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i jsut bought the K7N2 Delta-ILSR mobo and want to get some new ram im looking at the new geil pc3200 golden dragon stuf from new egg its $99 for matching sticks of 256mb and im looking at corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series for $120 im kinda leaning towrds the corsair becasue my freind has a stick of it and he really likes it but i jsut wanted some expert opinon

From what I have read the Geil is junk. I have no personal experience with it but many who have used it have had many problems with it. The Corsair on the other hand is widely excepted as top notch stuff.

ya thats what i have herd 2

I've never had Geil but Corsair has always been known as the premo ram to get.

Crucial and mushkin are also good (among others). Crucial is usually cheaper yet still very good quality ram, see here

Geil DOES NOT overclock, at all. it performs ok but I'de say get the corsair hands down. (CAS2 vs CAS2.5<)

If your looking for cheap and quality i would go with the buffalo 3200 or 3700. The 3700 at new egg is only $57. These are the 256bm stiks. These are pretty good, but if your looking for the best i would suggest you some corsairs, OCZ, or muskin. TaTa

My $.02

Corsair xms with the LL tagged on the end of it. Just got a twinx set myself although it's sitting at the Fedex depot cause I was at work.

This is the stuff I'm using now ( cas2 @ 203 FSB, default voltage) and it's pretty good as well. passes memtest86 up to 220 FSB

http://www.memoryx.net/pc3200dimm.html

Get the CH5 Winbond modules. I'm using 2 x256 of that stuff (PC3200) . Works well on Nforce2 mobos seeing as Winbond made the memory controller on them.

Some GEIL is reported to be kick a$$ but other supposedly is pretty stanky. So I'd pass on that due to it's inconsistency.

I won't buy OCZ because they're known to mislabel products and exaggerate performance claims.

Mushkin is too expensive unless you can get it on sale. You're paying for the name.

TRUE Samsung ( w/ their retail PCB ) and Crucial are tried and true Mfgrs and offer great products with VERY consistent quality.

I'm also hearing this Buffalo memory outfit is using the winbond CH5 modules on their sticks now too and it's pretty darn good.

I will endorse Crucial. I have two 256 meg pc 2100 dimms that run @174 fsb@ default voltage. Those things are better than I thought they would be.

DDR is by FAR better then plain old PC133

Crucial, Corsair, Mushkin, TwinMOS are just a few of the really good manufacterers that can't steer you wrong.