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"Confused about RAM."

I want to install some RAM into my computer, but the choices of what to get seems endless!

Can anyone tell me what the different sorts actually mean to the system, and whether buying cheap RAM really makes a difference compared to buying expensive RAM.

Thanks very much.

DiG wrote:
> Theres not much point in paying £200+ for ram cos there really
> isnt that much performence diference betwenn that and £100 ram,
> about a 2% performance gain

Believe me in these days of FSB overclocking methods, RAM and cooling are ultimately the determining factors of how high a system can go.

My cheap Crucial PC3200 RAM will only squeeze out 210Mhz (420DDR), however I have just ordered some PC4000 ram capable of doing 250Mhz (500DDR).

By my crude calculations that works out a performance boost of well over 2%!!!!

OCZ will almost certainly get you the performance you want for £60.

Corsair will definitely get you the performance you want for £200.

It's all about how much cash you have to spend.

Theres not much point in paying £200+ for ram cos there really isnt that much performence diference betwenn that and £100 ram, about a 2% performance gain

While Crucial RAM is not bleeding-edge-overclocking performance RAM, it's not bleeding-edge-overclocking performance RAM prices either, and for anything less than a liquid-nitrogen-cooled system it's virtually bulletproof.

A few questions for the original poster: Do you know what processor your computer has? Even better, do you know what your motherboard make + model are? Or what your system is (i.e. DELL something-something)?

Ive no idea how far i could push mine, probably quite a bit further than the 200Mhz that its running at now. I wouldnt up the FSB until i got another cooler though.

I wouldn't go that far. It is amongst the best, but not any better than Mushkin or OCZ. Or TwinMOS Twister. But it most definitely is overpriced. I nearly bought a gig of the XMS top of the range stuff, but having read up on it, I realised it wasn't worth twice the price of some TwinMOS stuff that I had been recommended.

Went with the TwinMOS Value stuff and it overclocks easily. I've run it at a 220 MHz FSB no problems.

Jive wrote:
> cookie monster wrote:
> Perhaps, but its no Corsair.
>
> Who? Never heard of them.

The best gaming RAM you can get. All major hardware websites such as Toms Hardware Guide use Cosair an recomend them.

cookie monster wrote:
> Perhaps, but its no Corsair.

Who? Never heard of them.

Uncle Albert wrote:
> Corsair is overrated, and overpriced.

*Falls off chair*

cookie monster wrote:
> Perhaps, but its no Corsair.

Corsair is overrated, and overpriced.