View Full Version : Kingston HyperX on it's way...
Just hit NewEgg at the right time and picked up...
REFURBISHED: KINGSTON HyperX Series 184-pin 512MB Kit (2x 256MB) DDR400 (PC3200) DDR RAM modules, Model# KHX3200K2/512 (OEM, BAREBONE)
Specifications:
Type: Kingston HyperX
Capacity: 512MB (2x 256MB)
Speed: DDR 400 (PC3200)
Latency: CAS Latency 2 (2-2-2-6-1T)
for $80 delivered. Here's to hoping that one stick will run 270@cas2 or more on my AN50R. :toast: ;)
faruquehabib
02-19-2004, 07:17 PM
gl w/ it :toast:
Techmasta
02-19-2004, 07:44 PM
Wow you got a good price. Hopefully it works well.
Çhrist0ph
02-19-2004, 08:05 PM
just hope they arent refurbished because they didnt oc well for someone else
Geforce4ti4200
02-19-2004, 08:35 PM
270fsb? yeouch thats pushing it really bad! id expect more like about 230-240fsb though, still nice ram
Techmasta
02-19-2004, 08:40 PM
Originally posted by Geforce4ti4200
270fsb? yeouch thats pushing it really bad! id expect more like about 230-240fsb though, still nice ram
Its possible depending on the vdimm and quality of the sticks.
Hell-Fire
02-19-2004, 09:30 PM
Man, you ripped them off. :banana:
Hope they run well man. Sometimes you end up with other peoples sticks that were sent in for various reasons, Tech support runs em at stock to see if they are stable..if so, out they go again.
That doesnt mean they suck, it could mean the person who had them either had a hardware conflict (compat issue), or just didnt know what they were doing.
My neighbor bought some refurbed HyperX 3500 that is running 243...which isnt bad considering thats an unmodded board and a 2x512 setup...a gig setup is notorious for overclocking.
My old stick of Corsair XMS PC3000 does 255 and my old stick of Corsair XMS PC3502v1.1 does 265 in this board so I hope at least one of these HyperX sticks does better than 230-240. ;)
The RAM is going to have up to 3.6v shoved up it's arse so I'm thinking at least 260MHz. I'd just like to run 270x10 for PiFast at least once. ;) My current best was at 268x10@cas2.5-2-2-5. I want to see how big a difference cas2 makes.
I'll be sure to update this thread or the PiFast thread once the memory comes in.
JeffPH
02-20-2004, 05:20 AM
good luck jeff awesome price and nice find
bias_hjorth
02-20-2004, 05:23 AM
Originally posted by Geforce4ti4200
270fsb? yeouch thats pushing it really bad! id expect more like about 230-240fsb though, still nice ram
270 should be in range.. 230-240 is for low voltage :)
Evil_Spork
02-20-2004, 08:00 AM
my hyperx3200 can do it, lets see yours too! show us some 270 1:1 pifast times!
My A64 seems to be giving out at ~2640MHz with the first stick of HyperX3200, but I just topped it out at 270x9.5 running 2-2-2-6... and that's at a HT of 2.5x so I'm changing to 2x now to see if that helps...
Ok, with a HT of 2x the memory topped out at 275x9.5. It crashed at 276x9.5 before I could change to a 9x multiplier... rebooting now...
Ok 276x9 was also a no-go so it seems like 275 is this memories top speed... at 3.2v that is. :) More voltage will happen this weekend. And I'll test the second stick also to see if it's at least as good as this stick.
Seems like I may have just gotten a good deal. :D
/now back to watching the kids... like I was supposed to be doing for the past half-hour. ;)
Originally posted by Jeff
My old stick of Corsair XMS PC3000 does 255 and my old stick of Corsair XMS PC3502v1.1 does 265 in this board so I hope at least one of these HyperX sticks does better than 230-240. ;)
The RAM is going to have up to 3.6v shoved up it's arse so I'm thinking at least 260MHz. I'd just like to run 270x10 for PiFast at least once. ;) My current best was at 268x10@cas2.5-2-2-5. I want to see how big a difference cas2 makes.
I'll be sure to update this thread or the PiFast thread once the memory comes in.
Jeff, don't worry too much about running CAS2,5 on these A64 systems, it doesn't make much difference running CAS 2 or 2,5 as long as you keep RAS to CAs delay at 2.
Try it yourself and you'll see. ;)
Phyrox
02-25-2004, 04:00 PM
Wow JEff your sticks are already performing great why push it? :D I bet your infected with the sickness. Well good luck. Yes Zesus isright very small difference between CAS2 - CAS 2.5
BEcareful with that vdimm dont want you to loose your A64. 3.6v is way too much imho.
Geforce4ti4200
02-25-2004, 05:05 PM
wow 275fsb????????? this is insane!!!!!!!! you need to teach macci, oppainter and mr. icee how to overclock ram, maccis best was 262fsb at 3.6 volts!!!!!!!!
Well, bumping up to 3.4v didn't gain anything for me... I actually lost 1MHz. I'm thinking that something else may be holding me back here but I'm not positive.
As for stick #2, it's only stable to 255MHz(2-2-2-6) with 3.2v. This isn't bad, but I got a little spoiled by that first stick. ;)
skate2snow
02-25-2004, 06:22 PM
3.2V is not too much for a A64?????
gkiing
02-25-2004, 06:28 PM
You got a great deal. I just paid 135$ for 2x KHX3200/256 off ebay, but at least its still BH-5 :D
Been running my Corsair with 3.2v for the past... month or so. Full-load 24/7 under a MachI. I know a month isn't really that long, but so far so good.
