Intels i865 and i875 chipsets are great and fast, but for performance without compromises you will need fast DDR400 memory. Which is the best one for overclockers or consumers with a small budget? We had the chance to take a closer look on 14 DDR400 memory modules from Corsair, OCZ, Kingston, Crucial, Infineon, Kingmax, Kingston, Samsung and last but not least takeMS.

We tested:
1x Corsair TWINX512-3200LL (CL2.0)
1x Corsair TWINX512-3200LL Platinum (CL2.0)
2x Corsair XMS3200C2 256MB (CL2.0)
2x OCZ EL DDR PC3200 Dual Channel 256MB (CL2)
2x Kingston HyperX 3500 256MB (CL2.0)
2x Crucial DDR400 256MB (CL3.0)
2x Infineon DDR400 256MB (CL3.0)
2x Kingmax DDR400 256MB (CL2.5)
2x Kingston ValueRAM DDR400 256MB (CL3.0)
2x Samsung "CCC" DDR400 256MB (CL3.0)
2x takeMS DDR400 256MB (CL2.5)
2x Samsung "CCC" DDR400 512MB (CL3.0)
2x takeMS DDR400 512MB (CL2.5)

The results were more surprising than you might think.