whats the difference?

[aliasaid]

sorry if i posted this in the wrong place..


i'm not planning on buying this or anything, but i'm really curious as to what the difference is b/w these 2 ram packages. same size, timings, brand; but quite a difference in price. do enlighten me as to why that is.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231032 $194.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231034 $245.00

thx

 

[harry18]

well the cheaper one is the 'extreem series'.......whatever that means....

 

[Nitestick]

probably different memory chips. look at the difference in pricing on the standard OCZ gold vs. whats left of the OCZ gold with remanufactured BH-5. in australia it is like an $80 difference i think. also the more expensive stuff operated at a lower voltage which is in part what makes me think they are different chips.

 

[aliasaid]

so what would drive someone to buy the more expensive ones? just because its a different chip? even if the more expensive ones are, say, better at overclocking.. but the point of overclocking is to get faster speeds w/o spending more. if you're gonna spend more then might as well get the ones that are actually timed faster..

so anyways.. i still don't understand it.

 

[SHAWN]

Some people are anal in what they buy, others do not care. Personally, I would buy the cheaper one because in my opinion, they are both the same.

 

[JohnnyX]

One has 6 Layers PCB....

 

[aliasaid]

ohh.. a WHOPPING 6 layers PCB, now i understand everythying.

cough *sarcasm* cough

 

[PZEROFGH]

I have the exteme series awesome overclocking ram

 

[aliasaid]

I have the exteme series awesome overclocking ram

lol which makes me confused even more... anyways, since no one has defended the higher priced ram, if i were to build a new rig, i'd go for the cheaper one (if speed and timings and all are the same)

 

[Vybuni]

I have the second one, but I think i got a bad overclocking set. Its supposed to be good for overclocking with awsome timings. I have mine @ 2.0-3-2-0 1T.