corsair vs mushkin

mike2h · Jun 11, 2003, 10:07 PM

anybody have experience with 434 corsair xms & 433 mushkin 'black'? i am looking for compatibility & performance issues. i can get a matched pair of the mushkin for about $15 dollars cheaper than the corsair. the mushkin is a 'matched' set, the corsair is not. the memory timings on the corsair appear slightly better but not being familiar with ddr do not know how significant this is.
any help/enlightenment appreciated!

Sufu · Jun 12, 2003, 09:27 PM

Get Corsair XMS. If you are going for matched pairs, I suggest the Twin XMS-LL series, since they already come matched at aggresive timings and you don't need to worry about compatability issues.

mike2h · Jun 12, 2003, 09:42 PM

problem with that is they do not do the 434 in matched pairs. which is why i had some concern about compatibility/stability issues.

G-PhresH · Jun 15, 2003, 05:10 AM

i got some corsair XMS3200LL and it works superbly, i had to use a slower stick of DDR RAM when i first got it with my A7N8X Dlx cuz they have some sort of prob with eachother on first boot, but after i went into BIOS and changed my settings i just chucked my XMS in and its fantastic

Although they dont sell mushkin in Australia (well i havent seen it) i would reccomend Corsair for their lifetime warranty

Hope that helps

Peace Out

Necrosis · Jun 15, 2003, 08:32 PM

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Originally posted by mike2h
anybody have experience with 434 corsair xms & 433 mushkin 'black'? i am looking for compatibility & performance issues. i can get a matched pair of the mushkin for about $15 dollars cheaper than the corsair. the mushkin is a 'matched' set, the corsair is not. the memory timings on the corsair appear slightly better but not being familiar with ddr do not know how significant this is.
any help/enlightenment appreciated!

Two questions.

1. What motherboard?

2. How fast do you plan on running it?

I'm not running a matched pair but their running at 2225 w/ no problems.

mike2h · Jun 15, 2003, 10:01 PM

asus p4p800 dx. not sure yet. i have absoluley no exp. overclocking ddr. up till now i have been rdram & pc 133. i will be buying a retail cpu, so stock cooling, my case has 4 fans +2 in the ps.
that was was one of the nice things about rdram, it was all high quality, & you did not have to worry about timing, cas, & all the rest of it. oh well.

Jun 11, 2003, 10:07 PM	#1
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	corsair vs mushkin anybody have experience with 434 corsair xms & 433 mushkin 'black'? i am looking for compatibility & performance issues. i can get a matched pair of the mushkin for about $15 dollars cheaper than the corsair. the mushkin is a 'matched' set, the corsair is not. the memory timings on the corsair appear slightly better but not being familiar with ddr do not know how significant this is. any help/enlightenment appreciated!

Jun 12, 2003, 09:42 PM	Thread Starter #3
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	problem with that is they do not do the 434 in matched pairs. which is why i had some concern about compatibility/stability issues. __________________

Jun 15, 2003, 10:01 PM	Thread Starter #6
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	necrosis asus p4p800 dx. not sure yet. i have absoluley no exp. overclocking ddr. up till now i have been rdram & pc 133. i will be buying a retail cpu, so stock cooling, my case has 4 fans +2 in the ps. that was was one of the nice things about rdram, it was all high quality, & you did not have to worry about timing, cas, & all the rest of it. oh well. __________________

Jun 12, 2003, 09:27 PM	#2
Sufu DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Get Corsair XMS. If you are going for matched pairs, I suggest the Twin XMS-LL series, since they already come matched at aggresive timings and you don't need to worry about compatability issues.

Jun 15, 2003, 05:10 AM	#4
G-PhresH DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 16 Rep Power: 0	i got some corsair XMS3200LL and it works superbly, i had to use a slower stick of DDR RAM when i first got it with my A7N8X Dlx cuz they have some sort of prob with eachother on first boot, but after i went into BIOS and changed my settings i just chucked my XMS in and its fantastic Although they dont sell mushkin in Australia (well i havent seen it) i would reccomend Corsair for their lifetime warranty Hope that helps Peace Out