I think I recall gskill having some really nice sticks back then. I think I may have even had some.

They had a model that had really low timings.

Kingston is kind of bullit proof, when we are dealing with DDR-400. If they are the fastest I simply do not know. But the Kingston stick's that I have, are still working flawless.

Anything with tccd chips or bh5

best is whatever works in your system.

If i remember good, i had Super Talent RAM, 400MHz, CL2(2-2-2-5). That was (and i think still is) the fastest DDR back then. Try finding those, You won't regret.

If you need 2 Gb - any brand that made overclocking modules on Infineon BE/CE chips and explicitly state that it works with CL2 timings. If you want high FSB overclocking - consider Samsung UCCC/LCCC (original modules).

These boards can take literally anything. I have tested BH-5, TCCD, UCCC, Infineon B die (BE-5?) ...
I prefer Infineon B die, due to 1GB capacity per stick (2GB total), latency, overclockability, availability and price:
* CL2: G.SKILL F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX or Kingston KHX3200AK2/2G
* CL2.5: G.SKILL F1-3200PHU2-2GBNS

G.Skill comes with Brainpower PCB, not sure about KHX.
Currently running KHX3200AK2/2G, CL2.5-3-3-8 @225MHz 2.6V (FSB 900 with E5800).
Price is usually ~20€ per kit on *bay.

BH-5 pops up on *bay from time to time but there is no use for it on this board (it likes high voltages).
TCCD is more frequent, but is limited to 512MB modules ... same as BH-5.

I have some mushkin enhanced, no idea what they are because remarked. DDR1 2x1gb modules @ 266mhz 2.5-3-3-6 2.6v stable. Theye a little faster than stock DDR2 533.

If it works stable 2.5-3-2-6 - 100% Infineon CE.

Hard to find. Enhanced Silverline?

Small offtopic related to first post: does Santa Cruz have good XP drivers?

I never went for brand names, only for specs. And when it comes to overclocking (RAM) I remember reviews in magazines from the DDR-era where the 'overclocker-modules' where no better than NoName. Today DDR-modules are so cheap that you can buy a box full and test them

Good Article here https://www.anandtech.com/show/1817/14

HanSolo wrote on 2023-01-07, 12:27:

I never went for brand names, only for specs. And when it comes to overclocking (RAM) I remember reviews in magazines from the DDR-era where the 'overclocker-modules' where no better than NoName. Today DDR-modules are so cheap that you can buy a box full and test them

"NoName" usually used bottom of the barrel binned chips from major RAM manufacturers (Samsung, Hynix, etc), deemed not meeting their quality standards. Rarely you'll get some hidden gems here.
It's more about brandname non-OC modules being very much capable of overclocking. But you simply won't get certain chip types outside of overclocking modules. Like for example Samsung TCCD or Infineon CE.

Warlord wrote on 2023-01-07, 14:18:

Good Article here https://www.anandtech.com/show/1817/14

I did some browsing through Newegg and found these make/models
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductCompare … C9SIA1K6G0A9687

Do not buy CL3.0 class memory (JEDEC).
Get CL2.5, with CL2.0 being highly recommended.

good ddr compared to good sdram is actually easy to find. cas 2 ddr is still plentiful, cas 2 pc133 is rare.

Topic is about PC3200+ modules.

Warlord wrote on 2023-01-07, 14:18:

Good Article here https://www.anandtech.com/show/1817/14

Based on this, I think I'll go with the OCZ 4000 VX Gold.