Mushkin PC3200 Level II V2 (2-2-2-5) DDR Memory

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Brian Kristensen
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Aug. 29, 2004

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Introduction

Mushkin's Level II memory was originally manufactured using Winbond BH-5 chips which offered timings of 2-2-2 at DDR400. Unfortunately, Winbond decided to change its focus and removed itself from the market. Due to the lack of BH-5 chips, most memory manufacturers had to discontinue their 2-2-2 memory. Last June, however, Samsung answered the prayers of memory manufacturers and consumers alike when they released their new TCCD chips, bringing back those extremely low latencies we once knew and loved! Not only do the new chips offer aggressive timings, they also have plenty of headroom and should allow for overclocks in excess of DDR500!

Corsair was the first company to introduce new modules based on Samsung's new chips. But, not to be outdone, Mushkin and OCZ announced new modules the very next day. We took a look at Corsair's PC3200 XL Pro memory earlier this month and were pleasantly surprised. Today, we will be looking at a 1 GB dual channel set of Mushkin's PC3200 Level II V2. Can Mushkin's PC3200 hold its own against Corsair? Does the use of the same chips mean we should expect the same performance? There's only one way to find out.

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11 User Comments

1 - Posted by MaNiAk21 on August 30, 2004 - 1:17 pm

Mushkin<3 If only I had some money for a memory upgrade now.. that's what I really need right now. I can't believe I still have 256MB still myself..

2 - Posted by Rich on August 30, 2004 - 2:35 pm

Ouch, 256! Hope you are running win2k!

3 - Posted by Brian on August 30, 2004 - 3:56 pm

Ouch! Are you running XP on that computer?

We need some sort of Salvation Army of computer equipment!

4 - Posted by Rich on August 30, 2004 - 8:38 pm

I think that is called my basement, x486 anyone?

5 - Posted by Brian on August 30, 2004 - 8:40 pm

I have a 486 DX2 if anyone is in need!

Man, the good ol' days where you could just clip a little rough heatsink onto the top of a processor. Didn't even know what thermal paste was back then!

6 - Posted by Rich on August 30, 2004 - 8:53 pm

Heatsink?????

7 - Posted by Brian on August 30, 2004 - 8:56 pm

Apparently you have never dealt with the insane heat that is released due to the extreme power of the DX2 series!

8 - Posted by MaNiAk21 on August 31, 2004 - 8:48 pm

LMAO.. actually.. it runs quite well.. on XP.. extremely well in fact, but I CAN notice a difference when playing games at times. Normal desktop use as it is used for most of the time is speedy as hell so I'm good for now. :) But a donation of a/some PC3200+ 512Mb stick(s) would be good. ;)

9 - Posted by Dyrewolph on August 31, 2004 - 9:06 pm

Let me guess... visual settings set to min... performance settings set to max... no background... nothing running in the background except your Antivirus... and your HD gets defragged every 30 minutes?

10 - Posted by MaNiAk21 on September 1, 2004 - 2:02 am

Funny. :P Visual Settings to max.. Quality to max.. background.. defrags on it's own when I'm not looking (Diskeeper is a good piece of software).. and at time AV is the only thing open but what else do I use besides AIM and Winamp that would be open? And as you can't answer that, I think I will.. and the answer? Some stuff.. :P

11 - Posted by pheno on September 23, 2004 - 8:32 am

price is not accurate as of 9/22/04

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