is crucial ram alright?

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I just picked up a Abit NF7-S mobo, and a 2500+ barton CPU...I also picked up 2*PC3200 crucial sticks for Dual channel...now I been reading this forum more (bored at work) and I dont see anyone mention anything good/bad about crucial...so I'm wondering, since I still have a few days to return them and get something else, better maybe...I am in canada so newegg.com is not an option...and Corsair > my pocket book :(

I plan on running @ 200FSB, maybe a bit higher, nothing too much, I am not hardcore into this, but I do plan on OCin :D just need to do a lot more reading before I blow something up

anyone have any good/bad experiences with crucial?? are they good for the price? anything else recommended? :D

I know this post might seem general, I just dont want to get dinged in the long run :eek:
 
From what I hear Crucial is a great name and brand that is to be trusted. :)
 
crucial is the bomb !\
(i mean that in a good way)

go get some ... crosair is great too !
 
sweet, i'm at work now didnt have any time to install that shit before I came here, cannot wait to get home, i'm so excited, upgrade from a 1600+ K7S5A, pc2100 ram...to the system mentioned above all cause I put a piece of ram in backwards...it was a long day :eek:

woohoo :D :D :D :D :cool:

now I need to upgrade my video card...GF2 GTS just dosen't cut it in today's cruel 3D world ;)
 
I haven't kept track of it lately but back in the SDR SDRAM PC133 and PC2100 days, they were among the best for the dollar. The PC2100 sticks easily approached 166MHz with aggressive timings and at the time there was no official support for DDR333 (PC2700). Back then Kingston was known for making solid memory that usually ran aggressive timings at its rated speed but wasn't that good for overclocking.

Then came the day of PC2700 and many enthusiast brands cropping up (subsequently unofficial PC3200 memory) and Crucial waited until JEDEC forged the official PC3200 seal in order to release their PC3200 sticks. By that time it was too little too late and they weren't even using the infamous Micron chips (Crucial is a subsidiary of Micron) and came with only relaxed timings guaranteed like CL3. Now Kingston has their HyperX line for enthusiasts which are considered among the best overclocking sticks (especially if you get lucky and find one with the endangered WinBond BH-5 chips).

From what I know, I would not expect much out of Crucial memory as far as overclocking, but the situation could've changed.

edit- and don't be afraid of running it up to 2.9v, I've only heard of well over 3v irreversibly damaging DDR.
 
Heh, funny, I just had a stick of PC133 Crucial crap out.

Served me well for over a year, though. Most people 'round here upgrade a lot more often then I do, so you should be good. I probably just got a bad stick from what others are saying.
 
Originally posted by Drinnit
Heh, funny, I just had a stick of PC133 Crucial crap out.

Served me well for over a year, though. Most people 'round here upgrade a lot more often then I do, so you should be good. I probably just got a bad stick from what others are saying.
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no worries there, they have a lifetime warrenty and a great rma service.:cool:
 
I install crucial in all systems I build for other people, for me its corsair or kingston.
 
And another vote for Crucial. It's all I've used for years in all my personal machines, it's really top notch quality stuff. If your going to be overclocking much then you may want to look elsewhere as they're into quality and stability rather than high speed and tight timings :)
 
I believe crucial is some of the most stable ram, but its ocing ability sucks. But from their you just go to a 5:4 and oc and then 3:2 and oc.
 
Crucial is good stuff, and their warranty is second to none.
 
ive always used crucial no probs, ive got a gig of pc2700 in my rig and it runs fine at ddr400 in dual channel mode, nice and cheap cos i couldnt afford pc3200 at the time ;)
never had any problems with it, all the new stuff ive ever had has always worked ok first time.
 
crucial is good for me.....

their customer service is also the best
 
had two sticks of 2700 running at 3200 with ok timings (2.5 3 3 6) and it did work fine but about a month ago it craped out and wont even run at stock speeds (i think the voltage killed it, only 2.7 but still higher than it recomends)

as people have said though they do have great customer service so i still give them a thumbs up, just dont expect loads overclocking wise
 
I've always thought of crucial as the "middleweight" champion of memory boxing. Good choice m8.
 
Anytime I'm building "mission critical" servers, workstations, lab test platforms, etc........they all get Crucial.

[H]otRods, OC's, etc usually get Mushkin or Corsair, depending on who's got the best deal going at the time.

The reason is that my recent experiences with Crucial are that they don't OC as well as some of the enthusiast brands. But - at "stock" speeds, Crucial is about as stable a memory stick as you can buy.

FWIW - B.B.S.
 
Now were dissing fat chicks

common at least be curtious and talk about Warren Sapp playing football with midgets so none of us gets offended

just playing that was funny as hell
 
i've been very happy with crucial's ram, for buget pcs. But i've switched to crosair since i had some extra cash.
 
I run Crucial in everything. I have had a few stick with issues, and they always replace them, no questions asked. Recently I went with 2 sticks of PC2700 512MB, for my Barton. Put the FSB at 200 and the RAM and the CPU did it at stock voltage. I am happy.
 
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