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| The Sweaty Lefty
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 4,151
| My choices are: CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory OCZ Gold Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory If you have any suggestions for 667MHz, 2x512MB RAM under $90, please give them to me! i'll be using a gigabyte P965 DS3 mb if that matters to you. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 | DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL | 2GB G.Skill 800MHz | EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB | Silverstone Decathlon 650W | Western Digital 250GB SATA II | ||||||||||||||
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| I'm Diggin it!
| Here's some DDR2-800 ram. It's $99 and is on the approved memory list for this motherboard directly from Gigabyte. You have to be careful of what memory you use in these 965 Chipset motherboards. Not a negative thing at all, but you do need to be aware of it. Do you know what revision number your mobo is? If not, do you have it sitting right there in front of you? The link to the approved memory list above is based on the Rev 2 board, which seems to be the most common one out there. Q6600@ 3.2GHz w/ CNPS9700 | EVGA 780i | 2Gb Corsair DDR2-800 | EVGA 9800GTX 512 Video | 1x WD 640Gb HDD, 2x Seagate 400Gb HDD, 1x250Gb WD | 2x Samsung SH-203B Opticals | Antec 900 | ABS/Tagan BZ700 700W PSU | ||||||||||||||
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| Colonel Calamity
| its not within the $90 budget but this is the memory I got: pqi TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory I got it when it was $164 with $20 MIR but it is now $103 after $30 MIR another idea if you don't mind single channel is this for $66 Patriot 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory ![]() Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members. | ||||||||||||||
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| The Final Word
| I'll highly recommend that Corsair kit quake mentioned INTEL QX9650 ASUS Maximus Extreme 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Torture Rack (Custom W/C) Seagate 750GB HDD BFG ES 800W PSU | ||||||||||||||
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 452
| You will NEVER go wrong with choosing Corsair memory. Computer Ed Core2 Duo E6600 | Gigabyte 916P-DS3 | 4 Gig Corsair XMS2 | ATI HD 2900XT X Fi Xtreme Gamer | WD SE16 32 Gig |Liteon 20X DVDRW SATA | Bose Companion 2.0 Antec Nine Hundred | Thermaltake Toughtpower 1KW | BenQ FP202W | Vista Ultimate 64 | ||||||||||||||
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| Meow means woof in cat.
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL
Posts: 1,903
| Corsair, Kingston, OCZ and G.Skill are my prefered brands. I'll third quakin's recommendation ![]() Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD | ||||||||||||||
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 452
| Kingston is okay, G.Skill I use a lot on budget systems along with Geil and Patriot. OCZ has been bad luck for me but they are considered a great brand. Computer Ed Core2 Duo E6600 | Gigabyte 916P-DS3 | 4 Gig Corsair XMS2 | ATI HD 2900XT X Fi Xtreme Gamer | WD SE16 32 Gig |Liteon 20X DVDRW SATA | Bose Companion 2.0 Antec Nine Hundred | Thermaltake Toughtpower 1KW | BenQ FP202W | Vista Ultimate 64 | ||||||||||||||
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| The Sweaty Lefty
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 4,151
| so the verdict is the Corsair? Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 | DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL | 2GB G.Skill 800MHz | EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB | Silverstone Decathlon 650W | Western Digital 250GB SATA II | ||||||||||||||
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| Deus Sol Invictus
| The OCZ kit has been deactivated. :\ ![]() If there is a final hour, let's hope for a higher power. One by one, and two by two, I have ammo, what about you? | ||||||||||||||
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| They calls me [Dr. V]
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,633
| and get 2gb man trust me; no worrying for upgrades and what not for a good while. and thats an AMAZING price on the PQI. BUT -- if you can afford 2GB of that corsair set, that also takes the win for me. | ||||||||||||||
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