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    Crucial v. Mushkin for Athlon?

    Hi folks,
    I was about to order RAM tonight when I noticed a close price race between these two companies.
    Mushkin: $214 for 128MB, non-ECC, PC133 with Siemens 7.5ns chips.

    Crucial: PC133, 7.5ns, $200(non-ECC), $220(ECC).

    I'm leaning towards the Crucial ECC for my new MSI-6167 board. Good idea?

    Thanks,
    Wombat
    Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.
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  • #2
    go with Non ECC crucial
    blah blah blah

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    • #3
      You don't think it's worth the $20?

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      K6-2/350@400, 503+ rev 1.2a, 128MB PC100 RAM, Millenium G200, RH6.1 w/ 2.2.12-20, Win98, and too many classes

      Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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      • #4
        I'd get the crucial. My K7M was suffering from random lockups with generic PC100. I put in a stick of PC133 Crucial - now it's rock solid - not one crash in the last 2 months!

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        • #5
          Thanks for the info guys. After sleeping on it, I decided on the ECC Crucial.
          Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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          • #6
            Crucial is so typically the best deal on good quality DRAM that I rarely check anywhere else. Micron makes awesome memory!

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            Kind Regards,

            KvH


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            • #7
              Coming in after the conversation is done, but hopefully, someone will answer this question...

              Wouldn't you want to stay away from ecc memory unless you NEED the error correcting for some supercomputer type application? I thought error correcting seriously slowed things down...
              PIII 550@605
              IWill Motherboard VD133
              VIA Chipset
              512MB PC133 CAS2 Crucial
              G400 DH 32MB (6.51 Drivers)
              DirectX 8.0a
              SB Live! Value
              8x DVD (Toshiba)
              6x4x24 CDRW (Sony)
              Intel Pro/100+ NIC
              3Com CMX Cable Modem
              Optiquest V95 19"
              HP 812C Color Ink Jet
              Microtek flatbed scanner
              Intellimouse Explorer
              Surround Sound w/two subwoofers
              AND WAY TOO MANY GAMES!!!

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              • #8
                Coming in at the tail end of the conversation again, the Mushkin PC133 HSDRAM has been rock solid for me as well. A friend of mine has had some troubles with his Crucial 133 memory (in an ASUS K7-M), but I think it has been resolved to his satisfaction... So either are what I'd consider to be good memory, with the more comonly used being the Crucial of course...

                Guyver

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                ABit BE6, PIII-450 OC'd 600Mhz. 128MB PC133HSDRAM, 2.0V, 41C, Matrox Millenium G400 MAX, Adaptec 2940U2W, (2) Quantum Atlas 10K 160/m 18.1GB Drives @ 80mb/s, Kenwood UCR-415 True-X 52X SCSI, Matshita DVD-ROM SR-8582, HP 8200i CDRW, Iomega 100MB Zip ATAPI, 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy, 3Com/USR 56K Voice Faxmodem Pro, HP DeskJet 895CXi, Creative/Cambridge Soundworks DTT2500 5.1 Digital Surround System, Logitech Marble FX, Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro (with 2 Port USB Hub)...

                Gaming Rig.

                - Gigabyte GA-7N400-Pro
                - AMD Athlon 3200+ XP
                - 1.5GB Dual Channel DDR 433Mhz SDRAM
                - 6.1 Digital Audio
                - Gigabit Lan (Linksys 1032)
                - 4 x 120GB SATA Drives, RAID 0+1 (Striped/Mirrored)
                - Sony DRU-500A DVD/+/-/R/RW
                - Creative 8x DVD-ROM
                - LS120 IDE Floppy
                - Zip 100 IDE
                - PNY Ultra 5900 (256MB)
                - NEC FE950
                - DTT2500 Cambridge Soundworks

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                • #9
                  Well,
                  The Crucial arrived today. Hopefully this is a happy ending, but I won't know until the rest of the system comes in.
                  Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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