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Gauss
02-03-2005, 12:58 AM
Which OC are u guys reaching with no voltmods on a K8N Neo2 (well and other motherboards) with a Winchester 3500+ and a XP-90 with a 92mm Tornado?

I'm getting a trauma cos I cannot use my XP-90 which is standing in front of my eyes cos it doesn't fit on my K8N Neo2 cos I have Corsair Pro mem sticks and no one buys them so I could get other sticks. :mad: :bsod:
total_assault
02-03-2005, 05:49 PM
iono much about those mem stick but couldnt you just take off the heatsink, put on a nother or just leave it off?
viccyran
02-04-2005, 10:18 PM
iono much about those mem stick but couldnt you just take off the heatsink, put on a nother or just leave it off?
They're epoxied on, there's no taking those off.
glock19owner
02-04-2005, 10:35 PM
Which OC are u guys reaching with no voltmods on a K8N Neo2 (well and other motherboards) with a Winchester 3500+ and a XP-90 with a 92mm Tornado?

I'm getting a trauma cos I cannot use my XP-90 which is standing in front of my eyes cos it doesn't fit on my K8N Neo2 cos I have Corsair Pro mem sticks and no one buys them so I could get other sticks. :mad: :bsod:

I was using Kingston hyperx (before getting the G. Skill's) with the factory heatspreaders with my XP-90 and 92mm tornado...why wont the XP-90 fit?
viccyran
02-04-2005, 10:47 PM
The HS's on the corsair pros are elevated, as they have LED's on them to show activity. Due to that additional height, the xp-90 doesnt fit.
glock19owner
02-05-2005, 12:20 AM
Ok...didnt reallize those were the ones with the LEDs...

If this is the case...then why not run the ram in slots 3 & 4 since the XP 90 doesnt cover those slots or does the edge cover slot 3 just enough not to mount one of them in it?

Running in slots 3 & 4 would be in 128bit mode...
Gauss
02-05-2005, 02:57 PM
Well, I still was waiting for my XP-90 to arrive when I posted this thread. Now the news. The XP-90 DOES fit when also using my Corsair Pro sticks. The space between them is about the thickness of a CD. I'm happy. :)
bxa121
02-05-2005, 03:22 PM
do those corsairs run better that gskill?
doubt it but maybe an expert can shed some light..
Gauss
02-05-2005, 03:41 PM
No, I don't think so, even when both have TCCD chips, GSkill is using the newest chips. Anyway I'm doing some test to these Corsair to see how far can they go. Not bad, they are doing now 300 MHz at 2.5-3-3-6 with 2.7v. With 2-2-2-5, 220 MHz were impossible (not even with Timming 2T and/or 2.85v), however that was possible with my previous nforce2 system.