Author Topic: Mushkin VS Corsair RAM  (Read 3335 times)

dubigrasu

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Mushkin VS Corsair RAM
« on: January 18, 2010, 08:08:27 AM »
I'm in the process of building a new PC. I have the motherboard and now I'm at the RAM chapter.
After some searching I ended up with these two brands and products with aprox. the same price:

Corsair http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/Corsair-4GB-2x2GB-XMS3-Dominator-DDR3-PC3-12800-1600MHz-C8-Dual-Channel-Memory-Kit_20199.html

Mushkin http://www.mushkin.com/Memory/Redline/996746.aspx

I kinda have my eyes on Mushkin because the lower latencies and the brand (I've heard good things about Mushkin's Redline series), but at the same time I haven't see them lately in test reviews, they kinda faded away.

OTOH Corsair are up and running very well in recent test on different sites, so I'm having a hard time to decide which one to buy. They both have more or less the same characteristics except latencies (lower for Mushkin).

Any advice?
Thanks.
« Last Edit: January 18, 2010, 08:29:46 AM by dubigrasu »

Offline MaddogF16

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Re: Mushkin VS Corsair RAM
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2010, 10:07:39 AM »
I'd go Corsair myself.
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Re: Mushkin VS Corsair RAM
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2010, 11:41:55 AM »
Never heard of Mushkin ....... well not in the context of RAM anyway ....... so I also would choose Corsair after ensuring there was nothing comparable (price & performance) from Crucial.

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Re: Mushkin VS Corsair RAM
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 11:50:10 AM »
Either one is a good choice. I have machines with both. Personally I really do not see a difference when running either machine.  If latency is the deciding issue than Mushkin is the way to go.




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Re: Mushkin VS Corsair RAM
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 09:48:39 PM »
if your overclocking the module :o i would go with muskin, if not, corsair. muskin would take more abuse 8) than corsair and still be stable back when i was into that sort of thing :P. i am running corsair xms 800mhz no overclock now ;). had many corsair modules that i traded or left with different machines and never a bad one (other than frying lightly brown on both sides) if i didnt overclock them. ::)
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