Gin Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 After using the compatibility tool on this site,there are still 6 choices of 2 g ram kits to use.I would like to know which to use. sys specs as follows.. AMD 3400+ asus kv8 se deluxe mb 2x 512 corsair DDR PC3200LL XMS mem ATI x850xtpt agp card WD 250gb hard drive Alienware build..480w power supply. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Replacing the LLs, and NOT OVERCLOCKING, go with TwinX2048-3200C2 (PT's just a color variation of it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gin Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 Thanks for the speedy reply. Im not very pc literate..no over clocking or bios tweaking i just want to plug and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 No tweaking (aside from memory voltage), go with the TwinX2048-3200 Both the TwinX2048-3200 and TwinX2048-3200C2 (NOTE THE C2) default to 3-3-3-8 memory timings, but the C2s need to be manually set to their optimal settings of 2-3-3-6. If there's little cost difference, I'd go with the C2s, as when you feel more comfortable with timings, you can set them to their appropriate settings and get a bit more performance out of it (single digit % increase, but nothing wrong with that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gin Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 Thanks again for the quick response Wired.Cost difference is minimal.NE has the TWINX2048-3200C2PT with a rebate for $206.00 the TWINX2048-3200 is $199.00 I'm not a rich man,but when it comes to my gaming machine a slight price difference doesnt matter. I thought my mother board would set everthing automaticlly (bios stuff):confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 The BIOS can only attempt to set the settings according to what the SPD chip on each stick of memory says. On the 3200C2s though, they're set to 3-3-3-8, not 2-3-3-6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gin Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 ok...are there any corsair 2gig kits i can purchase that are properly set out of the package??? Something that is set to maximum perrformance already?? am i over thinking this one (LOOL). i just dont want to make any mistakes,dont know anyone to come over and bail me out once i screw somthing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted January 4, 2006 Corsair Employee Share Posted January 4, 2006 If you do not want to set any of the bios settings I would suggest VS2GBKit400C3 or Twinx2048-3200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gin Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 thanks for the advice guys. will let you know how i made out (3-4 days) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted January 4, 2006 Corsair Employee Share Posted January 4, 2006 Please do let us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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