KingMAX PC3500

External Since: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 9

What's the general opinion of this stuff? I have an XP2600+ on an
Epox 8RDA+ and it all runs sweet at 200 FSB. I don't wish to bump
up the FSB any more, but I would like to get CAS2 and other timings
as fast as I can.
Corsair is only available via overseas order from here and would
either take 6 weeks to arrive by sea or cost more than I want to
spend via air-mail - the shops I've asked have all told me to just
forget about being able to return Corsair in Australia if there's
any problem.
But I can get KingMAX PC3500 here at a reasonable price, and I've
tested a piece in my PC and got far improved settings over generic
CL2 and 2.5.
Is it likely I'll be able to get speeds that are good for 400Mhz
DDR RAM out of this stuff? So far I've seen 7-2-2-CAS2 on it but
haven't had a chance to try for better.

Good performance? Value? Reputation?

Same goes for other exotic brands like TwinMOS, Mushkin etc - you
have to order it from OS and there's zero chance of a return if you
need to. That's a big point in favour Kingston... plus it's a lot
cheaper.
TIA

External Since: Nov 25, 2003 Posts: 94

You can get Corsair in Australia from here:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.altech.com.au/price/price_goodlist.asp?shop=B&type=19" target="_blank">http://www.altech.com.au/price/price_goodlist.asp?shop=B&type=19</a>

I don't know if they'll take it back from you though.

"noise" <noise.TakeThisOut@spamblock.net.au> wrote in message
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> What's the general opinion of this stuff? I have an XP2600+ on an
> Epox 8RDA+ and it all runs sweet at 200 FSB. I don't wish to bump
> up the FSB any more, but I would like to get CAS2 and other timings
> as fast as I can.
> Corsair is only available via overseas order from here and would
> either take 6 weeks to arrive by sea or cost more than I want to
> spend via air-mail - the shops I've asked have all told me to just
> forget about being able to return Corsair in Australia if there's
> any problem.
> But I can get KingMAX PC3500 here at a reasonable price, and I've
> tested a piece in my PC and got far improved settings over generic
> CL2 and 2.5.
> Is it likely I'll be able to get speeds that are good for 400Mhz
> DDR RAM out of this stuff? So far I've seen 7-2-2-CAS2 on it but
> haven't had a chance to try for better.
>
> Good performance? Value? Reputation?
>
> Same goes for other exotic brands like TwinMOS, Mushkin etc - you
> have to order it from OS and there's zero chance of a return if you
> need to. That's a big point in favour Kingston... plus it's a lot
> cheaper.
> TIA
>