G.SKILL Extreme Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Samsung TCCD Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-3200DSU2-1GBLA - Retail

Problem and problem after problem

Reviewed By: Xylas on 1/11/2006

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: One stick worked? Newegg was great but the product I found lacking in every category.

Cons: I've never had so much problems with RAM in my life, I ordered a pair of these because I read they were good and stable. When I get them in, one stick was bad and the other worked, Newegg was kind enough to send me a new one though but yet again the same exact thing happend. It's not my RAM slots because I've tried different RAM and they all worked fan, it was just the G.Skill that wouldn't run.

Other Thoughts: If I were you I'd stay away from this RAM, but some people have had good luck with it maybe mine is just bad,
AMD Athlon 3700+ San Diego
ABIT Fatality Motherboard
Asus Radeon x850XT PE PCI-E 16x

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Awesome speed

Reviewed By: MarkJohnson on 12/28/2005

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Awseome speed. 299x8.5 on a 3000+ winnie @ 2.5-4-4-8-1T on a DFI Ultra-D NF4 board @ 2.7v

300+ would never boot. think BIOS issues. Maybe I should of went 2T timings?

Cons: None except price. but even then it is worth every penny.

Other Thoughts: I had troubles getting over 250 stable until I lowered my volts down to 2.7 even 2.8 was a little flakey. and 2.9 or 3.0 wouldn't go over 225. bought these back in in feb 05 and took me 3 months of figuring these out and NF4 memory controllers to get them working. Now a days these are pretty well documented and debugged and much easier to OC. too bad I had to sell these as my games need 2GB ram and didn't want 4 sticks and figuring that combo out. NF4 auto slows you memory to 533mhz. I read where people can get back 800mhz by going to 2T on timings.

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Reviewed By: on 12/23/2005

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: 2nd to none

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Forget people's odd claims blah blah. My Venice 32X runs at 2.71
stable with auto mem settings. So be it 2T etc. I happen to own the GBFF and this (GBLA) boots MUCH faster and does a shade over 22K on 3D01, wheras the GBFF does a shade under. That test is 'real world' enough for me. Don't let the 2T scare you. You're gonna be 2Ting it with ANY memory to get it stable.
The GBFF hems and haws because of the default low settings.
This does not. This also boots at the 2.5/4/7/3 265X10 as my GBFF does. I kept this and gave the other to my wife. Both great, this a bit more stable
up top. The other has better auto settings for those not in the know who keep it at or
under 250X-

I've owned this for 10 months and it allows the various chips I've abused to go higher and farther than one would think possible. Buy this stuff with a Venice 3500 and your PC will run a fast as the top of the line anything made. Great stuff from
a great small company (GS).

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