group buy idea for 1gbgh handpick ddr500 2-2-2-5 3.1~3.2v

[GSKILL TECH]

hi

G.Skill USA is thinking handpick some good BH-5 UTT for XS member only

I will handpick some DDR500 2-2-2-5 3.1~3.2v stick and group sell on XS but i need to know how many of you think this is good idea

also there are three things need to know

1st all the handpick guarantee DDR500 2-2-2-5 3.1~3.2v on "ultra-d" motherboard. i will personally test it from over 1000 pairs.

2nd there is no refund for this, i am still discuss with digi4me since newegg is not going to do it for sure.

3rd if memory is DOA, I can RMA another DDR500 2-2-2-5 3.1~3.2v but after 7 days, the RMA item is only guarantee DDR400 2-2-2-5 1GBGH but not DDR500 guarantee.

the price i am still discuss with digi4me
i am think around 130~135 with first class mail with tracking number

who is everyone think?

also i need to let the XS owner know about it

[Zeus]

130~135 us dollar for 1GB handpicked BH-5?

Count me in! ;)

[Pyr0]

what about people in the u.k.?
i wish this had been posted earlier, i just ordered a kit of these today (and plan on ordering another)
i hope they can reach ddr500 speeds :banana: they should be here tomorrow

[GSKILL TECH]

outside of US might be a little bit hard

1st it is done by G.Skill USA not europe..
2nd the shipping is more expensive (of cause)
3rd if DOA is really hard to exchange :( (it is the most important part)
4th custom tax might apply because we are going to insure the package...

[althes]

Count me in

[cadaveca]

I up to paying extra for shipping to Canada.

If they are handtested, no reason for RMA if they are packaged right.

[kiwi]

Wow, Gskill is doing excellent job :toast:

Maybe hand picked DDR2? :D I am going Yonah and DDR2 very soon

[hicookie]

count me :D

[GSKILL TECH]

I up to paying extra for shipping to Canada.

If they are handtested, no reason for RMA if they are packaged right.
well i am worry about DOA, who know what happen during the shipping


people let me know what you guys think.
about one week of pool

[formyfaith]

130~135 for handpicked BH5-UTT sounds nice.

Count me in, too. :)

P.S
Is there a limited amount of quantity one person can buy?
I have friends here asking me to buy for them, because they can't speak English. lol.

[bazx]

You gota ship world wide the yanks ant the only dudes that oc

UK

i voted i want one hehe

baz

[schifter]

Of course I want one... or two...

[GSKILL TECH]

the limit is NO limit lol!

no heatsink will attach which makes better right? :)

[K33B4]

I'm up for some BH-5 hand picked!! Would be fun to OC them suckers!!

[agenda2005]

Mark me down for one please.

[metro.cl]

only on 1x1gb ??

[Vapor]

No....2x512. ;)

[IB-RJ]

I'm in

[soundx98]

yes, I would like in as well.

[Sup3rman]

i'm in

[s7e9h3n]

I'll pay extra for DDR550 ;)

[formyfaith]

I'll pay extra for DDR550 ;)

Nice idea. ;) I'd pay extra, too.

[Coroner Kyle]

Count me in.

I'm with s7e9h3n I'd paid extra for something that does faster.

Let me know when you're ready...

[metro.cl]

i'm in if it is 2x512mb :)

[EvilCloudStrife]

seriously thats an awesome price for hand picked utt

[AAdjuster]

I'll in also this would be nice to have.

[GSKILL TECH]

DDR500 is my limit, really no time to pick DDR550 :)
i still have some projects need to finish :(

[s7e9h3n]

DDR500 is my limit, really no time to pick DDR550 :)
i still have some projects need to finish :(
DAMN! And I was gonna offer EXTRA EXTRA for DDR600 :D :toast:

[Mn3monic]

what about ppl in asia?

[nn_step]

DDR500 is my limit, really no time to pick DDR550 :)
i still have some projects need to finish :(
Darn if you ever get the chance make sure to let us know :slobber:

[Lastviking]

I need 4x512mb + ;)

[day187]

Yeah i will have two if they coming to the UK :)

[dinos22]

that's a great idea.........gskill doing a fine job there for sure :toast: :toast:

[El Snorro]

If this can go on I'll be in for sure!

[soundx98]

The thread is a couple of weeks old. Certainly a good deal.
As I said count, me in.
Do you have a current time frame on this happening?

[GSKILL TECH]

i am currently picking up all the stick and test it, will have sticks i think few days later

[hicookie]

i am currently picking up all the stick and test it, will have sticks i think few days later

woa!expect hand pick!:D

[OCme]

Please, me too!!! :banana:

[IB-RJ]

If its not to late, I would like to double my order for a total of 4 sticks

Thanks

[Zeus]

GStechnician, there's plenty of people in Europe wanting some, do you have any idea how much the shipping to Europe will be or is outside USA out of the question?

In my case doa isn't much of an issue, i have Kakaroto around the corner. ;)

[GSKILL TECH]

well i don't have that much qty for now..
255 3.2v is not that many... why 255? cuz 250 in my machine but extra 5 for bias
maybe i will try 255 3.3v....
still testing it!
or maybe i just test 270 3.5~3.6v and sell those... but i will keep you guys update!
not sure how euro goes but i will try my best to ask my manager

[nn_step]

well i don't have that much qty for now..
255 3.2v is not that many... why 255? cuz 250 in my machine but extra 5 for bias
maybe i will try 255 3.3v....
still testing it!
or maybe i just test 270 3.5~3.6v and sell those... but i will keep you guys update!
not sure how euro goes but i will try my best to ask my manager
if you find any 270+ sticks be sure to let me know :slobber:

[GSKILL TECH]

almost done! i tested about 1/3 of sticks, but i need to test it on expert board also. more tests are better right?

