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exactly what I was thinking. I'm gonna buy some of those soon, I hope they dont run outa BH-5Quote:
Originally posted by aldamon
There's still a good chance of getting BH-5 from these sticks here:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...ductCode=80088
I believe the PC3000 rating scared people away from the model.
EB is the only way to go...
Sorry for slight deviation from main thread subject, but is this the 512MB EB that is recommended?
pc3500
edit - forgot link! duh!
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There's still a good chance of getting BH-5 from these sticks here:
CHANCE.
BTW, if you are looking for BH-5 stuffs, I have a 512 stick of Corsair PC3500 and two 256 meg sticks of Mushkin PC3500 level II BH-5 that will be hitting the classifieds soon, I can guarantee BH-5 goodness.
anyway, thanks for the heads up, i was for sure thinking that the well had dried up completely on the BH-5 stuffs.
baldy
I want some good 512x2 that wiill hold up good to the 64-Bit and overclock well
All the khx 3200 and 3000 2-2-2 is bh-5 (some 3000 is bh-6, but haven't seen any in a realy long time, and bh-6 is still damn good anyway) the 2-3-2 or the 3000/3200A is ch-5. If they send you ch-5 you can return it because they are advertising 2-2-2 non A and they sent 2-3-2 A.
Or you could just get eb and get similar timings with lower volts.
EB and Ballistix are the way to go because you get the tightest timings possible without silly volts.
BH-5 needs 3.3vish to hit 250 whereas 3700EB can do it on 2.7-2.8v. The lower the volts going through the onboard memory controller, the better.
I just sold a BH-5 and a BH-6 stick to pay for my EB.
Yeah...the EB really looks like it is really the only way to go on the DFI board for the 64-bit. I know that is the way I am going to go and the price on the PC3500 1GB set is only $295.00 on NewEgg. Unless anyone else knows where to get it cheaper? That is a trusted place anyway...
So, how will running 2 512 MB sticks of EB affect an overclock, as opposed to 1. I imagine ya can't clock it as high with two sticks, or am I wrong and these bA64 systems are different?
I like running with a gig, but if it will severely put a damper on my overclock, I'd run w 512 KB.
Am I correct in assuming that two single sticks of 3500EB are the same as a "Dual Channel" kit?
listing:
OCZ4331024EBDCPE-K <<< 1 GB DC kit
OCZ433512EBPE <<< 1 single 512 KB stick
If singles will function just as well, I'd rather just get 2x a single stick.
As long as the performance is identical. Does anyone, here, know if it would be?
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some thoughts...
- This board is single channel, so any "optimizations" ( if, indeed there are any ) for dual channel, aren't necessary.
- Also, two single sticks are cheaper ( here ) than the DC kit.
- I can get one, now, and another later, so as to lessen my initial for outlay for A64 ( and the subsequent impact on my wallet ).
this thread ahs been completely jacked...
there are plenty of great threads about mem floating about, go check them out.
Here I'll save you the trouble.
EB is the best for a64.
1gb is better for games, 512mb is better for bench
1sided Dimms are better than 2
2dimms clock lower than 1.
BH-5 is still pretty darn good
be careful not to pump too much vdimm, it MIGHT be harming the a64 integrated mem controller. (see "EB is the best")
ok....now can we go back to talking about the DFI?
ex: what mods do you guys think you might be doing to your boards?
I'd like to do a VTT mod, as well as finding some way to eliminate the "uv" reactive nonsense on the board. Any ideas guys? like maybe liquid electrical tape?
I'm not lookin' to mod it at all. Why would you care about the UV stuff? It's not gonna affect how it performs. Personally, I don't care much what it looks like, but it's kinda cool for the folks who DO care. :shrug:
yellow UV mod is not any good for those who are into lightin things up...I AM into that stuff, I want my rig to look as good as it runs...
like 90% of pc's have a blue color scheme, why can't they do blue, or even red uV?. Personally my new case is going to have multiple themes of red, multiple of blue, and one of green, changeable via toggles, but the yellowwill have to persist among them all, and just does not look good.
I had an infinity - great looking board. I jsut don't get why there has to be a compromise between a board's performance and its appearance. While not nearly as bad as past lanpartys, this one still feels like it should have circus music playing as its theme music.
You mod it,, you voice your opinion about it, and the manufacturers WILL see and hear you, provided others think the same way. And I happen to knwo that I am not the only one who loves the performance of Lanparties, but doesn't like their near gaudiness.
I think red would be awesome...but you can get UV covers you know for the memory and PCI slots....
here...
http://svc.com/slotprotectors.html
SVC is awesome when it comes to alot of UV Lighting on things and I plan to make this DFI system look awesome as well as run great. I am with __TRONIK__ on making a system look as good as it runs. I see alot of these people that theirs looks like total :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: but it may run good and temps may be better. The color scheme I am using for mine is what I have now and it is blue. Although I am thinking of intergrating some red into the mix.
To let everyone know...I contacted DFI and the audio is 16-bit only. Which is still fine by me. I am not going to use my Sound Blaster ZS 2 once I get this board. The 7.1 it has is sufficent enough.
That god damn board needs to arrive soon:( For some reason my chipset is running 40C and I really don't know why...although it is lowering alittle right now.
Gameve is only 30 mins from me, so im guessing my board will arrive the following day its shipped. Possibly Fri?
Heehee, it won't take mine long to get here either. Seattle's just a hop, skip, & jump up the coast. :D I musta lost a few more marbles, cause I ordered up a X800 Pro too. Just gettin' too hard to wait on the PE I ordered. :rolleyes:
Looking forward to everyone's results with this DFI board :)
I am looking forward so much to this board. At my current state I can't even reach 225x10.0...and I did MemTest86 so it isn't my memory, the motherboard I have is just a piece of 'poo!'
Me too. Me too...
-jellysandwich
Curious to see if my 2800+ will perform any better with the DFI board vs. the 8KDA3J that I've got right now...
Why would you do that? Onboard audio can result in a 10% - 20% performance hit in games. If you already have an Audigy ZS, it seems silly to throw away the performance.Quote:
Originally posted by ugp
To let everyone know...I contacted DFI and the audio is 16-bit only. Which is still fine by me. I am not going to use my Sound Blaster ZS 2 once I get this board. The 7.1 it has is sufficent enough.
WEll that I didn't know...I figured the less sh*t installed the better. If in that case I will continue to use my SB then...
But SB really needs to fix there damn drivers.
In Doom 3 the sound likes to shut off and you have to restart the audio engine in console with Audigy cards. Everyone I know has that problem.
Ok anyway back to the DFI...I want it!!!!:smileysex I want to touch it and feel it....
10-20%? Bull :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: mate, not with modern processors.
ugp that happens to us nforce2 users too; dont think its limited to cards. To get the sound back on, just flick surround sound on/off.