Viking Value Memory 256mb PC2700 DDR Ram for $5.93 Shipped After Rebate

[Spoofee]

Viking Value Memory 256mb PC2700 DDR Ram for $5.93 Shipped After Rebate

Buy.com has some decent prices on the Viking value memory 256mb, DIMM 184pin, DDR PC2700 memory sticks. Choose from one of the deals below.

Viking 256mb PC2700 for $5.93 Shipped
Pricegrabber Price : $22.55 ~ $49.39 Shipped
1. Memory Price : -$20.93
2. Viking Rebate : -$15.00

Viking 256mb PC2100 for $5.19 Shipped
Pricegrabber Price : $21.75 ~ $50.65 Shipped
1. Memory Price : -$20.19
2. Viking Rebate : -$15.00

 

[Vin Diesel]

i've been reading up lately on memory, and i found out some new things... i have 4 slots in my motherboard for memory, and i've been working with a 512mb (2700mHz), 2 - 256mb (2700mHz), and a 256mb (2100mHz). i just removed that last 256mb one because i heard that all the memory sticks will run at the speed of the slowest stick, which, in my case, was 2100mHz. removing it took out 256mb of memory, but then all of the memory was running at 2700mHz, which seemed to make my computer a bit faster.

can anyone clarify this for me? i'm not too sure if i was right in removing the 2100mHz stick from my computer - will it actually speed things up to remove it?

ps. i bought the 256mb PC2700 stick listed above to replace my current PC2100 one. thanks spoofee!!

 

[lambition]

Putting PC2100 with PC2700 doesn't always make all RAMs run at that speed.

First of all, if your CPU only require speed of PC2100 (that is 266MHz not 2100MHz), your RAMs will run at speed of PC2100 no matter what you put in.

Memory speed is depended on settings in cmos setup (BIOS) and it follows FSB setting (FSB x 2 is speed of DDR RAM). If your CPU use FSB of 166MHz (that will be 333MHz or PC2700 in DDR), your PC2100 RAM will be overclocked to PC2700, unless your computer's BIOS is made to check installed RAM and follow slower speed. This might cause problem in some memories, but in my experience, most PC2100 overclocked to PC2700 just fine.

 

[Vin Diesel]

hmm, well my BIOS was checking the RAM speed and setting itself to the slowest one... and rather than chance it by overclocking my PC2100 RAM to PC2700, like i said above, i just bought the PC2700 memory anyway, so it doesn't matter whether if i overclock it or not. thanks a lot for your help though, lambition

 

[chinkdup]

im wondering why the pc2700 and 2100 were posted but the 3200 wasnt mentioned...

pc3200 is also on sale, $5.85 AR, same rebate i think.
the rebate mentions other viking ram model #'s as well. i just happened to notice 3200 in one of those numbers and searched on buy.com for any viking 3200 and came up with this:

ram

rebate

i dunno about the shipping situation, though. if theres no way to get free shipping, then thats probably why 3200 wasnt mentioned.
if thats the case, just ignore this post...

 

[penpen]

im wondering why the pc2700 and 2100 were posted but the 3200 wasnt mentioned...

pc3200 is also on sale, $5.85 AR.

link

i dunno about the shipping situation, though. if theres no way to get free shipping, then thats probably why 3200 wasnt mentioned.
if thats the case, just ignore this post...

thanks for the info! =)

the PC3200 is eligible for free shipping from Buy.com if the purchase total is over $25 (add $4.15).
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10354955&loc=&rp=true

the items in Spoofee's post are shipped for free, no add'l items needed to qualify for free shipping.

 

[baphomette]

vin & chinkdup -

you wouldn't overclock yr RAM... you'd overclock yr processor.

and yr 'puter would *definitely* run faster w/out that stick of 2100, since it was causing the rest of yr DIMMs to run @ the same speed.

i have a number of excellent sites that deal w/overclocking, if yr interested... let me know and i'll either post 'em or send via PM.

-miss baphomette
(a shift-key hater)

 

[Vin Diesel]

i'd love to check out those sites you speak of - baphomette. and, out of curiousity, why wouldn't you be able to overclock your RAM?? i know that you can overclock your processor and all (i haven't done it, but i know how) now why wouldn't you be able to overclock the ram? in my mobo's BIOS it has a place where you can manually change the RAM speed... wouldn't that be considered overclocking?

 

[brandX]

Putting PC2100 with PC2700 doesn't always make all RAMs run at that speed.

First of all, if your CPU only require speed of PC2100 (that is 266MHz not 2100MHz), your RAMs will run at speed of PC2100 no matter what you put in.

Memory speed is depended on settings in cmos setup (BIOS) and it follows FSB setting (FSB x 2 is speed of DDR RAM). If your CPU use FSB of 166MHz (that will be 333MHz or PC2700 in DDR), your PC2100 RAM will be overclocked to PC2700, unless your computer's BIOS is made to check installed RAM and follow slower speed. This might cause problem in some memories, but in my experience, most PC2100 overclocked to PC2700 just fine.

All DDR-SDRAM is backwards compatible...that is, PC3200 (200MHz x 2) will also run as PC2700 (166MHz x 2) or PC2100 (133MHz x 2), & PC2700 will also run as PC2100.

If you have the RAM setting in the BIOS set to "BY SPD", the board will read the info programmed into the EEPROM on the RAM module(s) & run them all at the speed of the slowest one. If you adjust the RAM settings manually, you "may" be able to force lower rated RAM sticks to run at a higher speed, but you can't make a blanket statement that most PC2100 will run as PC2700, because it's not true...some will & some won't. And you may have to loosen up on the timings and/or raise the memory voltage (vdimm) to get it to run at the higher speed. Generally, looser RAM timings = lower performance. It's usually better to have a lower bus speed & tighter RAM timings, than a higher bus speed & looser RAM timings.

Also, you should always run your RAM at the same speed as the CPU bus. There's no point running your RAM at 200MHz if your CPU is only running at 166MHz, just as there's no point in running your CPU at 200MHz if your RAM is running at 166MHz. One or the other will always be the bottleneck. For best system performance, run the CPU:RAM at a 1:1 ratio.

 

[baphomette]

i'd love to check out those sites you speak of - baphomette. and, out of curiousity, why wouldn't you be able to overclock your RAM?? i know that you can overclock your processor and all (i haven't done it, but i know how) now why wouldn't you be able to overclock the ram? in my mobo's BIOS it has a place where you can manually change the RAM speed... wouldn't that be considered overclocking?

now, i could very well be wrong about this, but i *think* the reason you can't overclock RAM is b/c DIMMs have a set speed that can't be altered.

but i think these sites will have much better (and probably correct) answers:

Overclocking Forums

Overclock.net

PC Mechanic Forums


three for now... let me know if you need more!

-miss baphomette
still hating the shift-key

 

[brandX]

now, i could very well be wrong about this, but i *think* the reason you can't overclock RAM is b/c DIMMs have a set speed that can't be altered.

You are 100% wrong!