[soundx98]

I'm ready when you are. Got a Venus/Expert allready to go.

[GSKILL TECH]

ok now within a week i will post how many kit i have

right now i only have around 10 pairs does DDR510 2-2-2-5 3.3v 32M passed (why DDR510 because extra mhz for bias if my cpu and mobo is better)

i will post how to pay for it at the same time

but....it is kinda hard to hit 3.1v DDR500 2-2-2-5....

[Lastviking]

ok now within a week i will post how many kit i have

right now i only have around 10 pairs does DDR510 2-2-2-5 3.3v 32M passed (why DDR510 because extra mhz for bias if my cpu and mobo is better)

i will post how to pay for it at the same time

but....it is kinda hard to hit 3.1v DDR500 2-2-2-5....

255mhz 3.2v is also hard to hit?, let me know if you found any that make 255+ 3.2v

Most all old bh5 hits 258mhz-266mhz with 3.33v

[soundx98]

255MHz at 3.2 its what he is trying to hit Last Viking.
Don't forget me GS Technician or I'll keep PMing :)

[GSKILL TECH]

well if i test 3.2v for 255... i think only few sticks will pass the 32m and i need to do another 3.3 for 255
3.3v at windows is read as 3.28v

[M.Beier]

Fire at will'

3.6v @ 275 (DDR550)
If they pass 5 loops in memtest, man, those stick would be worth gold :)

[Minnyboy]

I'm in for it although I'm in AUS...

I mean if a company wants to sell stuff pre-tested & back it up like this, I'm all for it for users that can get it...

Good stuff G-Skill... Now I wish my 2 sticks of G-Skill UTT would do 250MHz @ tight timings all day long...

<-- must try some more settings if I ever get off WOW :-(...

Anyways, nice proposition & good luck...

[Lastviking]

well if i test 3.2v for 255... i think only few sticks will pass the 32m and i need to do another 3.3 for 255
3.3v at windows is read as 3.28v

k thx for info.

[OmegaMerc]

STUPID question I know, but this is for 2x512 sticks right? NOT 1x1GB?

[Jester FPS]

STUPID question I know, but this is for 2x512 sticks right? NOT 1x1GB?

^^ Yeah... If it's 2x1GB count me in for sure.

[Johnny Bravo]

would it be possible for some one stateside to make a batch purchase for all of us in Europe, would this simplify things for you?

[Lastviking]

STUPID question I know, but this is for 2x512 sticks right? NOT 1x1GB?

Bh5 sticks cant be 1gb sticks trust me :) , and its 2x512mb.

Johnny Bravo: If he dont can send sticks to europe maybe i can help users to get the sticks to europe. I have a friend thats ship stuff for me from usa to sweden.

The main trouble is if he realy can find so many sticks that makes 250mhz+ with 3.2v for all of Xtreme users that need sticks or want sticks.

[GSKILL TECH]

ok some news here!
becasue in our office doesn't have any CC machine and paypal account
digi4me is going to take all the payment for us
right now i only have about 20 pairs for now but i think there will be more pop out until this next monday since i still have a lot need to test
my test method is runing 3.3v 255 single stick 1st ( windows read 3.28v)
then for those passed 3.3v 255 i pair them up and test with 3.3v 254 2-2-2-5-7-13-2-2-1-2 with ultra-d motherboard at opty165 cpu
if 32M passed is good, if not -> back to TW

do you guys want some like..... speical spd (like ur name, or some weird thing lol) i can do that but cost extra 100,000,000 jk
no extra cost of cuz
i think within US is 138 shipped with FCM insurance with check or MO
for CC is extra 3% charge, paypal is 4%, CA tax is 8.25%
i will open a new thread for order tomorrow
outside of US i am still not sure yet but i will do my best
i think it is probably extra 30 for EMS but this i am not sure.

[soundx98]

Please do not open a new thread as those that have been following this for a month may miss it.

[filmbot]

Im def in, I will for sure buy a set of these sticks, especially at that price.
Let us know when you get them up for sale and Ill be in line.

[GSKILL TECH]

hum.... ok i but i am not sure who really wants it!
pm each person who reply this thread?
i will make a list and post in new thread! all the ppl in this thread are in the list for usre (if already reply)

[IB-RJ]

Please do not open a new thread as those that have been following this for a month may miss it.
I second that, just post it here, or in PM

[IB-RJ]

hum.... ok i but i am not sure who really wants it!
pm each person who reply this thread?
i will make a list and post in new thread! all the ppl in this thread are in the list for usre (if already reply)
I am ready to spend my money, I need 2 pair, or 4 sticks, just tell me how to pay

[Zeus]

GStech,

Thanks for the offer but i'm out.
I didn't have any patience so ordered a set at a store in Germany and i don't regret it. (Gskill GH that is)
Only have it for an hour but i'm a happy camper with 250MHz 2-2-2-5 @ only 3.22V.

I haven't tried lower voltage yet. :)

[GSKILL TECH]

GStech,

Thanks for the offer but i'm out.
I didn't have any patience so ordered a set at a store in Germany and i don't regret it. (Gskill GH that is)
Only have it for an hour but i'm a happy camper with 250MHz 2-2-2-5 @ only 3.22V.

I haven't tried lower voltage yet. :)
damm i would say u pick up a nice kit.....
well the point is i do believe 3.2v for 250 is good but i need to guarantee whoever buy this 500 from us will work any motherboard, CPU you know. so that is why i test at 255 3.3v (3.28v)
but nice ram you have there........

