Corsair Dominator Ddr2 1250 (pc2 10000)

[ChinStrap]

With a proper bios, no dobut.

what about 780i ftw?

680i could clock ram pretty well.

[systemviper]

got my dominators today, i will play with them later on in the week with the rampage formula

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Doesn't seem like my Biostar I45 likes this kit too much, I can't seem to get them to even boot at DDR2-1300 whereas my Ballistix 8500 kit will at least do that. I may just have to pop them into my Maximus Formula.

[ChinStrap]

well, time to see how well the ol' g35 chipset plays w/ them.

[dinos22]

Asus P35 chipset and dominators don't like each other a hell of a lot at high frequencies
try P45 in Asus or better yet Gigabyte P35/P45 which arguably clock these better than most boards

i remember doing some ridiculous CAS4 clocks on my P35-DS3P at like 640 cas4 while others were falling over trippin themselves on the wrong boards trying to stick past 600 with these kinds of sticks

love the look of 'em

good luck

[Gautam]

What I don't understand is how everyone's ready to spend this much on DDR2...yet complain when good DDR3 is just some 20-50 bucks higher.

Sticks do look really nice though, but I just can't bring myself to pay for older tech...

[mad_skills]

The same reason ppl were still buyin BH-5 & co. when DDR2 was relatively new.
And because more ppl have DDR2 than DDR3 boards and kinda don't wanna get bothered with selling and advancing to DDR3 mobo and ram...Dominators were always expensive, and now DDR2 D9 if can be found are real cheap, significantly less than good DDR3.
@ChinStrap Not so sure for nV chipset man, haven't tried, just saying from my exp.

[ChinStrap]

Asus P35 chipset and dominators don't like each other a hell of a lot at high frequencies
try P45 in Asus or better yet Gigabyte P35/P45 which arguably clock these better than most boards

i remember doing some ridiculous CAS4 clocks on my P35-DS3P at like 640 cas4 while others were falling over trippin themselves on the wrong boards trying to stick past 600 with these kinds of sticks

love the look of 'em

good luck

asus p35 will only do ~1100

it's odd, this board seems to max out around 1100 no matter the sticks.

im gonna throw them on 680i when i get some free time... like on thursday. i'll see what they can do then i guess.

if they roll good one 680i i might have to try a 780i out.

[systemviper]

Asus P35 chipset and dominators don't like each other a hell of a lot at high frequencies
try P45 in Asus or better yet Gigabyte P35/P45 which arguably clock these better than most boards

i remember doing some ridiculous CAS4 clocks on my P35-DS3P at like 640 cas4 while others were falling over trippin themselves on the wrong boards trying to stick past 600 with these kinds of sticks

love the look of 'em

good luck

I hope not, i got my 4 sticks for my rampage formula.....

[ChinStrap]

i remember doing some ridiculous CAS4 clocks on my P35-DS3P at like 640 cas4 while others were falling over trippin themselves on the wrong boards trying to stick past 600 with these kinds of sticks

you mean this board?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TE-_-13128067R

[dinos22]

you mean this board?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TE-_-13128067R

yeah

[HDCHOPPER]

ya Dominators CM2X1024-8888C4D dont like my P35 MARS board ;( suckers are pretty and run very cool

will do cas 4 only up to 1069mh while my Firestix's pc6400 will do 1200 eazly but at cas5 arggg !!!!!

gonna sell em to some lucky nivida chipset owner hint* hint*

[zsamz_]

Asus P35 chipset and dominators don't like each other a hell of a lot at high frequencies
try P45 in Asus or better yet Gigabyte P35/P45 which arguably clock these better than most boards

i remember doing some ridiculous CAS4 clocks on my P35-DS3P at like 640 cas4 while others were falling over trippin themselves on the wrong boards trying to stick past 600 with these kinds of sticks

love the look of 'em

good luck

cheap boards with microns not gonna last long

[dinos22]

cheap boards with microns not gonna last long

sure mate go nuts with your insults
i'll sit back and hammer my

[zsamz_]

think dfi p45 could do it? 1250 - 4x1 24/7?

