The memory I bought, was it a good choice?

[Chowder Head]

I know it sounds bad I'm asking these questions after I bought it but a lot of people are using more expensive pieces.

The ram I got is the Corsair Value Select 2X512mb. Now I know there are better units out there but is it okay for me? I'm new to overclocking anything in general and was looking for a new piece that wasn't too expensive. And since it's a gig, I bought it.

Do you guys think I'll be fine with this? I plan to download media, transfer files and such, upload pictures, and of course, surf the net. Is the brand I got fine? I know Corsairs have problems with DFI mobos, so I'm covered there.

I see all these brands like Gskill and the Corsair XMS and was wondering the differences when compared to the Value Memory. I still have the RAM in the orginally box so if need be, I can sell this on ebay and pick up something "better"

Thanks for any replies, it's appreciated.

 

[kumquat]

Yes. That RAM is excellent. You should have no issues whatsoever.

 

[Redbeard]

Is the brand I got fine? I know Corsairs have problems with DFI mobos, so I'm covered there.

First, thanks for buying Corsair.

Second, we test almost all our DDR1 modules on two boards: The Asus A8N-SLI and the DFI NF4 Ultra-D, as of yet, I haven't seen any of these "problems with DFI boards" that seem to be so prevalent on dfi-street. It really puzzles me because I have not been able to duplicate any of these things in the lab, and we've tried and tried.

I believe now that the perception of a problem between Corsair and DFI boards is just that, perception, and not reality. Not 3 feet from me is a 4400 module being screened on a DFI NF4 SLI-DR for test purposes.

But to answer your original question: Yes, I think you made a good choice. But then again, I'm biased.

 

[gwai lo]

Stuff runs great for stock systems. You can do light overclocking and/or throw on a divider...

The expensive stuff that everyone else buys is for tweaking and overclocking, unless you're going to be doing lots of that, you won't lose out on anything.

 

[arklab]

Many have found that value ram can be a problem with DFI boards.

See the last sentence in the alt. motherboard paragraph of this review at TechReport
Personally, I feel that a board with as many memory adjustments as DFI has can be made to run any RAM that isn't "broken".

All DFI boards even have Memtest86+ built right into the BIOS so you can test to see if your ram IS broken!

It may take a LOT of work to make value ram do so (run right), though.

All that being said, everyone has the choise of two ways to build a DFI computer:

1) Strike out on your own, use your own hunches, disreguard all advice on known "what works best" and "what causes a bunch of trouble for a lot of people" - and suffer the consequences attached to this route.

OR

2) Do what others have found to work again and again and again - and suffer the consequences attached to this route.


In the words of Ben Franklin ... the ONLY inalienable right is the right to make a fool of ourselves!

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

Many have found that value ram can be a problem with DFI boards.

i go through a ton of ram and have yet to find a single module that doesn't operate correctly on my dfi without tweaking it. it's my general assumption that the people who have problems either:
1. change things that they don't know about
2. really did get ram that doesn't work properly

I haven't seen any of these "problems with DFI boards" that seem to be so prevalent on dfi-street. It really puzzles me because I have not been able to duplicate any of these things in the lab, and we've tried and tried.

i probably sound like an ass here, but one thing i've been unable to find outside of dfi-street is such an abnormally low average intelligence.

 

[TheBlueChanell]

i go through a ton of ram and have yet to find a single module that doesn't operate correctly on my dfi without tweaking it. it's my general assumption that the people who have problems either:
1. change things that they don't know about
2. really did get ram that doesn't work properly



i probably sound like an ass here, but one thing i've been unable to find outside of dfi-street is such an abnormally low average intelligence.

Yeah DFI-Street is useless. IMO.