[Zeus]

Yeah, i sure have.
It completed a SuperPi32M run at those setting. :)

Tonight i'm gonna burn those babies in, hope they will make 265+ :D

[dave_graham]

would it be possible for some one stateside to make a batch purchase for all of us in Europe, would this simplify things for you?

i can do it. i'm doing some fronting for a guy in Iceland right now. :)

i'll offer my services for whatever you need. obviously, i need to ensure that i'm walking out the door with a zero balance (i.e. i don't want to MAKE money but i don't want to lose it either) but if ya'll have a source you want it bought from, lemme know. I'm yours.

dave

[Fhqwhgads6680]

Hi, just saw this thread and I am VERY interested! when is this going to happen and what can I do to ensure I get a kit?

Thanks,
Brandon J

[Zeus]

Burning in didn't give me what i hoped for: one stick died! :(
Only gave it 3.0V and let memtest test 5 loop overnite at 220MHz w/ an 80mm fan blowing over it.
This morning i got zillions of errors, restarting memtest uncovered more errors in all tests even at 200MHz.

Putting in my old 2x256 Hyper-X all was fine, trying 1 stick at a time learned that one is broken, the other one is ok.

What a pity, 3.0V is within margin isn't it?

[Lastviking]

Burning in didn't give me what i hoped for: one stick died! :(
Only gave it 3.0V and let memtest test 5 loop overnite at 220MHz w/ an 80mm fan blowing over it.
This morning i got zillions of errors, restarting memtest uncovered more errors in all tests even at 200MHz.

Putting in my old 2x256 Hyper-X all was fine, trying 1 stick at a time learned that one is broken, the other one is ok.

What a pity, 3.0V is within margin isn't it?

You did give the sticks to low vdimm thats the problem, never burn in bh5 sticks with lower vdimm than 3.5v ;) .

Hmm are you sure thats sticks are bh5 -utt and not ch5 -utt?

bh5 is very very hard to kill maybe it was bad from the start.

[Zeus]

I wanted to take it easy on this RAM a bit, do you think it died due to too low Vdimm?
That's pretty hard to imagine.
Afaik Gskill GH are all BH-5 instead of CH-5.

When i firts popped them in they did 250MHz at 3.22V completly stable, i even ran SPi 32M.

[Lastviking]

I wanted to take it easy on this RAM a bit, do you think it died due to too low Vdimm?
That's pretty hard to imagine.
Afaik Gskill GH are all BH-5 instead of CH-5.

When i firts popped them in they did 250MHz at 3.22V completly stable, i even ran SPi 32M.

Thx for the info i dont think it was becuse of high or low vdimm(low vdimm was more a joke ;) ) , And why do i think they didnt die becuse of high vdimm..i realy realy triend to kill me Xtreem pc3200 bh5- utt sticks with high vdimm but it didnt work... another thing one from russian that have the WR with 2x512 sticks used around 4.1v and he did use the new Gskill bh -utt sticks. And they didnt die,the temp was around -10c on the sticks.

I think you got a bad stick that something was wrong with it from the start. What rev do you have on your board and what slots did you use? and what slot did the stick die in.

[Zeus]

Yeah one was probably faulty from the start as the sticks didn't respond to any more voltage at all! (Errors increased actually)

I have the AD0 revision and the RAM was in the yellow slots, tbh i don't know in which slot the stick was that died.

Yeah BH-5 is supposed to be very voltage resistant, i don't believe voltage was the culprit here, i even had an 80mm fan blowing onto the RAM.

Strange how it was able to do 32M last night. :confused:

[Lastviking]

Yeah one was probably faulty from the start as the sticks didn't respond to any more voltage at all! (Errors increased actually)

I have the AD0 revision and the RAM was in the yellow slots, tbh i don't know in which slot the stick was that died.

Yeah BH-5 is supposed to be very voltage resistant, i don't believe voltage was the culprit here, i even had an 80mm fan blowing onto the RAM.

Strange how it was able to do 32M last night. :confused:

Yes is wierd.. next time use Orange slots they clocks beter with higher vdimm.

[IB-RJ]

Yes is wierd.. next time use Orange slots they clocks beter with higher vdimm.
Is this true of the expert as well ?
Just got one, and have yet to plug it in

[Lastviking]

Is this true of the expert as well ?
Just got one, and have yet to plug it in

Dont know but i think so becuse the Venus i have clocks also beter with orange slots with bh5. I have not tested Expert i moved to Venus instead :)

[GSKILL TECH]

198 sticks * average 15min per stick (passed = 30min ; and fail on 1 sec lol)
and pair 32m test.....
drive me carzy now~~

[Lastviking]

198 sticks * average 15min per stick (passed = 30min ; and fail on 1 sec lol)
and pair 32m test.....
drive me carzy now~~

You doing a very great job. Many thx to you.

[filmbot]

So does this mean that the sticks will be available very soon?

[GSKILL TECH]

i guess ppl can get it before 4/7/06 :)

[filmbot]

Awesome :D

I want to be one of the first in line.
Is there any set price for these sticks?

Oh yea, sorry to be a bother, but check your inbox ;)

[IB-RJ]

Dont know but i think so becuse the Venus i have clocks also beter with orange slots with bh5. I have not tested Expert i moved to Venus instead :)
Thanks for the reply

[Athlon64OC]

Awesome!!!

I want to order it now,
I live in holland what will it cost?
And when can i pay and receive this awesome memory?