i doubt it
only board ive seen that can do it is the dfi x38-48
but i can be wrong
my ut p35 is plenty strong but it cant do it fully stable past 1180
i couldnt get past 800mhz 4x1 on gigabut x38

[dinos22]

i doubt it
only board ive seen that can do it is the dfi x38-48
but i can be wrong
my ut p35 is plenty strong but it cant do it fully stable past 1180
i couldnt get past 800mhz 4x1 on gigabut x38

don't blame it on the board mate

[zsamz_]

don't blame it on the board mate

ya right
i couldnt do 810mhz 4x1 with 2.24v on gigabut x38 but i can do 1200 2.05v 4x1 on dfi x38 with the same sets
i'm just happy it only killed 1 set of ram before it died
my p35c-ds3r boards killed many more
your a joke no one should talk bad about a gigabyte boards when your around
whe gives you the right to be a gigabyte police this is not a gigabyte forum
carefull not to diss a gigabyte board your pimps might be watchin

[Shiranui Gen-An]

I got tired of fooling with the I45, it seems to like my Ballistix better anyway. Last night I put them in my Striker Extreme at stock settings just to test for stability, ran about 6 hours MemTest with no problems. Maybe if I'm feeling like it today I'll do some OC, I dunno. Stuff bothering me lately.

[CryptiK]

Those Dominators sure look nice I wish a local distributor had them for a decent price.

@ Shiranui - Were you worried they were dead/degrading?

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Yeah, I'm kind of paranoid now after the Team Xtreem's rapid degredation so I wanted to make sure the sticks were okay.

[Gautam]

ya right
i couldnt do 810mhz 4x1 with 2.24v on gigabut x38 but i can do 1200 2.05v 4x1 on dfi x38 with the same sets
i'm just happy it only killed 1 set of ram before it died
my p35c-ds3r boards killed many more
your a joke no one should talk bad about a gigabyte boards when your around
whe gives you the right to be a gigabyte police this is not a gigabyte forum
carefull not to diss a gigabyte board your pimps might be watchin

I don't care if you diss Gigabyte or Asus or anything...but I do care if you call another member a "joke."

[CryptiK]

Yeah, I'm kind of paranoid now after the Team Xtreem's rapid degredation so I wanted to make sure the sticks were okay.

Ah well good to hear they are ok, older ballistix are very tough sticks, and now, sadly, irreplaceable. I think that TG stick of yours must have been defective when purchased, I doubt your board could kill one that fast and leave the other stick perfect, but you were right to check & put your mind at rest.

[ChinStrap]

Well, stayed up WAYYYY too late last night playing around with these sticks. Turns out, one of my sets was DOA - so I’m going to rma –

The set that does work is playing VERY nice with 680i – well I don’t know about very nice – but I’m up to 1300MHz stock voltage and timing.

This ram is giving me the best everest numbers I have ever seen. It’s kinda cool

[Cable_Tie_Guy]

I love the boycott_gigabut_guy...
Love those faces on his msgs LOL! ...and he is right.

And yes, Gigabyte boards are in general not as good as ASUS or DFI. Sure they can sometimes put some good boards arround, like the EP45 Ex for exemple. But when Gigabyte has 1 good board, ASUS has 3 or 4...

ASUS Rampage EX is better then any Gigabyte x48 solution
ASUS Maximus Formula is better then any Gigabyte x38 solution
DFI LP UT P35 is better then any Gigabyte P35 solution

Not to mention nvidia chipsets, where gigabyte don't even play.
Maybe the Gigabyte p45 solution is the only that is beating the other brands, but that is it. That is all Gigabyte has.

In general, it works like this:

ASUS / DFI >>> Gigabyte >>> kids boards >>> MSI

I hope we all agree that MSI is just bad.

boycott_gigabut_guy wins!

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Ah well good to hear they are ok, older ballistix are very tough sticks, and now, sadly, irreplaceable. I think that TG stick of yours must have been defective when purchased, I doubt your board could kill one that fast and leave the other stick perfect, but you were right to check & put your mind at rest.

I found a DFI LT P35 T2R on ebay cheap, so the Tpower I45 is going back to the store. Maybe I can get some crazy clocks like zsamz_ ?