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Cova · 04-09-2003, 10:26 AM

I'm currently picking/pricing components for my upgrade as well - looking at a Asus A7N8X, Barton 2500+, and 1 GB of RAM. I've pretty much decided that the Corsair TwinX 3200LL is the best choice for me for the following reasons:

1. Price is not that much of a concern. I would say if you are even considering a video card faster than a 9700Pro then you have enough cash to get good RAM to go with it, but thats just me.

2. Corsair is a good brand. I'm not worried at all about one of their sticks dying on me, acting funny, or anything else. And if you surf around a bunch of forums and look at specs in sigs you'll find Corsair TwinX is a very common combination with nForce2 chips, so I'm not worried about compatibility at all.

3. Performance is guaranteed. The TwinX 3200LL is advertized to run at 400Mhz DDR at 2-2-2-6. Most reviews can run it at 400Mhz 2-2-2-5, or well over 400 keeping the original timings. If it won't do that, I can exchange it as it is not what was advertized. Overclocking is a hobby for me, and I want to push that 2500+ chip as far as I can (water-cooling will be involved). By spending that bit extra on the memory when I get it, I can be pretty sure that it won't be holding me back in my quest to get that chip as fast as I can run it.

If you do decide not to go with big-name high-speed stuff and go for quantity instead, I would just drive to your favorite local retailer and buy whatever they have in stock. The 1GB TwinX kit I want will cost me ~$500 CAD (+shipping from US + taxes), or I could get 1GB of no-name PC2700 locally for $220 CAD + taxes. I'm not going to have more than 1GB (due to nowhere having 1GB single-dimms for a decent price and not needing 2GB, and having really just 2 dimm-slots on a nForce2 mobo if you want to take best advantage of dual-channel), so I want the fastest/best 2 sticks I can put in it.

04-09-2003, 10:26 AM	#11
Cova Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 247	I'm currently picking/pricing components for my upgrade as well - looking at a Asus A7N8X, Barton 2500+, and 1 GB of RAM. I've pretty much decided that the Corsair TwinX 3200LL is the best choice for me for the following reasons: 1. Price is not that much of a concern. I would say if you are even considering a video card faster than a 9700Pro then you have enough cash to get good RAM to go with it, but thats just me. 2. Corsair is a good brand. I'm not worried at all about one of their sticks dying on me, acting funny, or anything else. And if you surf around a bunch of forums and look at specs in sigs you'll find Corsair TwinX is a very common combination with nForce2 chips, so I'm not worried about compatibility at all. 3. Performance is guaranteed. The TwinX 3200LL is advertized to run at 400Mhz DDR at 2-2-2-6. Most reviews can run it at 400Mhz 2-2-2-5, or well over 400 keeping the original timings. If it won't do that, I can exchange it as it is not what was advertized. Overclocking is a hobby for me, and I want to push that 2500+ chip as far as I can (water-cooling will be involved). By spending that bit extra on the memory when I get it, I can be pretty sure that it won't be holding me back in my quest to get that chip as fast as I can run it. If you do decide not to go with big-name high-speed stuff and go for quantity instead, I would just drive to your favorite local retailer and buy whatever they have in stock. The 1GB TwinX kit I want will cost me ~$500 CAD (+shipping from US + taxes), or I could get 1GB of no-name PC2700 locally for $220 CAD + taxes. I'm not going to have more than 1GB (due to nowhere having 1GB single-dimms for a decent price and not needing 2GB, and having really just 2 dimm-slots on a nForce2 mobo if you want to take best advantage of dual-channel), so I want the fastest/best 2 sticks I can put in it.