Thks alot

[sson74]

i want a set, thanks

[GSKILL TECH]

ok here is the list who reply this thread in order
please pm me with 3day
because there are not enough pair so limit one per user
it is $138 shipped within US and outside of US you can ask dave_graham, thx dave :)
you can use paypal CC or direct CC payment to me
please pm me within 72hrs, if i don't get your pm you lose it. whoever in 1st waiting list will get it.

sorry forget to state that CA need to pay the 8.25% sales tax due the CA Law; who live in CA is $149 shipped

1.Zeus
2.Pyr0
3.althes
4.cadaveca
5.kiwi
6.hicookie
7.formyfaith
8.bazx
9.CandymanCan
10.schifter
11.K33B4
12.agenda2005
13.IB-RJ
14.soundx98
15.metro.cl
16.Vapor
17.Sup3rman
20.Coroner Kyle
21.EvilCloudStrife
22.AAdjuster
23.Mn3monic
25.Lastviking
26.day187
27.dinos22
28.El Snorro
29.OUT
30.M.Beier
31.Minnyboy
32.OmegaMerc


29.filmbot
24.sson74
18.Athlon64OC

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ppl in above please pm me right away
if pm received


waiting list

Obelisk79
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[Obelisk79]

I dunno if it's too late or not available to me cause I'm relatively new here but I'd LOVE to be put on the waiting list for a set of these.

[GSKILL TECH]

btw the way the timing for DFi-ultra-D as following

FSB 255 3.3v (bios read 3.28v) 32M passed REAL TIME
DRAM FREQUENCY SET: 200 (1:1)
COMMAND PER CLOCK: ENABLE (1T)
CAS: 2
TRCD: 2
TRAS: 5
TRP: 2
TRC: 7
TRFC: 13
TRRD: 2
TER: 2
TWTR: 1
TRWT: 2
TREF: 3684
TWCL: 1
DRAM BANK INTERLEAVE: ENABLE

DQS SKEW CONTROL: AUTO
DQS SKEW VALUE: 0
DRAM DRIVE STRENGTH: 7
DARM DATE DRIVE STRENGTH: 3
MAX ASYNC LATENCY: 6NS
DARM RESPONSE: NORMAL
READ PREAMBLE TIME: 4NS
IDLECYCLE LIMIT: 256
DYNAMIC COUNTER: ENABLE
R/W QUEUE BYPASS:16
BYPASS MAX: 7
32 BYTE GRANULARITY: DISABLE

[OCme]

Took too long so I scored a Gig of OCZ PC3500 Platinum LE Bh-5 so count me out

[filmbot]

Ill be finding out tommrow if I have the funds.
Hopefully there will still be a set available.

[soundx98]

PayPal has been sent. Thank you for all the hard work.

[nn_step]

I actually scored a set of Munskin that does 270 during the wait.. Please remove me from the list, to let the next person in.

[zungkono]

@GS Technician : can you tell me which BIOS version and DIMM slot you are using ?

[Fhqwhgads6680]

Hey thanks for putting me on the waiting list, but I won't have the funds :( so you can remove my name....now im sad..lol but thanks again, and this is a great offer!

Brandon J

[GSKILL TECH]

there is a bad news to international buyer
Digi4me was agree to take care of internation paypal and CC but now they step back and said no to me. for international buyer you need to ask someone who live in USA to pay for you.($138) and your friend will ship to you.... i am really sorry about those mess but digi4me really let me down...

[Lastviking]

there is a bad news to international buyer
Digi4me was agree to take care of internation paypal and CC but now they step back and said no to me. for international buyer you need to ask someone who live in USA to pay for you.($138) and your friend will ship to you.... i am really sorry about those mess but digi4me really let me down...

Hmm i see a bug in your list :p: "7.formyfaith ,19.formyfaith"

[GSKILL TECH]

Hmm i see a bug in your list :p: "7.formyfaith ,19.formyfaith"
thx man :)

[Zeus]

You can take me of the list since i already got a pair so somebody else gets a chance.

Besides, i live in Europe too.

Good luck.

[Lastviking]

You can take me of the list since i already got a pair so somebody else gets a chance.

Besides, i live in Europe too.

Good luck.

Its looks like "G.S Technician" got to many sticks soon, can i borrow the ones thats are not sold to xtreme users ;) , i promise you that i handle them with care and only give them 3.7-4.5vdimm :D

[dave_graham]

there is a bad news to international buyer
Digi4me was agree to take care of internation paypal and CC but now they step back and said no to me. for international buyer you need to ask someone who live in USA to pay for you.($138) and your friend will ship to you.... i am really sorry about those mess but digi4me really let me down...


folks,

i ship internationally all the time and would be happy to provide that service to you. G.Skill, let me know what you need from my end.

dave

[GSKILL TECH]

folks,

i ship internationally all the time and would be happy to provide that service to you. G.Skill, let me know what you need from my end.

dave
thx man! all internaltion buyer can detail with you

[filmbot]

Alright, I found out I do have the money to get these, so Im going to make sure all my PayPal things are in order and I will PM you sometime tonight.

[Zeus]

Its looks like "G.S Technician" got to many sticks soon, can i borrow the ones thats are not sold to xtreme users ;) , i promise you that i handle them with care and only give them 3.7-4.5vdimm :D

You're too good for this world. :D

LastViking feeding hungry RAM> :explode: :D

[GSKILL TECH]

update 4/11/2006

ok here is the list who reply this thread in order
please pm me with 3day
because there are not enough pair so limit one per user
it is $138 shipped within US and outside of US is $158
you can use paypal CC or direct CC payment to me
please pm me within 72hrs, if i don't get your pm you lose it. whoever in 1st waiting list will get it.

sorry forget to state that CA need to pay the 8.25% sales tax due the CA Law; who live in CA is $149 shipped

1.Zeus
3.althes
4.cadaveca
5.kiwi
6.hicookie
payment received, wait for shipping conf from digi4me
9.CandymanCan
10.schifter
12.agenda2005
15.metro.cl
16.Vapor
17.Sup3rman
20.Coroner Kyle
21.EvilCloudStrife
22.AAdjuster
23.Mn3monic
26.day187
27.dinos22
28.El Snorro
30.M.Beier
31.Minnyboy
32.OmegaMerc
18.Athlon64OC
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ppl in above please pm me right away
if pm received