Duedermont
02-25-2004, 06:46 PM
aww so lucky! i've been looking for that ram for cheap too, snagged it before i did :p
st0nedpenguin
02-25-2004, 07:45 PM
Originally posted by Geforce4ti4200
wow 275fsb????????? this is insane!!!!!!!! you need to teach macci, oppainter and mr. icee how to overclock ram, maccis best was 262fsb at 3.6 volts!!!!!!!!
Courtesy of MrIcee. ;)
http://www.ocztechnology.com/i/hof/b/mricee310b.jpg
Still doesn't take anything away from that overclock though, nice one Jeff. :thumbsup:
Geforce4ti4200
02-25-2004, 08:13 PM
nice, even though ocz ram is slower than other ram, thats still a neat overclock. any other ram at about 295fsb would match his ram at 310fsb. Macci still needs ram thatll do past 262
Soulburner
02-25-2004, 08:24 PM
Originally posted by Geforce4ti4200
nice, even though ocz ram is slower than other ram, thats still a neat overclock. any other ram at about 295fsb would match his ram at 310fsb. Macci still needs ram thatll do past 262
He does have RAM that will go past 262, EASILY.
You are forgetting that you are looking at an A64 at 4x multi.
That's a whole different ballgame entirely from Intel.
Considering he was the first to 350fsb on A64 (that I saw) I don't think anyone needs to "teach him how to overclock" :rolleyes:.
Techmasta
02-25-2004, 08:43 PM
Originally posted by Geforce4ti4200
nice, even though ocz ram is slower than other ram,
Do you have proof of that?
Soulburner
02-25-2004, 08:47 PM
Originally posted by Techmasta
Do you have proof of that?
In Sandra Bandwidth the OCZ at 310 was only as fast as the KHX at 280-290 or so.
Geforce4ti4200
02-25-2004, 09:03 PM
I told you so and I actually was right! ocz ram is like 10% slower than other ram at same clocks anyway
Dexter
02-25-2004, 09:59 PM
can you stop spamming ti4200, if you haven't personally used something don't comment on it, UNLESS you have links to back up what you are saying.
Stinger
02-25-2004, 11:57 PM
My khx3200/256 run 280mhz 1:1 3dmark stable and its not the memory that stops it at 280mhz coz I can run it over 290mhz at 4x multi so it have to be the memorycontroller. These A64 are wierd another strange thing is that the ovp shuts of the mb at different multies from 1.9v at 11x to 1.75v at 10x. I have had 3 A64 and every 1 managed different volt. Hmmm.
Hell-Fire
02-26-2004, 12:15 AM
I like that efficiency in the Sandra score.....7000%+. :hehe:
LikwidKool
02-26-2004, 02:07 AM
Originally posted by Geforce4ti4200
I told you so and I actually was right! ocz ram is like 10% slower than other ram at same clocks anyway
I dunno. I use corsair, kingston, mushkin and OCZ and in no way does my OCZ run 10% slower. Maybe one rig one day that happenned, but unless you have TOTAL PROOF, quiet down.
Tilmitt
02-26-2004, 02:49 AM
Is 2.9v enough to get most RAM to 230+?
Originally posted by Stinger
My khx3200/256 run 280mhz 1:1 3dmark stable and its not the memory that stops it at 280mhz coz I can run it over 290mhz at 4x multi so it have to be the memorycontroller. These A64 are wierd another strange thing is that the ovp shuts of the mb at different multies from 1.9v at 11x to 1.75v at 10x. I have had 3 A64 and every 1 managed different volt. Hmmm.
Cool. That's what I was leaning towards... the A64 being a strange beast that is. I have a feeling my current A64's memory controller tops out at 274-275, but the chips seems to top out at 2640 to 2680(depending on RAM) so my 270x10 quest may require a different A64.
Hmmm... maybe Jeff will be putting his A64 3200+ up for sale soon. :lol: ;)
skate2snow
02-26-2004, 05:01 AM
Ti4200, OCZ is no way more then 2% slower then other RAMs.
OCZ have the best tech support, and the PCB are as good as any RAMs. Before make an affirmation please proove it another way then "guest".
biohead
02-26-2004, 07:50 AM
Originally posted by Tilmitt
Is 2.9v enough to get most RAM to 230+?
from what I know it can. 230-240 with pc3200 bh-5...
dunno about CH-5...
Geforce4ti4200
02-26-2004, 07:59 AM
Originally posted by Soulburner
In Sandra Bandwidth the OCZ at 310 was only as fast as the KHX at 280-290 or so.
time for the harsh reality and admiting I am right :stick:
`schr0et
02-26-2004, 08:05 AM
BH-5 is BH-5
biohead
02-26-2004, 08:09 AM
Originally posted by `schr0et
BH-5 is BH-5
well I think pc2700 bh-5 cant go as high as pc3200 bh-5...
or am I completly wrong? :stick:
`schr0et
02-26-2004, 08:21 AM
http://www.gonad.org/upload/images/220x10.jpg
Thats with 2.9 VDDR 14 Hrs prime stable with no effort on my part. Doing the VMods in a few mins after I drink my Coffee :toast:
biohead
02-26-2004, 08:47 AM
lol nice :) u got good ram there, but why the CAS2.5?
`schr0et
02-26-2004, 08:50 AM
A64 Boards do not like CAS 2 for some reason, and there is no difference between CAS 2 and CAS 2,5 for me and many others.
My BH-5 from KHX3000/512 Kit are single sided, and run CAS 2,5 just fine.
On the other hand my BH-5 from Corsair XMS3200LL rev 1.1 512 Kit will really only run if RAS to CAS is 3 or CAS is 2,5-3