Feedback for what DS3 Compatible RAM

Hey guys. I've been doing alot of research into what RAM i want to get. I've been looking at OCZ, Gskill, Team, and Corsair. I want a 2GB kit, either 667 or 800 I guess and I don't want to spend much more than 200$ I am going to order RAM tonight since my conroe chip should be here this week.

I have the giga DS3 and am getting the E6400. I'm really need to building and OCing so this is all a learning experiance for me. I probally won't be OCing ram and cpu right away not until I comfortable with everything setup. Anyways I've been hearing horror stories of certain Gskill and other rams that won't boot up on the bios. I'm looking for RAM that definitely will as I dont want to have to rma anything (knocks on wood).

Been looking at Team 2gb kit but its just more expensive than I want to pay...but if you guys can convince me I might go with that.

Two OCZ Golds, are these good? Timing seem not the best but im sure its great ram non-the-less. This one and That one

finally this Gskill may or may not work with the DS3...has anyone tried it? It is reasonably priced and great timing, volts 1.8-2.0v Gskill 2GB

I want nice working ram so if its not a certain volt does that mean it may not work right away with the DS3? I'm afraid that if I get a higher volt RAM it won't work with the bios right away, at least with the Gskill that is.

Any and all feedback for choosing ram would be great, please excuse me as this is my first pc build and I am learning. Thanks!:banana:

Does anyone have a list of which popular and good brand RAM works nicely in the DS3? 2GB Kits.

For Corsair does the XMS2 kits work?
I think I may just order this kit tonight, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145015

Will that be fine for ds3+e6400 ? Thanks!
This should be a great high performance ram for gaming at a reasonable price.

here's your memory list"

http://www.giga-byte.com/FileList/Me...a-965p-ds3.pdf

that list doesnt contain any of the GOOD ram thats all blah ram

avoid any of the Gold OCZ kits no matter what it is if you planb on overclocking.

to be honest. grab the TeamGroup. i cant say if it boots ok with the DS3 since the DS3 uses 1.8v by default. until you manually change it.

gskill avoid until they can put out kits that boot on what most boards use for defualt. which is 1.8-1.9v

corsair has some 1.9v ddr800 i believe.

667 800 1066 it dont matter its just gotta be able to boot up properly using gigabytes default voltages of 1.8v.

Just curious, but why do u say avoid OCZ gold?

anyone know if this http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-...c70e64a82afd7a
will work in the DS3?? I really like this and will get TeamGroup if I can be sure it will boot with ds3...I dont have another DDR2 kit to manually change volts so the non 1.8v ram that has issues boots.

Or this ddr2 800 http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800mhz-p-1645.html

they say 1.8-1.9 volt...hopefully either of these would work great in the DS3!


On a side note....MY E6400 SHIPPED TODAY FROM ZZF! Just got the shipped email! I should have the chip on thursday the 3rd!

Anyone tested this board with Mushkin XP2-5300 (Elpida-based)?

i'll buy geil 800mhz cl5 ram.

why ? 4 reasons:

- it's cheap
- timings make pretty no difference with conroe (at least anandtech says so)
- it uses only 1,8V
- it has a "safe-mode-spd", so on first booting it will set timings and speed to a value that will work with nearly every mobo out there.

-> so as long as nobody can say with 100% that ram xy will work and is better, i think this is the safest way.

i'm using 2gb kit mushkin green line ddr2 800 rated @ 5-5-5-15 @ 1.8v but it works great. I can run up to ddr900 @ 4-5-4-13 with 1.9v and up to ddr1070 so far @ 5-5-5-13 2.1v. All are stable dual PI 32m.
And it also has no problem booting at auto setting @ ddr 800 eventhough my ds4 detect at 3-5-5-15 in cpuz.
my spec as in my sig (except the ram)

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Originally Posted by Chris583

anyone know if this http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-...c70e64a82afd7a
will work in the DS3?? I really like this and will get TeamGroup if I can be sure it will boot with ds3...I dont have another DDR2 kit to manually change volts so the non 1.8v ram that has issues boots.

Or this ddr2 800 http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800mhz-p-1645.html

they say 1.8-1.9 volt...hopefully either of these would work great in the DS3!


On a side note....MY E6400 SHIPPED TODAY FROM ZZF! Just got the shipped email! I should have the chip on thursday the 3rd!

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Does this answer your Question.

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Originally Posted by mascarilha

i have , but i have gskill KLA 4200 DDR2-533mhz that suks a lot :D


but even with gskill LA PC 4200 i can run this:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2282/3100novobs6.jpg


:D :D



but my friend aldo got a E6400 and DS3 but he have a better RAM ( Xtream Team DDR667 3-3-3-8 ) and he already got this :



http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7342/semttulozf5.jpg



regards

regards

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holy crap... your friend with Xtreme RAM did very well...3.6ghz CPU clock speed what kind of cooling does he have?