2.Pyr0 shipped
29.filmbot shipped
24.sson74 shipped
25.Lastviking shipped
13.IB-RJ shipped
14.soundx98 shipped
7.formyfaith shipped
8.bazx shipped
11.K33B4 shipped
33.Obelisk79 shipped
34.dave shipped

[dave_graham]

btw, can i hop on the list or am i too far gone?

dave

[GSKILL TECH]

btw, can i hop on the list or am i too far gone?

dave
hehe you want one? pm me :)

[soundx98]

He should get on the list just for his class offer to help :)

[dave_graham]

He should get on the list just for his class offer to help :)


just doing what i love to do, mate...i don't deserve better treatment than anyone else.

dave

[bazx]

pm sent

[filmbot]

So when everybody gets these, should we start a new thread with each of our results or just keep it in here.
Also, G.S., do you know if they will run the same speeds on an intel board, i865?
Cause Im in the process of getting a PM rig together and these seem like they would be great in it.

[nn_step]

So when everybody gets these, should we start a new thread with each of our results or just keep it in here.
Also, G.S., do you know if they will run the same speeds on an intel board, i865?
Cause Im in the process of getting a PM rig together and these seem like they would be great in it.
you might need to do a volt mod for 3.3v on that PM rig..
but honestly DDR500 2-2-2-5 is hard to beat.. except with maybe DDR540 2-2-2-5 :D

[bazx]

So when everybody gets these, should we start a new thread with each of our results or just keep it in here.
Also, G.S., do you know if they will run the same speeds on an intel board, i865?
Cause Im in the process of getting a PM rig together and these seem like they would be great in it.

hehe i would dought any of the names on the list will get any ram as there is
only 2 days left to come get it

[filmbot]

you might need to do a volt mod for 3.3v on that PM rig..
but honestly DDR500 2-2-2-5 is hard to beat.. except with maybe DDR540 2-2-2-5 :D

Yea, I know that Ill need to do a volt mod and Im willing, I just need to relearn my soldern skills first.
Im hoping Ill have me a mean PM rig with all the goodie mods, good HS/F (7700-Cu), and a x850 with all the mods that I can find, I cant wait.


hehe i would dought any of the names on the list will get any ram as there is
only 2 days left to come get it

Well mines already shipped and I want to show these beauts off :cool:
I think if nobody else starts a thread in the bandwith section, then I will and hopefully the rest of you guys that got a set will post your results in there too.

[zungkono]

@GS Tech : I am people in Indonesia (South East Asia), Am I too late to have it? If I can, How ? (I dont have paypal, just have CC) thanks

[soundx98]

Was hoping they would be in the mail today :(
How were they sent out? USPS? FedEx?, UPS? - Pony Express? :)

[Pyr0]

hi soundx :up:
maybe snail mail ;)

[dave_graham]

USPS Global EMS for international and I believe USPS Priority domestically.

dave

[soundx98]

Great News Dave. Should have it Monday

OT - Yo Pyr0. So how's the Venus? Will PM later :toast:

[GSKILL TECH]

according to digi4me
it is 1st class + insurance.....

[dave_graham]

well, guess i was wrong there.

oops.

dave

[Lastviking]

Got the sticks to my friend today :toast: , but know they have a long way to sweden left :stick:

[Pyr0]

anybody gotten their sticks yet?
looking forward to seeing all the results :up:

[Zeus]

Yeah me too, mine don't seem to like voltage (yet?), got them stable up to 256MHz in memtest and 260MHz @ 3,4V for SuperPi 32M.

I'm still in the process of burning them in.

[bazx]

well mine has just landed here in the UK along with a dfi cfx3200-dr

so i no what i will be doing this weekend

[Pyr0]

i wonder where mine are :confused:

[K33B4]

Yea same here!! I'm wondering where mine are!! G.S Tech where were the sticks shipped from?

[GSKILL TECH]

Yea same here!! I'm wondering where mine are!! G.S Tech where were the sticks shipped from?
according to digi4me, they ship out at 4/11 FCM with insurance

[GSKILL TECH]

i wonder where mine are :confused:
your item ship out at 4/7 to BR 1st, he will send it to you

[Obelisk79]

Mine came by today but I wasn't home to sign for it so I'll have to go to the post office tomorrow and pick the package up then.

[jakedeez]

I am in for a few sticks!

[IB-RJ]

your item ship out at 4/7 to BR 1st, he will send it to you
I hope your referring to me? RJ ;)
Still not here yet, mail comes in about 2 hours, fingers crossed:)

[Obelisk79]

Picked mine up from the post office this afternoon, but I'm headewd out of town for the weekend due to easter. I'll post pics/results next week, I'm very excited.

