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Posted at 3:07 PM on Thursday 05/28/09 by
Ben
Hotness UNHOT
NewEgg.com has the Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Desktop Memory for $69 - $5 code EMCLSNW52 [Exp 6/3] - $25 rebate [Exp 5/31] = $39 with free shipping.
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    shaka999 - Posted 3:16 pm PDT 05/28/09 (213 Posts)  Report Spam

    Just say "NO" to over-voltage RAM. Nothing good can come of it.

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    HAHAHAHAHA - Posted 5:57 pm PDT 05/28/09 (364 Posts)  Report Spam

    It's not that big of a deal to run it .1 over spec.

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    Lyden4 - Posted 7:44 pm PDT 05/28/09 (28 Posts)  Report Spam

    Has very good reviews on Newegg.

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    dave_c - Posted 10:47 pm PDT 05/28/09 (16750 Posts)  Report Spam

    If you're buying something over -800 in DDR2, aren't you assuming you'd be o'cing and expect to raise the voltage of a few parts?

    They will probably run at spec'd speed below 2.1V, or relax the timings a bit if you insist on running at 1.8 to 1.9V. Some boards claiming they run at 1.8V have set the voltage to run at closer to 1.95V anyway as a way to try and reduce customer RMA because they couldn't get their memory stable. In this latter case it could be dangerous setting a board 0.3V higher than stock, but IMO the first thing to do is test for stability at lower voltage, only raising voltage as much as needed for your target speed.

    On the other hand, it may not be cheap by what we saw a few months ago but it's still only $40 for 4GB, one of the less expensive major components in a system.

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