What is THE best DDR2 RAM out there

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SiS DDR2 DRAM modules gain AVL validation

Published on April 13, 2006

Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) today announced that its DDR2 modules have passed compatibility tests conducted by Advanced Validation Labs (AVL), with the products being DDR2-533 and DDR2-667 SO-DIMMs for notebooks and DDR2-667 un-buffered DIMMs for desktop PCs. Read more

DDR2 prices surpassing DDR levels

Published on January 13, 2006

Samsung Electronics has discontinued its policy of bundling DDR2 and NAND flash sales together, as DDR2 pricing has recently rebounded, and DDR2 prices will continue to rise, with Samsung and Hynix Semiconductor pushing their DDR2 contract price levels above that for DDR for the second half of January, according to industry sources. Read more

DDR2 price premium narrows to 5-10 percent in contract market

Published on April 20, 2005

Currently, DDR2 chips in the spot market account for less than 5% of total DDR2 chip supply, according to a DRAMeXchange survey of major module houses and channel suppliers. Read more

Samsung leading DDR2 memory push in 2005

Published on January 27, 2005

Samsung Semiconductor plans to expand its production of DDR2 memory this year to the point where DDR2 becomes its largest product category, setting the stage for decreases in price, DDR2 memory is the planned successor to DDR SDRAM, the standard currently used in most of the world's PCs. Read more

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wun911

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05-16-2006 at 02:21:12 AM

I'm getting an P5N32 SLI delux. I want to knwo whats the best ram I could possibly put into this MB... all sugestions welcome.

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The_Prophecy

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05-16-2006 at 05:27:18 AM

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the highest speed that board supports is DDR2-667, so don't try to get DDR2-800 and expect it to run at its rated speed without having to be overclocked, or you'll just be wasting your money. Kingston, Corsair and OCZ are the only manufacturers i've seen so far that make DDR2-667 sticks... and those 3 are all good brands. Just remember, the lower the ram timings, the better, just find the best balance between timings and cost.

bigsby

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05-16-2006 at 06:21:01 AM

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you can't forget about Patriot. I see their ads for "the fastest 1000, 800 and 667 mhz memory" every day when checking out what's new on tomshardware, lol.

dragabain

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05-16-2006 at 06:21:05 AM

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I've seen this advertised as the fastest around:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220147
I don't know for sure but the timings seem freaking nuts for that high.

kwalker

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05-16-2006 at 06:33:35 AM

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actually this board is a gaming board and 533 667 are the stock rated modules for this board.
im sure the extra bandwidth will be favorable. along with the overclock features.It really depends on your intentions. as far as I know the ddr2 800 rating is what the ram is tested at reliably.
the asus site has a list of compatable memory .
the overclock story on thg is a good starting point .
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/0 [...] mory_test/
this of course is extreme but shows whats what in stability.
I orderd this corsair setup and will update when I can.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Prod [...] de=85025-5

chuckshissle

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05-16-2006 at 06:56:33 AM

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2x1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 667 is best for performance and overclocking.

wun911

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05-22-2006 at 09:43:21 AM

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Thanks for your help I got some XMS2 works well.....

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