[Zeus]

My set is pretty hot after all, i found that my opty doesn't like MAL<9, with MAL @9 it is capable of doing some nice things. :)

Here is 32M at DDR537 @ 3.6V:

[dave_graham]

got mine today.
dave

[IB-RJ]

i wonder where mine are :confused:
Got them today Pyr0, will send them to you first thing monday :woot:

[zungkono]

@Zeus : nice mem, why dont you give max oc@3.2v

[Pyr0]

Got them today Pyr0, will send them to you first thing monday :woot:
:woot: :toast: nice one RJ :up:

[TheMeatFrog]

If there are any sets left I would like a kit. But I think I'm too late as normal. :(

[bazx]

mine ant to shabby @3.6v 166/

http://net7.info/1/bh5/bh53.JPG

[Pyr0]

nice results bazx :toast:
do they really need all that voltage for 258MHz?
seems a large jump from 3.2V @ 250MHz :shrug:

[bazx]

to be honest i used zeus settings as a jump off and could not hit 322

so i just droped to 310 i have it running a 32m right now and seems ok
so will try a lower voltage next

[bazx]

ok droped the voltage to 3.3 and it ran 310 no problem

[Pyr0]

:woot: excellent
looking forward to trying 4 sticks together on the venus board :)
this is about as tight as i could get the timings with 2 sticks (non handpicked) on my sli-d @ 250MHz & 3.3V
drv str=3 & data drv=2
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5530/newtimings4ni.png

[zungkono]

nice results bazx :toast:
do they really need all that voltage for 258MHz?
seems a large jump from 3.2V @ 250MHz :shrug:

it will be nice to see the gain MHz every 0.1v increment :)

[bazx]

i will play with the drive strenth

http://net7.info/1/bh5/bh57.JPG

[Lastviking]

I hope i get my sticks soon. They are in sweden but not in my hands yet. I will give you some Venus scores with 4x sticks when i get them :toast:

[bazx]

272 with 180/@3.7v found that above 3.8v the ram had peaked and no longer improved

http://net7.info/1/bh5/bh58.JPG

[dinos22]

wow

do some 8M runs

[filmbot]

Mine have been loungin up at the post office for a few days since Ive away on vacation, but tommrow I will get some quick 1M results.

[filmbot]

Alright, I have a problem.
G.S., I set all the timings to a T what you posted a couple of pages ago, set VDimm to both 3.2 and 3.3.
The problem is I cant pass Prime95 over a minute.
I have my multi set to 9x, so I know its not the CPU, they are in the orange slots, and the FSB is set to 250.
Any suggestions?

[dinos22]

try swapping the sticks around

[zungkono]

Alright, I have a problem.
G.S., I set all the timings to a T what you posted a couple of pages ago, set VDimm to both 3.2 and 3.3.
The problem is I cant pass Prime95 over a minute.
I have my multi set to 9x, so I know its not the CPU, they are in the orange slots, and the FSB is set to 250.
Any suggestions?

try to lower MAL to 7ns or even 8ns, and RP to 5 or 5.5:)

[soundx98]

try to lower MAL to 7ns or even 8ns, and RP to 5 or 5.5

Tha is exactly what I did with mine

[Lastviking]

Got my sticks today + 2x512 khx pc3200 old bh5 ..some fast testing:

Kingston stick 1 268,68mhz
Kingston stick 2 266,41mhz
Gskill 1 263.00mhz
Gskill 2 266,41mhz
Gskill 3 263.00mhz
Gskill 4 264,89mhz

Dont remember vdimm but i think its about 3.50v

Only fast test to see the best sticks. More testing after work.

[soundx98]

Last Viking, What Drive Strength and Data Drive Strength were you using with the GSkill on Venus?

[Lastviking]

Last Viking, What Drive Strength and Data Drive Strength were you using with the GSkill on Venus?

1,1 and MAL = 8 , RP = 5

Not full testet if this is the best MAL and RP setting yet, but it works fine for me.

[soundx98]

Thank you, what I needed to do as well.

[Lastviking]

Thank you, what I needed to do as well.

Some more info its very very hard to get 4x512 Gskill @ 250mhz stabilty... But with Corsair+Muskin+2xkingstone i realy not have any problem over 250mhz+, i have already been over 275mhz super p1m with 4x512mb on my Venus board. Maybe the Gskill sticks need some burning in first.

[K33B4]

Some initial results from my first hour of testing!! Got these at 1:15pm and put em right away and flashed bios to 03/30/2006 beta bios from DFI.

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/1771/3ghz2io.th.jpg (http://img384.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3ghz2io.jpg)


The bios settings are as follows:
DRAM fRequency 166Mhz
CAS 2
Trcd 2
tras 5
trp 2
trc 7
trfc 13
trrd 2
twr 2
twtr 1
trwt 2
Tref 166 7.8us
Twcl 1
Bank Interleave Enabled
DQS Strobe Disbaled
DQs Value 0
Drive Strength 7
Data Drive 3
Max Async Latency 9ns
Dram Response Normal
Preamble 5ns
Idyle Cycle 256
Dynamic Counter Enable
Bypass 16x
Max 7x

Note that timings are derived from G.S Tech's post but i had to relax the MAL to 9ns and RPT 5ns cuz i couldn't get this to boot at this divider!!
After relaxing the MAL i got this result, just to clarify what i meant!!

[GSKILL TECH]

this is the timing i used, 32M realtime passed but i didn't test sp2004

AMD FX57 1:1 255*11
Ultra-D 510-1 bios ver.A02

FSB 255 3.3v (bios read 3.28v) 32M passed REAL TIME
DRAM FREQUENCY SET: 200 (1:1)
COMMAND PER CLOCK: ENABLE (1T)
CAS: 2
TRCD: 2
TRAS: 5
TRP: 2
TRC: 7
TRFC: 13
TRRD: 2
TER: 2
TWTR: 1
TRWT: 2
TREF: 3684
TWCL: 1
DRAM BANK INTERLEAVE: ENABLE

DQS SKEW CONTROL: AUTO
DQS SKEW VALUE: 0
DRAM DRIVE STRENGTH: 7
DARM DATE DRIVE STRENGTH: 3
MAX ASYNC LATENCY: 6NS
DARM RESPONSE: NORMAL
READ PREAMBLE TIME: 4NS
IDLECYCLE LIMIT: 256
DYNAMIC COUNTER: ENABLE
R/W QUEUE BYPASS:16
BYPASS MAX: 7
32 BYTE GRANULARITY: DISABLE

[GSKILL TECH]

Some more info its very very hard to get 4x512 Gskill @ 250mhz stabilty... But with Corsair+Muskin+2xkingstone i realy not have any problem over 250mhz+, i have already been over 275mhz super p1m with 4x512mb on my Venus board. Maybe the Gskill sticks need some burning in first.
try DDS DDDS at 10-1 or 8-1?