I was considering the 667 RAM like your friend uses...if there any reason to spend 30$ more for the 800mhz xtreme ram? The 667 has lower timings.

Also this is going to be my first system built and my first time OCing stuff etc. I hear Conroe is fairly easy to OC and on the DS3. I also hear the 667 vs 800 doesn't make a big differance for OCing.

Should I just get the lower timing 667 Xtreme RAM and than would be able to OC 6400 CPU to at least 3ghz?

And if I try to OC the e6400 the stock HS won't be okay? I'm planning on getting the XP-90C+Fan, plus a 50mm fan on NB HS to cool mobo. My case is the nzxt lexa and already has 4 fans, two are
120mm front and back of case. and two are 80mm one on window and one of top of case. There is also room in the bottom of case to take of filter and put on another fan on bottom of case to suck out air I think. Its cool that this case is raised an inch or so up.
Or are you guys really sure that cheaper ram is fine...anyways I want ram that will last me the next 3-4 years at least through college so I don't have to replace them.

I am trying out 2x1gb ocz 6400 gold with my ds3. Currently having issues with one of the sticks not posting... the other sticks on the other hands, posts fine. Gonna see if I can get bad stick to post and do memtest.

Please look at these DDR2 800-pc6400 ram Corsair: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ice=&maxPrice=

Does anyone know if any of these ram have been confirmed to work at boot with the DS3? Or will only 1.8volt ram. 800 is all 1.9 or higher v.

We really need to confirm what nice ram for the DS3 works at boot...so many have seemd to be not working.

Thank you.

GO with Team Grouper stay a Trooper.

avoid Good Ram Pro or NonPro if shipping in Poland, Germany or nearby

corsair TWIN2X1024-5400C4 worked for me. At least it booted windows XP. I am waiting for a few more parts until I officially put it together. I did bump up the memory voltage to +.1 since the DS3 supposedly defaults to 1.8 and I know this memory causes freeze ups if it isn't 1.9v.

has the G skill F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA been tested on the Ds3

RMA ocz 6400 gold and ordered corsair xms2 6400 cl5. Its not listed on gigabyte compatible memory but someone posted that gigabyte said it should work. When it arrives on friday, I'll let you guys know whether everything checks out.

Kinda gay when I attempted to get a replacement for ocz at newegg, they would ship only when they received the rma item.

Has anyone had issues with onboard raid? My windows install keeps freezing during installation...

I feel like im going to be spending 250$ for a 2GB kit of 1.8v 675 ram...when I would rather have a 800 ram kit...but they may not work.

I think I will order this today, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145023
Corsair seems to be only compatible ram I could find...I would rather get the TeamGroup but it has been reported not to work on DS3 because of its requirement of booting stock 1.8v.

Team Group RAM with Micron D9GMH chips definitely works great in the DS3.

:eek: 250$

that's REALLY expensive for 667er ram without cl3.

nm nm nm

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Originally Posted by aldamon

Team Group RAM with Micron D9GMH chips definitely works great in the DS3.

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Aldamon, cool., but saying XXX ram with XXX chips doesnt help chris. he's still learning. so show him which ram your referring to.

i got direct word from tank guys that they are pretty positive the Teamgroup ram will NOT boot with the DS3 because it requires 2.2v. but he said he would double check with the TG crew and get back to me. i sure hope it boots cuz i was really hoping to get a kit of this stuff.

can anyone say it DOES work ? seriously dont say it does unless you have it in your DS3 now or have tested it to work.
by WORK we mean it has to boot with the bios all at defaults.

and the mushkin greenline huh wow looks like you got a great kit there.
i was looking at that stuff yesterday but didnt think it was any good. maybe i should re-evaluate them.
Irenic can you provide a link to the same ram on newegg or ZZF or someplace.

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Originally Posted by realsmasher

:eek: 250$

that's REALLY expensive for 667er ram without cl3.

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I agree. The Team Group DDR2-667 3-4-4-8 version was only $187 for a couple of months. It's now sold out because they decided they could charge more for the same product as long as they changed the sticker :)

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Originally Posted by Lestat

i got direct word from tank guys that they are pretty positive the Teamgroup ram will NOT boot with the DS3 because it requires 2.2v.

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Pssst, I have TeamGroup DDR2-667 3-4-4-8 RAM and it boots fine. I'm not alone :D

It doesn't require 2.2V. The range is 2V - 2.2V on the sticker for DDR2-667 or higher. It boots fine at 1.8V and DDR2-533.

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Originally Posted by Lestat

Aldamon, cool., but saying XXX ram with XXX chips doesnt help chris. he's still learning. so show him which ram your referring to.

