Memory options

[Muggie2]

It's about time to upgrade my system, but when I went to get memory i realised I had a problem. There is a very limited range of available memory here. You can't get Buffalo, Twinmos, Mushkin or OCZ. My choice (if one can call it that) is GeIL, Samsung, Hynix, Kingmax. That's it.

The mobo is an EPoX 8RDA+. I know that it can be a bit finicky about memory at times. If I was looking at a choice of GeIL, Samsung, Hynix, Kingmax; which should I choose, and why?

Muggie2

[johan the olive]

geil, i guess. never heard of hynix, kingmax is budget stuff, and i dont trust companies that make tvs and then memory (samsung). dont know much about geil though, but why dont you order something online or get imported if your international? (i dont like the idea of internationally shipping a flimsy stick of ram though)

[Muggie2]

[why dont you order something online or get imported if your international? (i dont like the idea of internationally shipping a flimsy stick of ram though)

Shipping costs on a couple of sticks of RAM ain't cheap, plus import duties, plus the number of things that "vanish in the post". Nah, looks like I'll just have to try local. Kingmax is out, and I'll go for the best ratings of the GeIL, Samsung or Hynix RAM.
Thanks for the advice though. :-)

[BigBookThumper]

........Twinmos all the way.............

[TLMiller]

I've got Geil, works wonderfully in my soltek in dual-channel. SO much nicer now that I got it to replace my old ram.

[Muggie2]

Originally posted by BigBookThumper
........Twinmos all the way.............

Read what i said before posting. I cannot get Twinmos here.

Importing is not an option, unless I'm willing to accept a 25% loss rate - which I'm not.

So, with Twonmos not an option - which would you choose from GeIL, Hynix or Samsung, for 256MB memory sticks for an EPoX 8RDA+ motherboard.

Muggie2

[BigBookThumper]

Originally posted by Muggie2
It's about time to upgrade my system, but when I went to get memory i realised I had a problem. There is a very limited range of available memory here. You can't get Buffalo, Twinmos, Mushkin or OCZ. My choice (if one can call it that) is GeIL, Samsung, Hynix, Kingmax. That's it.

The mobo is an EPoX 8RDA+. I know that it can be a bit finicky about memory at times. If I was looking at a choice of GeIL, Samsung, Hynix, Kingmax; which should I choose, and why?

Muggie2

.........I read the can't as can, sorry. Are you planning on o/cing?....

[notdrugged]

I would say Hynix. Look at RAM with Hynix chips on it and go to Hynix website and match the model numbers of the chips to be sure it isn't an overclocked module. Like for instance PC3200 module using PC2700 chips by Hynix catalogue table means they've "overclocked" the chips.

Heard good stuff about Hynix here and there. Probably your best bet for a performance board.

Samsung would be my other choice but it absolutely must be "Original Samsung" with a label over (paper sticker) some of the chips with the Samsung trademark and module number that can be matched at their website. Generic (unclear or unspecified brand) PCB modules using samsung chips routinely perform absolutely terribly.

GeIL typically is better for Intel systems I have been hearing locally by the forum members.

Kingmax will probably just work, and that's it.

[internetjunkie]

i have kingmax =) stable, reliable but not as good as others for o/c but it's good for it's price.

anyhoo...on another note, does anyone know if vdimm voltage really does anything? like will it allow for tighter timings or something?

[TLMiller]

It can help get a little extra OC out of ram. If your ram starts being unstable at say, 208 MHz, bumping the power going into it can get it to run stable in many cases. Just like cpu's, the more power, the faster they can (usually) go.

[bbackues]

For problem 3. Your southbridge chip on the motherboard may be overheating. Their are other causes for keyboard and mouse errors as well.

Regards

[bbackues]

i posted to the wrong thread

Sorry