Good RAM for Core 2 Duo

[dhawald]

I am planning to buy core 2 duo E6400
And 2 gb of RAM

So what is the cost of good branded DDR2 RAM of about 800 Mhz

[vinyas]

800 is a bit expensive,most Dealers are disposing of there Rams @ 533,so Beware

Go for 667,Transcend Pieces are good & reliable ,or best is Corsair

[anu0512]

ddr-2 800 mhz is useless for core 2 duo u just buy ddr-2 667 mhz ram u cannot utilize 800 mhz

[akshayt]

DDR2 800 is not useless, something expensive can't be called useless.

DDR2 667 value RAM will be around 11-12k, expensive RAM or good RAM as you say like Corsair XMS or Kingston HyperX will be around 20k or more.

Rather get 4GB DDR2 533/667 Value at this point of time after a few months.

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by anu0512

ddr-2 800 mhz is useless for core 2 duo u just buy ddr-2 667 mhz ram u cannot utilize 800 mhz

What makes you think 800 Mhz is useless for C2D. Your mobo should support it thats more imp.

Trust me dhawald, choose any.... 667 or 800 depends upon your budget (and mobo ofcourse), but go for only Corsair. Believe me its THE best ram around. It rocks. Not vey costly. Run a survay on the net and you will know what I mean when I say Corsair rocks.

The next best option I would suggest is Kingston. Another damn good brand.

[akshayt]

Corsair is the best but not as such better than other. You won't notice much of a difference, although if corsair is compatible with your mobo and exceeds your budget only slightly and you find a overclockable chip, then get it, else don't. D9 is ocable.

I would any day get Transcend over Kingston.

[vinyas]

i heard Corsair .... is not compactible with few C2D mobo's....is that true ?

[Ch@0s]

I have a couple of 1GB sticks of transcend 667... one week old wanna dispose off cos I'm getting ddr2 1000 in a few days. PM me if you want them. Will give u for 1k less than market price. These transcends are based on micron d9gmh which happens to be one of the best chips currently available and do 850 @ 4-4-4 @2.2V easily.

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by vinyas

i heard Corsair .... is not compactible with few C2D mobo's....is that true ?

Which mobos are you talking about....

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by Ch@0s

I have a couple of 1GB sticks of transcend 667... one week old wanna dispose off cos I'm getting ddr2 1000 in a few days. PM me if you want them. Will give u for 1k less than market price. These transcends are based on micron d9gmh which happens to be one of the best chips currently available and do 850 @ 4-4-4 @2.2V easily.

thats a really great deal transcends have 3-5 year warranty

[anu0512]

can u send ur full configuration of ur computer and price of ur motherboard and cpu, and where 2 buy in delhi

[Third Eye]

Kingston is good,get a 2 X 512 DDR RAM @533MHz
Total cost is about Rs 4200-4300 from Nehru Place.

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by tech_mastermind

Kingston is good,get a 2 X 512 DDR RAM @533MHz
Total cost is about Rs 4200-4300 from Nehru Place.

U have any idea how much 1 GB DDR2 800 Mhz costs. Kingston.

[aquamatrix]

the kingston 1gb ddr2 800 mhz are very very expensive around 8-9k (not sure)

[vinyas]

hey guys..... R Corsair Pieces Really Expensive ??

wat about 1 Gb DDR - II @ 667 ?

u guys help out........

[anu0512]

DDR-2 800 mhz it's cost about 7400k - 7600k
__________
any one known wat is the price of c2d E6600

[r2d2]

@akshayt
"I would any day get Transcend over Kingston."

why?

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by r2d2

@akshayt
"I would any day get Transcend over Kingston."

why?

lol Transcend over Kingston u must be kidding....

[Ch@0s]

If its ddr2, transcend is way better than kingston or corsair. You are guaranteed micron d9 chips. Here's the proof

http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2862&p=2

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by Ch@0s

If its ddr2, transcend is way better than kingston or corsair. You are guaranteed micron d9 chips. Here's the proof

http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2862&p=2

First of all you are comparing Transcend JetRam with Corsair value ram, it should be corsair XMS2. Secondly kingston is no where in the picture, for which the original statement was. and thirdly we are talking about best RAM for C2D processors and C2D practically means OC. Given that... Corsair Memory XMS2 1 GB PC2-6400 800 Mhz DDR2 RAM is THE ram to choose for. Check out this article if thats what you prefer......
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mem...dr2-800_8.html

[Ch@0s]

^^ROFL Transcend Jetram is valueram and priced less than corsair valueselect. XMS doesn't even come into the picture. The ram in that article is XMS 6400C4 which sells in india for 20.5K+tax for a 2GB kit. That price is ridiculous. The transcend jetram i'm talking about here sells for around 12-13K all inclusive . There's no comparison between the two. Also its lame to be buying a 1GB high end kit anymore.