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All of this RAM has the same Micron D9GMH chips:

http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-512mb-3448-p-1642.html
1 Gb Kit DDR2 (2 x 512Mb) 3-4-4-8 667 Mhz $97.00

>>>>>This is the cheapest way to get 2GB of the original 3-4-4-8 stuff (under $200 for 4 sticks)

http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-1676.html
2 Gb Kit DDR2 (2 x 1Gb) 3-3-3-8 667 Mhz $246.99

http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800mhz-p-1645.html
2 Gb Kit DDR2 (2x 1Gb) 4-4-4-10 800Mhz $275

http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-55515-1000mhz-p-1647.html
2 Gb Kit DDR2 (2x 1Gb) 5-5-5-15 1000Mhz $325

well i appreciate the feedback guys and I still haven't ordered. I would rather get teamgroup ram as its better bang for the buck than corsair (imo).

Yes I am still learning, thank you Lestat for all your help. You are a man of much wisdom. :)

Can anyone confirm what memory works at boot, maybe provide a link? I do not want to have to go and buy a cheap DDR2 kit of stock 1.8v in order to get higher volt ram to work in the DS3. Like I said, I really appreciate all the help for a newbie building his first power rig.

Does TankGuys Kit 800 work in the DS3? I had read Ben say that this is your ticket for the DS3 on their forums...but has anyone tried it? I was all ready to order this or the 667 ram but than Lestat had reported that teamGroup ram would not work. Has this been verified?
EDIT: aldaman, would you reccomend the 667 team ram over the 800? Are they both going to work?

I gotta order today...ASAP, help me find that perfect 2GB kit for the DS3! Thanks guys once again.

aldamon do you have the 3-4-4 or the 3-3-3

and thats GREAT news.
the 3-3-3 MIGHT be different i have no idea. its the same ram same IC's so i think it will work if the 3-4-4 works.

damn thats great news. so how well has your overclocking been ? and what volts?
the answer for that will benefit all of us DS3 owners.

btw TOTALLY off topic but i picked up one of these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1
and will be reporting back for all to see.
it has the Sil 3132 chipset which is a helluva lot better than that stupid jmicron chipset.
PLUS we can FINALLY use one of those damn little pci-e slots.

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Originally Posted by aldamon

I agree. The Team Group DDR2-667 3-4-4-8 version was only $187 for a couple of months. It's now sold out because they decided they could charge more for the same product as long as they changed the sticker :)

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lol, I got a kit before they were sold out.. D9GMH for $187 :banana:. Anyways its not that they charge more for the same stuff... It was because they have some sort of policy (suggested by OPB?) where when they release a price they stick to that price till they run out. (vs. other online retailers who jack up the price till they run out/based on demand)

So technically they were selling high quality D9 chips for a really good deal/low price, $187 vs $250-260 like other brand names. But I guess they couldn't keep doing that so they released a tighter timings version (same stuff) for a higher price. But note that the price will stay the same through out of stock / high demands.

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Originally Posted by Lestat

aldamon do you have the 3-4-4 or the 3-3-3

and thats GREAT news.
the 3-3-3 MIGHT be different i have no idea. its the same ram same IC's so i think it will work if the 3-4-4 works.

damn thats great news. so how well has your overclocking been ? and what volts?
the answer for that will benefit all of us DS3 owners.

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I have modified my original post a bit to address some of your questions. I have the original DDR2-667 3-4-4-8 stuff that's now "sold out" which really means they've put a different sticker on the same RAM and are charging more for it now. LOL. All of the sticks have the same chips. Mine didn't come with heatspreaders so it's very easy to see the Micron D9GMH chips.

I'm at DDR2-884 speeds right now (1:1) @ 4-4-4-12 at 2V (+0.2 set in the DS3 BIOS). Even though I haven't tried tighter timings, I'm sure there is some flexibility there. Higher speeds should not be a problem with my current timings:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=101692

Hey guys have you seen this? If i set anything over +.3 vdimm i get this error on the pchealth menu of the BIOS and 9 times out of 10 my system reboots back to default clocks.

I'm using the G.Skill HZ and am stuck at 425fsb. I thought this RAM could handle high then that

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/5180/picture015yd8.jpg

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Originally Posted by BottomsUp

Hey guys have you seen this?

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Yes, I have seen that so I stick with +0.2 with my Team Group RAM. My system becomes unstable with anything higher too. Luckily +0.2 is enough for my RAM.

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Originally Posted by Chris583

EDIT: aldaman, would you reccomend the 667 team ram over the 800? Are they both going to work?

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Get the cheapest Team Group set. It's all the same.

If you're feeling adventurous, you also could order two of the 1GB 3-4-4-8 sets and fill all four slots. You'd save $50. I don't think anybody has had the balls to try this yet :)

http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-512mb-3448-p-1642.html

Here's confirmation that they use the same D9GMH chips:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=435

Alright Guys im just gonna order the 2GB 667 Team kit it would seem...50$ extra for the 800 doesn't seem worth it from what I understand and this 667 should work fine on first boot with DS3?

