should i buy? GeIL mem?

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  1. skin

    skin What's a Dremel?

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    i have been offered memory:
    GeIL 512mb 333mhz for 65$ +warrenty
     
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  2. Carbon

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    i dunno but 65$ is only 39.1298 GBP, i wish memory was that sort of price here, i'd buy 3 :D
     
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  3. BenJa

    BenJa What's a Dremel?

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    I'd buy 4... is GeIL memory generally super cheap?
     
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    It's supposedly the best memory money could buy.
     
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  5. Kameleon

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    Well, was - there have been severe problems with the stuff lately...
     
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  6. BenJa

    BenJa What's a Dremel?

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    Time to look on ebay for GeIL memory then! :)
     
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  8. Behemoth

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    Ok well, just don't buy that brand of ram then.
     
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  9. mushky

    mushky gimme snails

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    I'd get it new mate. Its not worth the gamble.
     
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  10. skin

    skin What's a Dremel?

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    thanx but since then i got a new comp detail
    amd 2500+ barton xp
    abit nf7(nforce)
    twinmos 256mb 400mhz
    3r systems audi xp
    wd 40gb 7200 rpm 8mb buffer
     
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  11. Kameleon

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    Are you planning to get a matching stick of RAM at a later date for dual-channel? 512MB is the clever thing to do, and dual-channel is nice too ;)
     
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  12. skin

    skin What's a Dremel?

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    abseloutly! (spelling mistake)
    the good thing is that the mobo supports a dual channel and the non dual at the same time (3 slots)
    thanks anywho
     
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    Do you mean that you're going to run two sticks in dual-channel and another in single-channel? Because that pretty much defeats the point of dual-channel, I think. Stick with one or the other, not a combination of both.
     
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  14. Froggy

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    how could it do both? its one or the other.
     
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    nForce2 has 3 DIMM slots, you can have dual-channel running in two and another stick in the other, but it seems a bit silly to me. It's not like you need more than 512MB of RAM anyway, unless you're doing very heavy image processing etc...
     
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  16. Froggy

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    it does sound stupid to have a odd ram layout. and as for more than 512 ram, i love playing Need for speed 6 and Battlefield 1942 at the same time. :D
     
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  17. Pug

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    Actually, the three slot dual channel deal is this - 1 x 512 in one channel, 2 x 256 in the other.
    Bingo, 1GB Dual.

    I went for the Geil and wasn't disappointed for the money.
    It runs at it's rated SPD and it's cheap.
    People with more expensive ram may get a little tighter timings but I'm currently running synced and it ain't my Ram holding me back, 'cause I went a lot higher on my FSB with a lower multi.

    IIrc, the NZ batch was apparently labelled as CAS2, when it would only do 2.5.
    The batch they'd had before would do 2, hence the "Bait & Switch" complaints.

    :idea: Can you check if your motherboard manufacturer lists it as compatible?
     
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  18. Splynncryth

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    I'm running 512 of the stuff dual channel now. I haven't tried to OC it, but it is good stock mmory that comes with some nice features like heat spreaders.
    Its so cheap because the company is trying to break into the market.
     
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