Corsair XMS3200C2v1.1 BH-6 + DFI NF4 SLI-D

[eva2000]

Revisiting old school winbond BH-6 memory

System
3200+ CBBHD 0445 VPMW Winchester 90nm cpu water cooled
DFI NF4 SLI-D 414-3 beta bios
2x eVGA 6800U PCI-E SLI @ stock 425/1100 71.89WHL
120GB WD 1200JB
Pioneer A05 Burner
650W Silverstone SLI psu

WinXP PRO SP2 fresh install with latest updates
Nvidia 6.39 chipset drivers

2x 512MB XMS3200C2v1.1 BH-6 Black (024151 batch - week 41, 2002) @250mhz 2-2-2-5 7-16-3314 at 3.4v vdimm


chipset = 1.6v
LDT = 1.5v
LDT 4x

CPC = Enabled
CAS Latency(CL) = 2
RAS to CAS(Trcd) = 2
Min RAS# Active time(Tras) = 5
Row Precharge Time(Trp) = 2
Row Cycle Time(Trc) =7
Row Refresh Cycle Time(Trfc) = 16
Row to Row Delay(Trrd) = 3
Write Recovery Time(Twr) = 3
Write to Read Delay(Twtr) = 1
Read to Write Delay(Trwt) = 4
Refresh Period (Tref) = 3120
Write CAS Latency(Twcl) = AUTO
DRAM Bank Interleave = Enabled
Skew = AUTO
Skew Value = 0
DRAM Drive Strength = Level 8
DRAM Data Drive Strength = Level 1
Max Async Latency = 7ns
Read Preamble Time = 5ns
Idle Cycle Limit = 128
Dynamic Counter = Enabled
R/W Queue Bypass = 8x
Bypass Max = 4x
32 byte Granularity = Disable(8burst)

CPUZ Validation
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=14929











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Haven't tried higher vdimm or speeds yet but not bad for nearly 3yr old ram

[HiJon89]

Nice, I have a set of the same RAM that does 257Mhz 3.23V with the same settings as yours except Trfc at 15, Trrd at 2, Twr and Trtw both at 2, and Max Async Latency at 6ns.

[eva2000]

Wow nice and tight HiJon89 what batch/lot numbers are on your old XMS3200C2v1.1 BH-6 ?

[eva2000]

i'll do the rest of the benchies tomorrow but how's this for bandwidth

[TEDY]

why so much vcore for only 250 ?

[eva2000]

vcore just to be sure for stability so as to eliminate any instability related to cpu (isolate ram instability if any) heh

The cpu itself does 2500mhz at 1.42-1.46v

[snowwie]

nice eva
this summer i'm gonna get around to building a desktop again; I got two 512 sticks of XMS3200C2v1.1 laying around too, one week 39 2002 the other week 49 2002
gonna get the DFI nf4 just so i can give them the volts they need to fly...

[Bennah]

So what do you make of the new beta bios?

[eva2000]

only tried 414-2 and 414-3, seem to like 414-3 as it likes both my TCCD and BH-5/6 ram

[HiJon89]

Wow nice and tight HiJon89 what batch/lot numbers are on your old XMS3200C2v1.1 BH-6 ?

They're on the bottom left in the pic:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Review/RAM.jpg

[eva2000]

They're on the bottom left in the pic:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Review/RAM.jpg

ah week 35, 37, 2002 a few weeks older than mine

[eR1k]

My mushkin bh6 maxes out at 265mhz 11-2-2-2, 7-12 with 3.6vdimm. Week 35 as well. Lanparty ultra B nf2.

[HiJon89]

ah week 35, 37, 2002 a few weeks older than mine

I may have been wrong about them doing 257MHz at 3.23V, it appears Test #5 has been deceiving me. The memory did 10 hours of Test 5 with 0 errors, but I still couldn't pass SuperPI 32M. Out of curiosity I tried Test 8, I got 70 errors within 30 seconds. Looks like I'm using Test 8 from now on.

[coop]

I've always liked 3200c2pt's. They were my first "high performance" ram I bought when I had (still have) an Epox 8rda3g. Then I got nf2 LP, and got a Toaster with them. They would do 260 with 3.3v on that board, good at that time. I would like to have them now with this board. Been looking

[eva2000]

I may have been wrong about them doing 257MHz at 3.23V, it appears Test #5 has been deceiving me. The memory did 10 hours of Test 5 with 0 errors, but I still couldn't pass SuperPI 32M. Out of curiosity I tried Test 8, I got 70 errors within 30 seconds. Looks like I'm using Test 8 from now on.

Yes with memtest86+ v1.55.1 test #5 and #8 and superpi 32m is best to be fully passable

[DaSnIpE]

I still have some XMS3200c2 but 2 256mb sticks, I've hit 233fsb on my nforce2 at 2.9V (overvolts to 2.97). Awesome mem for it's time, I had a 0252 stick and a 0302 stick, ran 2-2-2-5-1T no problems.

I just got some OCZ Gold EL Pc3200 (the new stuff with the new BH-5 die) so I'll test that out 2night. I know i have an nforce2 but we'll see what it can do with a nice cpc off bios and only 3V's

Wow I haven't posted here in forever, lol