Yay? or Nay? Have I re-instated my decision...this is the memory I wanted to get a few days ago...It definitely works in the DS3 now I hope? And its very good.

I don't know how many more ways I can say it works. You're buying DDR2-667 RAM and booting speeds are only DDR2-533. That's childs play for these sticks, even at 1.8V.

alright ordering this http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-3338-p-...c70e64a82afd7a ddr2 667 with lower timings.

does any1 know forsure, if corsair pc6400C4 ram is compatible with the DS3?

because it shows that it requires 2.1. If it boots at lower, is it recommended to boost up the voltage settings to 2.1?

btw those the memory problem is Gigabyte related or 965P related ?

Does other 965P board have similar problems ?

the problem is just a combination of THIS baord and THAT ram.
some ram work ,, some ram dont.

the 965 chipset isnt the issue. but there are other issues with the 965 chipset im not even going into right now

So I have the OCZ PC2-6400 Platinums running fine with a celeron. Do you think when I switch to e6400 this same memory will give me problems?

just raise voltage to 2,1V(i think ocz platinum needs this ?) BEFORE you inside conroe and all is good.

Im excited to be getting TeamGroup memory! Glad to hear its compatible with the DS3. Thanks guys!

Gskill still doesnt boot with the latest beta bios.

and it still doesnt boot until you manually set 2.2v which falls out of the ram's specified voltages. (manually setting by swapping ram)
its required to use more than the ram is even spec'd for.

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Originally Posted by Vric

btw those the memory problem is Gigabyte related or 965P related ?

Does other 965P board have similar problems ?

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AB9 has problems with memory also

My e6400 came today and I have everything now except the ram...the 240pin teamgroup 667 should be coming in a few days I hope and it better start up okay...I have no other 240pin ram, only some 180pin layin around...

hopefully all goes well :) I am so excited to complete the build and get the software aspects of the pc up and running. I have to wait two days for ram!

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Originally Posted by Phosphate

So I have the OCZ PC2-6400 Platinums running fine with a celeron. Do you think when I switch to e6400 this same memory will give me problems?

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just set the ram at 2.1V and 1:1 before swapping the cpu.
So it will have 2.1V running at DDR667 instead of 1.8V at DDR800.

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Originally Posted by Chris583

My e6400 came today and I have everything now except the ram...the 240pin teamgroup 667 should be coming in a few days I hope and it better start up okay...I have no other 240pin ram, only some 180pin layin around...

hopefully all goes well :) I am so excited to complete the build and get the software aspects of the pc up and running. I have to wait two days for ram!

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It comes from Team Group at San Jose, CA. So if you're near that area or put in good shipping it will come soon. For me I put in FedEx home delivery but I live in the east coast (florida) so including the weekends it came in about 7 days. But thats what I expected for picking that S&H :P.

Too bad the team group stuff sold out for $187. That was an awesome deal and I was going to get that when I moved up to a 2 GB kit. Hopefully ICs will get better in the future (they will ) and they offer another bargain with some good stuff.

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Originally Posted by UZ7

It comes from Team Group at San Jose, CA. So if you're near that area or put in good shipping it will come soon. For me I put in FedEx home delivery but I live in the east coast (florida) so including the weekends it came in about 7 days. But thats what I expected for picking that S&H :P.

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im on the east coast too...but i got fed ex 2 day overnight, so hopefully it will be hear on saturday...im helpless without my ram lol got everything but it!

From what I have hear, seen, and witnessed so far...TankGuys is some of the greatest places to order from!:)

Hi.
I just ordered E6400, DS3 and these Kingston Valueram memories: http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/conf...VR667D2N5K2/2G
They are CL5 and 1.8v, so they should boot up correctly. At least i hope so.

Good luck ClockCatcher. An 8x multi is a little low for DDR2-667 ValueRAM CL5, but I think you've got some balls to try.

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Originally Posted by aldamon

Good luck ClockCatcher. An 8x multi is a little low for DDR2-667 ValueRAM CL5, but I think you've got some balls to try.

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Actually I’m not so hc oc'r, I just hope to hit at least 400 MHz fsb, is that possible with these rams?

give the ram 2.0 or 2.1 V and it should do 800mhz.

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Originally Posted by ClockCatcher

Actually I’m not so hc oc'r, I just hope to hit at least 400 MHz fsb, is that possible with these rams?

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It's already CL5 at 667. I don't think you're going to have much headroom but I wish you luck.

EDIT: According to the reviews at Newegg, it looks like I'm wrong!

Pros: Works fine with Asus P5w dh. Rated at CAS 5, running it at CAS 4. I have read that it will clock up to DDR2-800 without any voltage increases...although i have not tried this for myself.

Cons: None