If one really wants good ram, its best to import. I imported my PC2 8000(1GHz) CL4 rated Cellshocks for less than that amount all inclusive sitting here in india . Corsair has nothing... absolutely nothing that even comes close to this RAM. The only thing thats about equal in performance is stuff from Teamgroup.

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by Ch@0s

^^ROFL Transcend Jetram is valueram and priced less than corsair valueselect. XMS doesn't even come into the picture. The ram in that article is XMS 6400C4 which sells in india for 20.5K+tax for a 2GB kit. That price is ridiculous. The transcend jetram i'm talking about here sells for around 12-13K all inclusive . There's no comparison between the two. Also its lame to be buying a 1GB high end kit anymore.

If one really wants good ram, its best to import. I imported my PC2 8000(1GHz) CL4 rated Cellshocks for less than that amount all inclusive sitting here in india . Corsair has nothing... absolutely nothing that even comes close to this RAM. The only thing thats about equal in performance is stuff from Teamgroup.

Import!!!! and how did you do it....courier?.....Relatives?..BTW I was not talking about 2 GB kit just the XMS stuff. I got Corsair XMS2 667 for 5600 as on sep 2006. Now it has touched 6200. How much Transcend Jetram costs? both for 667 n 800. OK I dont know how Tran performs practically but I am OC corsair 667 close to 720-740 which is very decent for OC. Have you practically tried Transcend.

[Ch@0s]

^^The transcend easily does around 880 or so with tight 4-4-4 timings. Or so my pair did atleast before I sold them off. Corsair valueram 1GB sticks are around 7K all inclusive. Transcend is around 1K cheaper and a much better deal. They are guaranteed micron D9GMH chips which are used in most DDR2 800 low latency (4-4-4) kits.

As for my kit, I bought the new pair online and had it shipped via DHL. These are Micron D9GKX chips and the best ram in the business as of now.

[sam9s]

Well if tran can go up to 880, my next upgrade for 800 Mhz would be it... but frankly I cannt find any review online which gives me Trans as an OC RAM. Even Kingston doesnt qualify as a good OC ram. I can present n reviews where Corsair and Mushkin are projected as best OC ram. My next pick was Mushkin 1 GB 800 which can cross 1.2 OCed. Let me RnD on Trans as well.........good to have a healthy discuesion.

[Ch@0s]

Its not overclockin ram hehe... its value ram that overclocks a bit cos it uses good ICs thats all. Corsair XMS2 800C4 and 1066C5 are good but if you really wanna spend that much, you are better off with Team Xtreem or Cellshock or GSkill. The speed hardly matters... its the latency at the speed thats of paramount importance. 4-4-4@1000 is faster than 5-5-5@1100. My ram will go beyond 1300 if i loosen the latencies to 5-5-5 and push a bit of voltage but I get better scores at 4-4-4@1050, 2.2V than higher latencies at higher speeds. I still haven't found the maximum of these thingies... gotta try out sometime.

[ranjan2001]

Originally Posted by Ch@0s

As for my kit, I bought the new pair online and had it shipped via DHL. These are Micron D9GKX chips and the best ram in the business as of now.

Can you tell the online store where you purchased this & any other store which can ship to India. Did you have to pay custom duty at custom office or did DHL cleared it for you & you paid to them, I guess its around 32%.

I plan to import the graphic card & ram for my new PC

[Ch@0s]

^^check www.memoryc.com. Customs ain't an issue as you can ask the guys to mark it at 50$ or something. I was charged 800 bucks customs out of which 300 was their clearing charge. DHL cleared it and I just paid DHL. The duty rate for computer hardware is 21.4%.

[sam9s]

Originally Posted by Ch@0s

^^check www.memoryc.com. Customs ain't an issue as you can ask the guys to mark it at 50$ or something. I was charged 800 bucks customs out of which 300 was their clearing charge. DHL cleared it and I just paid DHL. The duty rate for computer hardware is 21.4%.

Hey ch@os can you provide me the direct link from that site for the memory you ordered for which you paid 800 extra.

[Ch@0s]

http://www.memory-configurator.com/p...kit/index.html

[anu0512]

Originally Posted by Ch@0s

http://www.memory-configurator.com/p...kit/index.html

Dude can u tell me wat is the price of DDR2-800 & 1000 MHZ : company also plz