Best DDR2 667+ 4-4-4-12 (or better?) 2x2gb

I've been looking around and am wondering about what's the best RAM/best deal for DDR2 667+ 4-4-4-12 (or better?) RAM ...

Any ideas or deals? It's for my Vostro 1400 t7300

Thanks much for any input!

I was looking at the 2x2gb G.skill and Kingston 4-4-4-12 RAM at newegg so far.

 

Those are all I know of. Don't buy as kit if cheaper to not.

 

Seems like it is cheaper for the kit in this case.

How can you tell the difference in latency and such in cases like this:

http://www.buy.com/prod/kingston-4g...-667mhz-ddr2-667-pc2/q/loc/101/203390176.html

it doesn't list any specs of the sort and the model number seems generic and google searches lead only back to there based on the UPC, etc.

 

Get the GSkill kit $85 vs $110 for the kingston from NewEgg.

 

i need that Gskill kit.... is that price at newegg PP

 

Yes O link.

 

Their is really no point in spending money to get lower timings, I think it is a huge scam.
(this is my opinion, if you do not believe than fine)
I have a rig with 1.5Gb of Pc100 memory which runs no different than a rig with 1.5gb of corsair dominator ram. Memory bandwidth really makes practically no difference.
The timings are basically just a way to get people to buy them. I have run a rig with pc8500 dominator ram and Pc8500 from generic brand and both give the exact same performance. The difference is only viewable in synthetic tests, but even then the timing difference is not even 2% different.

Just go with standard memory since it is not worth it to get memory with lower timings. The timings are in ms, so you wont be able to notice any difference as a user.

K-TRON

 

thanks for that link PP..

and i know Ktron,, it's like chasing an addiction... better to be hooked on technology than something else

 

upto 15 dollars difference really isn't a big deal for most folks if they already own a laptop need/want the upgrade.

what about the possibility of higher quality parts being put into something of the sort or tighter tolerances?

 

Alternatively get some 800MHz RAM which is known to run at CL=4 at 667MHz. This OCZ RAM, for example. You can then use the RAM in the next generation of notebooks.

John

 

I just got a new nb not too long ago, so by the time I get the next nb, it will be the next-next generation that should be using over 800MHz ones. :twitcy:

 

Or using 800Mhz DDR3! Come on all of us know trying to stay ahead of technology is a losing battle. I agree with John if what he says is true but not for the future!

 

With computers, it's petty much impossible to stock something now and use it later. :confused2:

 

I got a question. I just bought a thinkpad x61 tablet with an L7500 cpu that has a FSB of 800MHz. I was gonna buy a gskill 800 4gig ram kit for it but then i heard a guy on anandtech forum say it downclocked to 667 on his cpu that is also FSB 800. What's up with that? Will it downclock to 667 on my L7500 core2duo?

 

yes. the chipset doesn't support 800MHz FSB. it will downclock to 667MHz.

 

The FSB is 800Mhz. The memory runs at 667Mhz. But FSB is 800Mhz.

 

yup its called backward compatiblity

 

Here is a graph to help people understand, it has nothing to do with backward compatibility. FSB and the memory speed are two different things.

 

Well, since the memory is rated for 800mhz and it is being downclocked to 667mhz wouldn't that make the ram backward compatible? And no I am not talking about the FSB. Of course FSB and memory speed are two different things.

 

I see what you're trying to say. In that logic, it's more like forward compatibility. The right logic for backward compatibility would be a system with 800 MHz memory speed that can accept 667 or 533 MHz memory.

 

Okayyy, that sounds better than what I had wrote. But for the OP, I would go with G.SKILL.

 

I just bought some of that G.SKILL. I haven't installed yet, though.