Corsair memory question

[Chemical_Ali]

hi, does anyone know which is the better ram?

corsair-2048Gb

CAS Latency (ns): 2-3-3-6
Module Configuration: 2 x 128M x 64

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=156701

corsair-1024Gb

CAS Latency (ns): 2-2-2-5
Module Configuration: 2 x 64M x 64
Type: DDR Matched Pair Super Low Latency (2-2-2-5)

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=118551

[sawyen]

depends wat ur planning to do with the ram.. if ur going to play bf2... i'll say the 2gb with 2-3-3-6... it'll run 2-2-2-5 on 200Mhz at 2.8 or 2.85V as well...

I have the 1GB variant of the first choice.. works like a dream.. but you'll need to kick back a little when overclocking tho... th best I could get my C2PT to do at 220MHz was 2-3-3-6... but i ran at 2-3-3-10 for the bandwidth... ehehehe

Should be stable enuf to break 235MHz at 3-3-3-10 no prob... mine did 234MHz at 3-3-3-11

[mike_w]

Don't forget that the C2 means it should run (guaranteed) at CAS2 on Intel machines, and CAS2.5 on AMD machines. Personally, I would go for the 2GB - it seems some games are starting to use more than 1GB, and tighter timings aren't worth the extra money (in my opinion.)

[sawyen]

Don't forget that the C2 means it should run (guaranteed) at CAS2 on Intel machines, and CAS2.5 on AMD machines. Personally, I would go for the 2GB - it seems some games are starting to use more than 1GB, and tighter timings aren't worth the extra money (in my opinion.)

exactly... and what the heck, you could still run 2-2-2-5 on C2PT on a little bumped up voltage.. but it really doesnt give up much improvement, like a lousy 1 fps in CS:S video stress test..

you'll be able to run cas 2.0 on newer A64 systems.. mine handles 2-3-3-6/2-3-3-10 on Memtest 5 hrs fine.. 2-2-2-5 on memtest 2.8V fine as well...

The 2GB is definitely worth the ching ching.. If I'd knew BF2 is going to chew 2GB of ram... I'd go for the 2GB variant..

[Chemical_Ali]

ahh yes i just bought battlefield 2!

thanks for all the replies people , tbh im not gonna be doing any overclocking i usually run everything on stock speeds.

one more noob question plz, is the corsair-2048Gb auitable for the A8N-SLI?

[drunknmunky]

Yes, it is. At least it says so on Corsair's site

I'm getting the 2GB set as well, also a noob.......what voltage should I run them on?

[sawyen]

a healthy 2.70V or 2.75V should do the trick... 2.8V if you're going a little over 200MHz

[Chemical_Ali]

WTF? Ebuyer are selling the corsair 2048 for £472.94 while on the other hand, Misco are selling them for £199.74!

http://www.misco.co.uk/SSinfo/~75667...DR+CAS2+PT.htm

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=85958

i already bought them from Misco yesterday when they were £176!, surely they are the same, arnt they?

[sawyen]

ok.. ebuyer is sick... the 400 odd price is just not on... its not even an ECC registered memory

[noah]

ebuyer is sick, but it works both ways...i just got 2 gig of ocz off them for £125

[Chemical_Ali]

noah you got a link?

[noah]

sorry mate i dont, i just did a search for them on the site as i heard from someone on here that theye had a few sticks. as far as i could find they seem to have run out but i cant find them on their site. iirc it was £140 for a dual channel set or £62 each for gig sticks and that was early last week. sorry i cant be of any more help mate

[Chemical_Ali]

its cool

[Chemical_Ali]

can someone answer my quick noob question plz?

i got the Corsair 2048 TwinX-3200C2PT. shall i set them on 1T or 2T timing in the bios?

thanks

[oralpain]

T1.

[arthurleung]

If everyone can wait, I will have some nice Corsair VS 2GB Pairs UCCC which will do DDR500-3-4-4-8 for sale soon
(PM me for interest, it won't be very cheap though, but cheaper than the XMS)