value kingmax - extreme for value?

[kamaleon]

im experimenting with some value ram i had stored.. they are rated at cas 2.5 and sure enough i wotn go any lower than that but it does overclock.

right now im at 2.6v and 235mgz auto timings at 2.5, 4, 4, 7

i never though i coudl reach this high so easily on this value ram, or is this standard?

How high can i safely take the voltage on ram like this? I want to push it a bit more.

[don_vercetti]

why don't you try it and find out..RAM's unlikely to explode before at least 3.0v, and even then the chances are very remote. So push it some more.

[cirthix]

what chips is it using?

[pasatoiutd]

I have a pair of Kingmax Super RAM. The red ones, rated 2.5-4-4-7 DDR400@2.6V.
On my crappy nForce2 board, they run in dual channel 2.5-3-3-11@2.8V as DDR460. They even did 2.5-3-3-11@DDR466@2.8V for about 13 loops of test #5 from memtest, without erors. I think my motherboard it's keeping me back.

[13oost]

try adding some vdd, that may help stableize or add some nice ghetto cooling (ie. fan)

[pasatoiutd]

I have a 120mm 80 cfm Thermaltake Fan blowing air onto them, and they are pretty cold after one hour or so of test #5. If I remove the fan, they are warm, even at 2.7V DDR400.
I don't think 2.9V would help.

[scorp]

That's way too much cooling for your RAM chips. Have you tried them without the fan :) ... I don't really think that the 120mm fan is actualy usefull for your system's stability.

[13oost]

there is such thing as overkill when cooling the ram, but it shouldnt hinder the OC any, maybe keep the temps more stable on it... the only case is i see the EM from the fan (if close to the sticks) affecting some the way of the chips

[pasatoiutd]

I use such a big fan because it fits almost perfectly the space between my optical drives and my cpu cooler.

It seems that 2.5-3-3-11 DDR 466 it's stable with 2.9V.

[pasatoiutd]

Here are the 2*512 Kingmax DDR400 2.5-4-4, going well at DDR466 2.5-3-3 with 2.8V.

[onemorekornkid]

Is that 1T?

[pasatoiutd]

That's 1T. In BIOS I have 2 options: optimal and aggresive. And that's with the Aggresive option on.
Also, Everest reports a 1T CMD Rate.