New ram for christmas.. [Archive]

Smith

10-09-2006, 07:37 PM

When I picked up my new computer..it turned out that for some reason they couldnt get my system to boot with the ocz 667mhz gold channel gx edition ram.

So they gave me a stick of DDR2 Samsung and lowered the price.

Im really not happy with it..it dosnt seem to be very fast at all. So for christmas I am looking to buy a 2X 1024mb dual channel kit.

Once again I was looking at OCZ ram..I was wondering what you guys think about it:

1 (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_6400_platinum_dual_channel)
2 (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_8000_platinum_extreme_edition_dual_channel)

Choice 1 is about 320$
Choice 2 is a whole lot more.

I just want 2 gigs, and I want good performance. What do you guys think

zapjb

10-09-2006, 09:00 PM

Go to your mobos manur. site. Get one of the brands they recommend. And give up on OCZ ram for this mobo.

Formula1

10-09-2006, 11:12 PM

yeah many people have reported problems with their ocz ram.. and it would be better to wait until around christmas to make decisions like this, its too early to decide or even suggest. I'd look towards Corsair ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145034 or this g.skill http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065 .

You can get ddr800 and overclock it to performance of ddr1000.

Smith

10-09-2006, 11:19 PM

yeah many people have reported problems with their ocz ram.. and it would be better to wait until around christmas to make decisions like this, its too early to decide or even suggest. I'd look towards Corsair ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145034 or this g.skill http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065 .

You can get ddr800 and overclock it to performance of ddr1000.

Thanks for the suggestion..Ill have to look into that.

What else is out there (for comparision shopping)

Virtualbody1234

10-09-2006, 11:51 PM

Could you post your system specs?

Seedler

10-10-2006, 10:06 PM

I'm surprised cloaker hasn't recommended Patriot ram to you, and what's more surprising is the fact that he hasn't badmouthed OCz ram yet.:ermm:

mikeco

10-10-2006, 10:12 PM

whats wrong with OCZ ram? i got some and happy with it O_o

Seedler

10-11-2006, 12:45 AM

whats wrong with OCZ ram? i got some and happy with it O_o

Nothing. I use it personally.

However cloaker for some reason has a grudge against OCz.:mellow:

Shiranai_Baka

10-11-2006, 02:14 AM

You should wait till after christmas to buy RAM. From what I've read, the price of RAM went up 20% (or more if you guys didn't notice) because there was demand for it as holidays for fall/winter are coming.

Smith

10-11-2006, 02:26 AM

AMD x2 4200
Asus M2N-E
ATI Sapphire x1600xt.

Some shit 1 gig stick of samsung.

Virtualbody1234

10-11-2006, 01:10 PM

Go here: http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1181&l1=3&l2=101&l3=0

And click on "QVL Download" for lists of supported RAM.

clocker

10-11-2006, 02:47 PM

However cloaker for some reason has a grudge against OCz.:mellow:
News to moi (as is the new spelling of my name).
I try to avoid taking a position on a product I have no direct personal experience with and I've never owned any OCZ RAM.