[Lastviking]

try DDS DDDS at 10-1 or 8-1?

K i will try it.

[Lastviking]

K i will try it.

10-1 crash after sometime 250mhz 3.51v

Edit:Samething with 8-1

[Pyr0]

I'm very interested in your findings Lastviking :)
I was planning on trying 4 of these GH sticks with my DFI Venus too
hopefully i'll get them in the next week or so :)

[Lastviking]

I'm very interested in your findings Lastviking :)
I was planning on trying 4 of these GH sticks with my DFI Venus too
hopefully i'll get them in the next week or so :)

Lower mhz works but not 250mhz+ , but with my old bh5 250mhz+ works

[GSKILL TECH]

Lower mhz works but not 250mhz+ , but with my old bh5 250mhz+ works
hummm i didn't try 4 dimm together...
what DDDS and DDS you use?

[Lastviking]

hummm i didn't try 4 dimm together...
what DDDS and DDS you use?

Tryied 1,1 thats work well with my old bh5 and tryied 8,1 / 10,1

[Pyr0]

i'd start from something like DS 15 and work down :shrug:

[filmbot]

Little update.
Im Priming at 260 right now, its been about 2hrs in or so and its still running.
Only changes Ive made was loosen TREF, RP and MAL, voltage at 3.55 with 3.5 BIOS selected.
As of right now Im still in a colosed case but I have a fan blowing from my side window, does anybody know of a good way to mount of fan over the RAM while still being in a case?

[Obelisk79]

Build a simple fan shroud/duct to direct air directly over the ram? Might not look pretty but with some cardboard and packing tape it should be easy and effective. Just a thought.

[filmbot]

I have seen people with fans screwed straight on to the motherboard over the RAM but their setup was outside of the case, does this mean for me to do that I have to have it outside?
Also, a little update.
At 260, Prime95 failed after 3hrs 50mins.
Im running Large FFT, is this the best one to test the RAM or is blend?

[zungkono]

I have seen people with fans screwed straight on to the motherboard over the RAM but their setup was outside of the case, does this mean for me to do that I have to have it outside?
Also, a little update.
At 260, Prime95 failed after 3hrs 50mins.
Im running Large FFT, is this the best one to test the RAM or is blend?

yes prime large fft best for testing memory (including cpu), I ran it for 7-8 hrs (2 loops), or else you can test wit spi32M for 3-4 times, if passed, it also passed prime.

[maverik-sg1]

I am in if you ship UK - which u gotta do!!!

Cheers

Mav

[Pyr0]

i had to get a friend in the US to buy and ship mine to the UK for me

[Zeus]

Any more results?
Mine can do 32M 270MHz with 3.6V (mine are not from GStechnician)

At 3.7V i get loads of errors in memtest, didn't bother trying to stabilize, i don't think the sticks will take 3.7V

I got them to accept 3.5V+ after 1,5 hour of memtesting test 5 looping when it went from at least 4-8 errors per pass to zero per pass.

270MHz is a bit on the edge, perhaps burning in some more might make it 100% errorfree but i'm a bit reluctant to let it loop memtest all night at 3.6V.

Am i a chicken? :D

[Lastviking]

Any more results?
Mine can do 32M 270MHz with 3.6V (mine are not from GStechnician)

At 3.7V i get loads of errors in memtest, didn't bother trying to stabilize, i don't think the sticks will take 3.7V

I got them to accept 3.5V+ after 1,5 hour of memtesting test 5 looping when it went from at least 4-8 errors per pass to zero per pass.

270MHz is a bit on the edge, perhaps burning in some more might make it 100% errorfree but i'm a bit reluctant to let it loop memtest all night at 3.6V.

Am i a chicken? :D

Stil burning in.. mine sticks cant take 3.83v yet and the only another vdimms i have tested is 3.33v,3,42v,3.51v

[filmbot]

Im still trying to get 260 completely stable on mine.
I passed 32M but it wont go that far with Prime.
Voltage right now is 3.66 (3.6 BIOS selected).
Does BH-5 react to changes in timings as much as other ICs or just mostly voltage?

EDIT:
32M passed but fails after 2mins with Prime blend?
Whats going on here?

[Zeus]

260 should be a walk in the park even at lower voltage.

Set every timing to auto except for the 2-2-2-5 settings, run memtest 86+ from bios and tighten the timings one at a time and rerun memtest 86+ after each change.

That's the only way to find out what holding you back.
Doing so i found that my MAL set to 8 was too tight, something i never thought about changing but it worked like a charm, i went from 256 up to 269 memtest stable.

Also, 3,66V is a bit much for 260MHz, start with 3,4-3,5V.

Last Viking, i'm curious what you can drag out of your sticks, c' mon man, show some sick numbers. ;)

I'm gonna play around some more with Data/Drive strenght to see if my sticks will take 3.7V, hoping to get a few more MHz outta them.

[Obelisk79]

Man my mobo sucks it can only go to roughly 2.85 vdimm. Anyone have any ideas as to how far I should try to push it on that low volts?

[zungkono]

Man my mobo sucks it can only go to roughly 2.85 vdimm. Anyone have any ideas as to how far I should try to push it on that low volts?

you have to mod your vdimm, unless you got nothing on cas 2

[Zeus]

Man my mobo sucks it can only go to roughly 2.85 vdimm. Anyone have any ideas as to how far I should try to push it on that low volts?

