Can anyone explain to me why (I live in canada by the way so the ratio may not be the same but the principle still is) corsair memory is twice as expensive as any other brands ? for example, 256 of ddr333 of kingston costs 83 $ cad, the same thing in corsair costs 170 $ (C2 as opposed to C2.5 for the kingston one I assume, even though it is not written)
Which model of ram are you looking at for both the Corsair & Kingston memory? NCIX is $145 for "CORSAIR PC2700 CAS2 256MB DDR CMX256A-2700C2PT W/ SILVER HEAT SPREADER" to $161 for "CORSAIR CMX256A-2700LL PC2700 256MB 2-2-2 LOW LATENCY SILVER HEAT SPREADER". They don't sell Kingston so I can't give your prices on that but I'm sure your pretty much paying more for the Corsair namebrand.
well all that is written on the pricelist for the corsair is`: DDR 333MHZ 256MB NO-ECC C2 178$ I'm 99% sure this is plain memory, with no heat spreaders. for the kingston : KVR 333MHZ 256MB NO-ECC 82$ keep in mind those are canadian dollars I was just wondering what does corsair have more than any other brand ? And another question that came on my mind : Let's say you compare ddr400(pc3200) with rambus(pc800) , is it really twice as fast, does it really improve the overall performance for common use like gaming or watching films ?
Prices I listed are $CDN as well since I'm also from Canada. Like I said though my guess for the price difference would be paying for the name and reputation of Corsair.
I'd say it depends on your budget and what you plan on doing with your system. You can get 512MB of Samsung DDR333 for less than a stick of 256MB Corsair memory, but will be at C2.5 and is fairly low at overclocking. I don't overclock so Big B could probably answer this better than I can but I believe Corsair should perform fairly well at attaining higher multiples when OC'ing.
ok so what you're saying is that if you want to overclock, corsair is the way to go, but if you run everything at stock speed, it's pointless to spend that much money when you can get more of another major brand for a lot less ?
How far do you want to overclock? If your serious, Corsair is pretty much at the top. I should state that I have never used Corsair memory before (due to the high price of the stuff), but I have never come across a review or user online that has said anything bad about Corsair. Their reputation is impeccable. Some other names associated with overclocking are Muskin and Samsung. I've got Samsung in my machines and they do fairly well. I have a stick of Samsung PC2700 that can do 178MHz @ CAS2. I found that out with my P4 setup. Corsair targets the overclockers with their RAM, and it's the only stuff that can do what they claim w/o any issues on any system. Some company called GeIL has come out with some PC3500 DDR (433MHz), but it's caused trouble in AMD systems. There is a rumor going around that it is a facad of the infamous Overclockers Store (OCZ). OCZ reputation is about the exact opposite as Corsairs to give you an idea. They may be slightly cheaper than other brands, but I've heard a lot of complaints about their products. Should you buy Corsair? Not unless you're a heavy overclocker or really have the money to throw around. Samsung is a very good choice.
ok thanks. I do not want to overclock, I was just hearing really good things about corsair and when I saw what it cost, I was wondering why, I'm not an overclocker at all, all I do is tweak my bios settings the best I can without touching the fsb or multiplier, I don't wanna play with that and I don'T really need it anyway, I run my ram asynchronously because the ram supports it but I don't really know if it makes a difference. when I buy memory I don'T look for a specific brand, I buy "major" brand memory which costs a little more than oem but less than kingston for instance, it does the job well for me !
