Cheap good 2 gig ram for pc gaming

ginge51 · 27-08-2007, 20:43

Hi all

I`m after buying 2 matching sticks of ram for my comoputer.
The gig i have now is **** and i need 2 gigs minimum now for gaming soc just wondering if some1 has any pointers for 2 gigs of matching ram that has to be ddr ram not ddr2 as ive an asrock dual sata 2 motherboard.
Hope some can help me out?

thx

Eric55 · 27-08-2007, 20:48

Have you had a look at Crucial www.crucial.com/uk/index.aspx they have a system scanner and a memory advisor.

Tezcatlipoca · 27-08-2007, 20:50

Another vote for Crucial

I bought a pair of 1 GB sticks from them recently.

ginge51 · 27-08-2007, 21:01

Thx for replying people

I`ve only bought online from the uk so i`m wondering are shipping costs dear?
Plus any chance of some1 giving me some links to uk stores where they `ll have these mem sticks in please?

thx

27-08-2007, 22:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by ginge51

Thx for replying people

I`ve only bought online from the uk so i`m wondering are shipping costs dear?
Plus any chance of some1 giving me some links to uk stores where they `ll have these mem sticks in please?

thx

I've only ever bought memory online from the uk crucial, it has always been sent special delivery at no extra cost - the only disadvantage is you have to be 'in' to sign for it being delivered.

DocDutch · 28-08-2007, 08:27

if its DDR you need then this could do the trick

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(6382)G...DR-memory.aspx

2gb of ddr 3200 @ Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£61.09 so add another Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£3.50 for P&P and you got 2 gb for under 70 quids

28-08-2007, 10:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by ginge51

Hi all

I`m after buying 2 matching sticks of ram for my comoputer.
The gig i have now is **** and i need 2 gigs minimum now for gaming soc just wondering if some1 has any pointers for 2 gigs of matching ram that has to be ddr ram not ddr2 as ive an asrock dual sata 2 motherboard.
Hope some can help me out?

thx

I thought the dual boards took ddr 1 and II ?

Uncle Peter · 28-08-2007, 12:22

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I thought the dual boards took ddr 1 and II ?

Yes the dual VSTA does take both and it would make sense to buy DDRII for re-usability value.

dragon · 29-08-2007, 02:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt D

Another vote for Crucial

I bought a pair of 1 GB sticks from them recently.

ditto running in my macbook

I've had cheap ram thats been fine but equally i've had a fair bit of bad ram using the generic stuff.

Bought crucial for my last upgrade TBH, Its not That much more expensive than the cheap stuff and its more likely to work properly and if you use their memory selector tool they will guarantee it to work with your system

It is worth paying that little bit extra to get crucial ram.
Although i think corsair ram is quite good stuff to.

---------- Post added at 01:21 ---------- Previous post was at 01:19 ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncle Peter

Yes the dual VSTA does take both and it would make sense to buy DDRII for re-usability value.

but worth noting not both at the same time (i seem to recall seeing that when i was looking at them a while back

)

Uncle Peter · 29-08-2007, 04:19

Good OCZ deal this week on Overclockers. 62 notes for a pair of 6400. Worth a look:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=8&subcat=813

Richy99 · 30-08-2007, 14:34

i just ordered new parts from aria and got 2gb of patriot pc6400 cl4 for 50+vat

dragon · 30-08-2007, 14:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richy99

i just ordered new parts from aria and got 2gb of patriot pc6400 cl4 for 50+vat

as long as you never have to send it back you won't have a problem.

(maybe i was just unlucky but I had the worst time possible sending faulty ram back to aria

)

Richy99 · 30-08-2007, 14:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon

as long as you never have to send it back you won't have a problem.

(maybe i was just unlucky but I had the worst time possible sending faulty ram back to aria

)

well will see how it is when the parts arrive and i get to build it up(shiny quad core mmm) looking at reviews on the ram it seems pretty good

Deathmaker · 30-08-2007, 16:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I thought the dual boards took ddr 1 and II ?

It'll only support DDR2 (and AM2 CPU's) via a daughter board, which is almost as big as the mobo itself and seem to be quite rare now.

<edit> Found a pic just to show the daughter board (dobo?

) in all it's huuuugeness, here.
</edit>

30-08-2007, 16:16

I see its that skt 939 jobbie