CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) VS G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2

Pr0

Pr0

New Member
Hi Guys Im going to need your help on this. You see Im building conroe pc. And I already bought the processor the motherboard Im going to be using is asus p5w dh deluxe. Now I need to know which ram to get and that overclocks better. This one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145034 or this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065 Since they both are almost at the same price range dont mine the price. I really want performance and speed here. Out of these 2 which one should i buy. Thank you very much guyz.:)
 
I wouldn't touch the G.Skill with 2-2-2-5 timings advertised if you bought them for me. Unfortunately Corsair xms series lacks a few things as well. But most OCers and gamers alike would certainly go after the Corsair xms series dimms there. The brands like OCZ, Crucial, and Kingston certainly see the better reviews for service techs asked on this.
 
Partial thread hijack in progress:

Why is it that I seem to see most often OCZ ram having conflict issues in motherboards?
 
PC eye said:
I wouldn't touch the G.Skill with 2-2-2-5 timings advertised if you bought them for me. Unfortunately Corsair xms series lacks a few things as well. But most OCers and gamers alike would certainly go after the Corsair xms series dimms there. The brands like OCZ, Crucial, and Kingston certainly see the better reviews for service techs asked on this.
Click to expand...
Whats wrong with G.Skill? They've got Micron D9 ICs for the lowest price I've seen. Great deal if you ask me.
 
PC eye said:
I wouldn't touch the G.Skill with 2-2-2-5 timings advertised if you bought them for me. Unfortunately Corsair xms series lacks a few things as well. But most OCers and gamers alike would certainly go after the Corsair xms series dimms there. The brands like OCZ, Crucial, and Kingston certainly see the better reviews for service techs asked on this.
Click to expand...

Whats so bad about g.skill? and corsair? speaking of EPP is that enable with ATI GPU? like the x190xtx?
 
Last edited:
I have used quite a few G.Skill sticks and the computer running now has them, DDR2 though, never had a bad stick
 
speaking of EPP is that enable with ATI GPU? like the x190xtx?
Click to expand...
I think it only worsk on nforce chipsets. Either way all it does is autoset RAM timings, something which you can (and should) do yourself if your overclocking.
 
Pr0 said:
Whats so bad about g.skill? and corsair? speaking of EPP is that enable with ATI GPU? like the x190xtx?
Click to expand...

The comments on G.Skill memory were made by some running pc repair shops. Personally the older cases were usually running PNY until jumping over the Duron line of AMD cpus for the Atholon. By that time Corsair and Kingston were the brands being used here. OCZ is the premium brand with the premium price tag if you'll note. Some memory doesn't seem to run as well on some brand boards as well as others from what I've seen.
 
I would personally go with the Corsair RAM, as I think they are more of an established brand, and I've heard good things about them :)
 
I recently swapped from a pair of Corsair xms series 512mb dimms for a the 2gb of Kingston Value Ram now being used in a new build with great results. With the same timings seen on both sets of memory the increase has actually proven to work the best here with a good brand even if it is value not performance memory.
 
I've never had a G.Skill set myself, but I've heard good things about them, and they seem to carry high performance RAM for a low price (memory kits carying the same chips as the G.Skill kit from other manufacturers are $350-450).
 
Last edited:
The online vendors like the one posted earlier see a much higher price for that brand due to the faster memory timings not so much the quality. That can be a problem when trying to run them on certain makes and model boards. With both brands of memory used here on one board the timings remained at 3-3-3-8 while the ad for that brand was 2-2-2-5. Compatible memory with your brand board is the thought there. Look over the manufacturer's recommendations for this.
 
Besides Corsair there's Crucial, Kingston, OCZ(top dollar there), Mushkin, PNY is an oldie, Viking, and some rather new names like Patriot. Corsiar and Crucial usually see the popular reviews. When looking over the brands at one vendor I now beginning to think that someone confused G.Skill for GEIL when discussing memory. The later along with Corsair was complained about. But the Corsair memory never saw problems here.
 
PC eye said:
Besides Corsair there's Crucial, Kingston, OCZ(top dollar there), Mushkin, PNY is an oldie, Viking, and some rather new names like Patriot. Corsiar and Crucial usually see the popular reviews. When looking over the brands at one vendor I now beginning to think that someone confused G.Skill for GEIL when discussing memory. The later along with Corsair was complained about. But the Corsair memory never saw problems here.
Click to expand...

G.Skill has been around since the 80's besides... those cases were probably isolated; I've had problems with my OCZ RAM myself.
 
34erd said:
G.Skill has been around since the 80's besides... those cases were probably isolated; I've had problems with my OCZ RAM myself.
Click to expand...

One tech I was talking with on that was somewhat off when I mentioned G.Skill when he apparently wasn't familiar with the brand by stating: "Oh you mean GEIL memory. If you can get to work run it.". When Corsair was brought up he commented that he stayed away from Corsair. He mainly goes with Crucial and readily agreed on Kingston. The thing about getting into some memory types is compatibility issues seen on some makes and model boards. If you stick with the board specifications and manufacturer's recommendations you avoid problems.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top