB.

I actually made a profit on it too. When I bought em they were only $45 a stick . I miss those days.

Yeah, buy second hand BH5 or EB.

[Juspriss]

I'm realy torn...

I'm thinking to buy one of those rams:
-Ocz PC 3700EB
-Corsair Twinx PC3200XL ( TCCD )
-A-Data Vitesta 566 ( TCCD? )

Which of those ones is better for an a64 s939?

Is needed for all Vmod?

[Kalway]

EB is the best on all of those. 2.5-2-2-8, maybe 3-2-2-8. TCCD won't run 2-2-2 above 220mhz, and doesn't take kindly to voltages. The EB will do 3-2-2 (CAS doesn't make much difference after all) all the way above 250mhz.

[EQuito]

eXcaliber has both 1GB and 512MB kits in stock.

[mrlobber]

Originally posted by Lithan
I still say buy BH-5 if you can find some for less than the EB. (I see it going for <$300 all the time.)

Where?

2x256 MB sticks are a lot for sale around as people start migrating towards 1 GB of ram, now with 2x512 MB kits it's a bit different...

[Mini]

Are PC3500 mushkin lvl2 still high rated... I have a pair that i never used but ordered just in case...

[celemine1Gig]

Originally posted by Mini
Are PC3500 mushkin lvl2 still high rated... I have a pair that i never used but ordered just in case...

You have a pair of Mushkin Level2 with BH-5 chips and you never used it? That nearly insane

No, just kidding. Of course, the Mushkin Level2 RAMs are still high rated. I'd say, if you are willing to sell them, you should have no problem, to find someone who wants to buy it.
They are mighty good IMHO. With ~3.3V they should be able to get upto 250MHz at 2-2-2-X timings.

[Mini]

Originally posted by celemine1Gig
You have a pair of Mushkin Level2 with BH-5 chips and you never used it? That nearly insane

No, just kidding. Of course, the Mushkin Level2 RAMs are still high rated. I'd say, if you are willing to sell them, you should have no problem, to find someone who wants to buy it.
They are mighty good IMHO. With ~3.3V they should be able to get upto 250MHz at 2-2-2-X timings.

Of course i tried them :o/ hehe... What would i be doing in here if i didnt???

They did 241 2-2-2-5@2.8V... I havnt done a Vmodd yet dunno why but i never really pulled my self together to do it...

Gotta do the VTT modd and Vmodd... And if i started those i would probably end up doin em all anyway...

But i put them for sale... Ive got an offer a little over 200$

[I_Am_ToO_SeXy]

Send Mushy to me in italy :P

[Mini]

Offer??? I can send to italy if you offer a bigger amount of money than people allready have...

I live in denmark so it aint that far...

[I_Am_ToO_SeXy]

send me some photos and screens of that memories :P

ricciolibiondirulez@hotmail.com

[Reflex1]

yea i found some stores in denmark before that still sell mushkin BH-5 lvl2 ...but damn its expensive. dunno if they still do.

[Lithan]

Originally posted by STEvil
No reason high performance ram should be more expensive than normal ram?

You are misquoting me. I said that a 100% price premium was absurd. The performance difference between 3-2-2-5 and 2.5-3-3-7 is practically nil in anything other than benchmarks. Sure it's 500 3dmarks or whatever, In RW it isn't crap. I'm actually selling off most of my BH5 and replacing it with old crucial and CH5 because I get so much money back with literally 'no' noticable performance difference. The difference between a 3400+ and a fx53 however is very noticable. I still feel the fx53 is price gouging also, but people don't tell everyone who asks what cpu to buy that they need to buy a fx53 because people KNOW it's price-gouging.

And I just sold a 1gig set of bh5 for $280. I purposefully made it cheap for a quick sale, but getting a set on ebay for <$300 should be no problem. (Only stuff I see selling for more than that consistantly is Mushkin.)