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Posted at 2:50 AM on Sunday 01/21/07 by
Ben
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Kingston.com has the Kingston KHX3200A/1G 1GB 400MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2 (2-3-2-6-1) DIMM for $80 with free shipping. The 2GB Dual Channel Kit is $160 with free shipping. [BizRate]
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    fr0mundacheese - Posted 6:06 am PST 01/21/07 (29 Posts)  Report Spam

    Oh so very hot!!!! Let the prices fall>

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    fbk - Posted 8:10 am PST 01/21/07 (1 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have 4 sticks.I thought about OCing when I pick this memory and this is my experience:
    1. If you want to use dual channel feature you must have 2 or 4 sticks. If you use more than 1 stick you can never get 1C rate.
    2. I was able to reach the mentioned rate only when I raised voltage to 2.8 and no CPU OCing at all.
    3. Recently I upgraded CPU on my machine ( AMD X2 4800+ socket 939 - very fast BTW) and I the best timing I was able to reach is two_and_half-three-three-eight. 2C of course.
    4. I made some research about this memory and found test results (I can't find the link - sorry). There were 5 different memory brands (PC3200) tested. This one was the worst in all categories (including price) ...

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    serendipitous_007 - Posted 8:31 am PST 01/21/07 (351 Posts)  Report Spam

    Hmmm...not exactly a ringing endorsement there, #2. Thanks for the info. I've found that Kingston HyperX is all over the map. Some of it seems to be very good, others seem to be very average and make you wonder why they labeled them as "HyperX" since that label is supposed to be their "high performance/overclocking" memory. I have a couple older HyperX sticks that overclock fairly well and a couple others that are only good for stock speeds. I think HyperX is mostly hype, but sometimes it is really good stuff.

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    icmac2 - Posted 3:50 am PST 01/22/07 (128 Posts)  Report Spam

    I installed a pair on my machine recently, I can tell the big different right away! Would buy another gig but my cheap ECS mobo only have 2 slots.

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    GODzillaSDM - Posted 10:52 am PST 01/22/07 (444 Posts)  Report Spam

    No where on site or data sheet does it say the 2GB is dual channel. Can anyone confirm or disprove it is? Thanks!

    EDIT
    Nevermind, i looked up the part number on newegg, and they are INDEED DUAL CHANNEL. $216 on newegg too, so $160 is a great price!

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