Don't bother with 2.85V, it's way too little.

Get yourself a booster or do a Vmod.

[GSKILL TECH]

Im still trying to get 260 completely stable on mine.
I passed 32M but it wont go that far with Prime.
Voltage right now is 3.66 (3.6 BIOS selected).
Does BH-5 react to changes in timings as much as other ICs or just mostly voltage?

EDIT:
32M passed but fails after 2mins with Prime blend?
Whats going on here?
humm that is interesting. i only test 32m realtime but not prime

[filmbot]

Yea, I know its weird cause usually if I fail Prime that quickly, then 32M fails within the first 2 loops.
Any suggestions or should I just say that 32M is stable enough?

[GSKILL TECH]

maybe just use for few days and see any weird thing happen...

[filmbot]

Alright.
Im going to spend today running some tests and I think if my results are decent enough, Im going to start another thread in XB.
Ill let you guys know and Id really like to have you guys post your results in there also.

[zungkono]

Yea, I know its weird cause usually if I fail Prime that quickly, then 32M fails within the first 2 loops.
Any suggestions or should I just say that 32M is stable enough?

have you tried pi32M 2 or 3 times and pass?
usually if I can pass pi32M over 3 times, it will pas prime large fft too.

[Lastviking]

260 should be a walk in the park even at lower voltage.

Set every timing to auto except for the 2-2-2-5 settings, run memtest 86+ from bios and tighten the timings one at a time and rerun memtest 86+ after each change.

That's the only way to find out what holding you back.
Doing so i found that my MAL set to 8 was too tight, something i never thought about changing but it worked like a charm, i went from 256 up to 269 memtest stable.

Also, 3,66V is a bit much for 260MHz, start with 3,4-3,5V.

Last Viking, i'm curious what you can drag out of your sticks, c' mon man, show some sick numbers. ;)

I'm gonna play around some more with Data/Drive strenght to see if my sticks will take 3.7V, hoping to get a few more MHz outta them.

This is for you :)

http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload3/2x512mbGskill3.68v.JPG

Stil need to brun in this sticks more.. this is with only 3.68v cant use more yet...3.68v is more like 3.62v set in bios on the Dfi ultra-D. The Venus dont overvolting the vdimm so much like the ultra-d do.. This is checked with meter.

More info will come later.

[s7e9h3n]

This is for you :)

http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload3/2x512mbGskill3.68v.JPG

Stil need to brun in this sticks more.. this is with only 3.68v cant use more yet...3.68v is more like 3.62v set in bios on the Dfi ultra-D. The Venus dont overvolting the vdimm so much like the ultra-d do.. This is checked with meter.

More info will come later.
LV - why trc9? You're killing performance :confused: The Venus doesn't overvolt due to it's 4-phase power ;)

[Lastviking]

LV - why trc9? You're killing performance :confused: The Venus doesn't overvolt due to it's 4-phase power ;)

I always used Trc 9 on my nf2 so its a bad habbit. I´m not after the best times also, Only a fast test to show how high they can go :), Thx for the info about 4 phase thing... maybe i need to change my Antec True Controll soon (20pins + 4)


Edit: Room temp was about 23c

[Sub zero]

Count me in for sure!:)

[Zeus]

Nice going LastViking!! :up:

I really like the custom part number in the SPD tab.
/me wants.

Your sticks are about the same as mine:

[Lastviking]

Nice going LastViking!! :up:

I really like the custom part number in the SPD tab.
/me wants.

Your sticks are about the same as mine:

Nice time there :) , what vdimm is your setting in bios? + check with meter if you can for me :)

Many thx to "G.S Technician" for the big jobb to find good sticks.

[Zeus]

Thanks mate.
Vdimm in bios was 3.6V +0.03V disabled.

I will check Vdimm with DMM next time i run 3.6V but i guess it's about 3.65ish.

[Lastviking]

Thanks mate.
Vdimm in bios was 3.6V +0.03V disabled.

I will check Vdimm with DMM next time i run 3.6V but i guess it's about 3.65ish.

K i think you have same vdimm like me then :) , 3.6v is about 3.67v+ real on ultra-d

[zungkono]

Im still trying to get 260 completely stable on mine.
I passed 32M but it wont go that far with Prime.
Voltage right now is 3.66 (3.6 BIOS selected).
Does BH-5 react to changes in timings as much as other ICs or just mostly voltage?

EDIT:
32M passed but fails after 2mins with Prime blend?
Whats going on here?

is your cpu can pass that speed ? have you lower the cpu multi ?
maybe your mem is fine, but your cpu not stable at that speed ?

[filmbot]

Yea, I know that the CPU isnt the problem, I dropped the multi to 9 and at that moment its underclocked.
It runs at 2.4 and right now its at 2.3.
I have higher volts running in it on account of the stories of high vdimm and low vcore.
Ill try to lower the volts and see if it gets more stable, which I doubt will help.
I have tried a lot of settings and drive strengths, but nothing has seemed to help.
Bachus said to try and run 8/2 for higher volts but that didnt seem to help.
G.S. or anybody have any ideas what settings may really open these things up on an Ultra-D?

[Zeus]

Try this:



Set every timing to auto except for the 2-2-2-5 settings, run memtest 86+ from bios and tighten the timings one at a time and rerun memtest 86+ after each change.

That's the only way to find out what holding you back.


Messing around with all settings isn't exactly the best idea, just start of with everything on auto, also DRAM/Drive strength and set 3.4-3.5V

Tweak from there.

[zungkono]

using vdimm 3.4-3.5v DS/DDS level 8/1

[Sub zero]

Are these still available?