Will i see better performance?

apocc · 23 Jan 2006 at 15:26

I'm thinking of buying Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2 Pro CAS2 (MY-081-CS), my current RAM is Crucial 1GB x2 512MB PC3200 3-3-3-8, i'm wondering will i see an increase in performance if i buy the Corsair or should i save a little for the Corsair XL which is the same but tighter timings at 200MHz.. I'm not looking to overclock as i prefer stability over performance -_-
Cheers

Jimbo Mahoney · 23 Jan 2006 at 17:08

Wouldn't bother if I were you d00d, especially if you aren't overclocking.

man_from_uncle · 23 Jan 2006 at 17:50

That ram won't particularly offer any extra stability though it's a good brand known for being reliable (as opposed to crucial at the moment). But even if you went with the XL ram you won't notice that great an improvement. You are better off going up to 2 gigs as your next upgrade rather than just getting a better 1 gig set.

St0rmer66 · 23 Jan 2006 at 19:05

Agreed with the others.. don't bother. Upgrading to 2GB would be much more useful

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apocc · 23 Jan 2006 at 23:54

Thanks for the advice, i've been wondering about this because someone told me my RAM would be a bottleneck for the system, i use it for gaming mainly but i only play Enemy territory and a few others like CS source, Flightsim2004 every now and then all of which rarely get remotely close to using 1GB. Could anyone recommend anymore RAM in the £100-£150 pricerange that might offer at least a considerable improvement.

mightynimrod · 24 Jan 2006 at 00:02

2GB of Mushkin/G.Skill will seriously improve your gaming

man_from_uncle · 24 Jan 2006 at 10:06

Quite frankly 2 gig of anything will help in the long run. If you want to go with some fancy ram though you can get some decent CAS2 G.Skill within that range.