#475 - Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 (DDR2-667) Memory

[LFCforEver12341]

@tj16r speed doesnt make a diffeence. its all about the timings, for example 667 at 4-4-4-12 would be far better than 800 at 6-6-6-6-16

[jjchargerboy16]

@LFCforEver12341 Sounds like your saying the less timing it has the more speed it shows.

[LFCforEver12341]

@jjchargerboy16 yes, thats correct.

[jjchargerboy16]

@LFCforEver12341 Whoa I learned something LOL, I wish I knew that before I bought a 800 ddr2 the timing is 5-4-4-4-16. What do you think about SDrams?

[LFCforEver12341]

@jjchargerboy16 yh u can manually change the timings, i have DDR3 which is made for 1.5v, 1333mhz at 7-7-7-24 timings. i tweaked it, its now at 1.65v (allows for overclocking) and its now at 2000 MHZ! i had to increase the timings to 9-9-9-24 but its so much faster than stock.

[I4NI420]

yes

[card1100]

is those ram sticks 240 pin ?

[AmH032uTuBe]

DDR2 and DDR3 are 240pin, they just have the notch in a different place.

[111olbap]

Ive got some MUSHKIN PC8500 overclocked the Bejeesus out of and its pretty happy

[MetalGhost360]

hello XD

[xRxixcxhxtxexrx]

lol never had a faillure yet.

[Decenium]

thanks, now i know to buy this :).

[111olbap]

Do ya now?

Those have THE HIGHEST failure rate of any memory

[Decenium]

? really?

what about kingston.

[111olbap]

No such thing. Its infineon ram with kingston packaging. There are only actually about seven true memory manufacturers out there.

Infineon is more a budget brand. If you overclock you're screwed.

[Decenium]

i heard kingston hyperX is pretty good ram.

But iff not, what do you recommend?

[trousien]

ok then they wouldve gone bankrupt already cuz i just bought 4gb ddr2 and they have lifetime warranty?