Pc2700 @ Cas2

[Volodkovich]

hey,
n e of u guys kno some good, PC2700 that is CAS2? btw, i cant afford XMS corsair. n e help?
cheerz

[Humantuckshop]

My Kingmax PC2700 is CAS 2.5 - but that doesn't stop me from changing the memory settings in BIOS so that it runs @ CAS 2.

It will run sweet @ CAS 2 up to 176MHz FSB.

[Volodkovich]

cheerz humantuckshop...think i mite get myself some kingmax, its pretty cheap aswell.

[Hans]

Have a look here...

http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/misc/ddrguide/1.shtml

Hint, hint, it's to be updated soon.

[Volodkovich]

cheerz hans, looks like i mite get a few sticks of kingmax - and scorched is selling 2 sticks in the buy & sell section aswell...lucky me

[Roman]

Well, the experiance i had with Kingston PC-2700 DDR was good, they run 133mhz fsb (266 effectively) @ CAS 2-2-2, and about 150mhz fsb CAS 2-2-2 before they start getting funny

[KingJackal]

Originally posted by Roman
Well, the experiance i had with Kingston PC-2700 DDR was good, they run 133mhz fsb (266 effectively) @ CAS 2-2-2, and about 150mhz fsb CAS 2-2-2 before they start getting funny

LOL - I'll bet the Corsair PC2700 could cruise past 170 @ 2-2-2-5.

Even my old Corsair XMS PC-150 ( rated for 150 @ cas 2 ) could do 164+ @ 2-2-2-5 ( never found an SDR mobo that could go higher to test on :( ).

BTW, PC2700 I rated for 166 CAS 2.5, or 150 CAS2, so you'd d@mn well hope the Kingston could do 150 CAS2. A MHz less and you could RMA it!! ;) :p

[Solid Snake]

I'm getting some Corsair ram I think ... so in 2 weeks, I can help you out... but they are DDR333 which I think is PC2700 @ Cas 2 ... but I reackon they can do higher than DDR333 Mhz.

I will see soon enough...

[Wibber]

Grant sell samsun TCB3 for $200ish mine does 192@ cas2 @ 2.8v its grrrreat, and cheap too..most of the good ram is made from it.
BTW I think I read some reviews that had the corsair not OC as well as previous incarnations..so do some resarch first :)
mushkin with samsung chips is the fastest I've seen 215mhz cas2 (the highest the board would go)

[Hans]

I got a few more Corsair XMS-3000 to play with yesterday and they oc just as well as the one I reviewed.

[Volodkovich]

i agree, corsair XMS3000 is prob the best so to get, but its damn expensive...its seems like no one sells it properly in NZ - i.e. only stocks them sometimes

[Hans]

www.dragonpc.co.nz has some.

[Volodkovich]

yea, but look at the price....$439, i think its a bit to expensive for me.....i could get 2 sticks of kingmax of samsung for less than that..and get way more performace for having 512mb ram...

[Volodkovich]

n e one had n e experience with Kingmax DDR-400? wot kinda speeds could i get to with that at CAS2?

[Hans]

Yeah, it's not cheap. But u can't have McLaren @ Toyota price. :) :) :) I think that's the cheapest Corsiar in NZ, as of now.

/edit oops, typo, thank you KJ /edit

[KingJackal]

Originally posted by Volodkovich
yea, but look at the price....$439, i think its a bit to expensive for me.....i could get 2 sticks of kingmax of samsung for less than that..and get way more performace for having 512mb ram...

Depends.

If the Corsair gives you another 10MHz on your fsb, you'll probably get more performance from the Corsair rig than the 512Mb rig. I know that at least as far as 3DMark scores go, the 10MHz will give you far, far more than the extra 256MB ;). Just an idea....

Yeah, it's not cheap. But u can't have McLearn @ Toyota price.

McLaren? :D

[Hans]

Do not expect the Kingmax DDR-400 to do any wonder for you.

It's FSB max out around 180 or less mark under 2-2-2.

As for 2.5-3-3, I may have maxed out my KR7A, 200MHz.

Wait for a week or so, when we will update our ram review again. This time with Kingmax DDR-400 and Corsair VS-2100.

[Volodkovich]

cool, i'll wait, needa be sure, it aint hard to buy **** hardware these days without you knowing...

[Xplo]

i have good ol sd :D kingmax 133 CAS3 rated. running at 140 CAS 2 and 4 way interleave and a few other things in the bios tht up the sandra score a bit :) i love kingmax RAM, good bang for your buck :)