Interesting memory deals - thread

[Reefa_Madness]

http://item.ebay.com/290959446848

Those GSkill DDR3-2000 CL6 PIs just sold for approximately $213, shipped.

So who bought them?

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Insanity. I'm watching a few kits I suspect may be PSC that no one seems interested in...

[Reefa_Madness]

Yeah, best to keep it to yourself until after the auction finishes unless you want to start a bidding war. In the latter case only the Seller is going to come out of that looking good.

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Well, I was too late. $70 for a kit of 3x2GB Ballistix 2133C9 PSC, someone else grabbed them.

[MaJ0r]

Yeah, best to keep it to yourself until after the auction finishes unless you want to start a bidding war. In the latter case only the Seller is going to come out of that looking good.

I think Sam did wrong when he started this thread because many OC'ers want to buy good memory kit and all know that G.Skill Pi series it's the best choise. So they saw this topic and do bid at e-bay )) But after bidding they see that you've been outbid and do bid, bin and bid again )

[Reefa_Madness]

Well, the thread is somewhat of a double-edged sword, it helps you find the good ram...but it let's everyone else know about it, too.

I don't buy much ram thru eBay so it doesn't affect my buying, however, I do enjoy checking in and seeing what kind of goodies Sam finds therefore I would be happy to see him continue to post.

[andressergio]

i just found this on a friends house

PC3-12800 ECO 8-8-8-24 @ 1.35 - 1.5V Elpida J1108BBSE-DJ-F
PSC
F3-12800CL8D-4GBECO (2x2GB)


the F3 ones...but it says BBSE and also PSC ???

[Stelios]

http://item.ebay.com/290959446848

Those GSkill DDR3-2000 CL6 PIs just sold for approximately $213, shipped.

So who bought them?

They don't use the good PCB ... so 99% they will not clock well . Maybe the seller knew what he was selling .

[crustytheclown]

^^ this... and trust him he KNOWS about memory binning...

[TaPaKaH]

http://item.ebay.co.uk/221269617338
Micron D9GTR

http://item.ebay.de/221271095158
Elpida MGH Hypers

http://item.ebay.de/181203382402
http://item.ebay.co.uk/200956090023
X-series or T-series PSC

http://item.ebay.de/290963148168
T-series (most likely) or X-series PSC

http://item.ebay.com/200954783308
http://item.ebay.com/130971768513
http://item.ebay.com/290966212587
Hynix 2Gbit BFR or CFR

http://item.ebay.de/251321831654
Hynix 2Gbit CFR

http://item.ebay.com/271264877245
Hynix 4Gbit MFR

http://item.ebay.com/261271002711
Samsung 2Gbit C-rev

[Shiranui Gen-An]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290963855916
Hynix 2Gbit BFR or CFR

[theix]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290963855916
Hynix 2Gbit BFR or CFR

Likely to be BFR since it's manufactured in 2011.

[TaPaKaH]

I've seen CFR on G.Skill kits made as early as week1130.

[TaPaKaH]

http://item.ebay.de/221271026655
http://item.ebay.com/200957632845
Elpida BBSE or X-series PSC

http://item.ebay.de/181204991933
X-series PSC

http://item.ebay.com/300955362581
X-series or T-series PSC

http://item.ebay.co.uk/121166548488
http://item.ebay.com/200956136108
T-series (most likely) or X-series PSC

http://item.ebay.com/350863060927
Hynix 4Gbit MFR

http://item.ebay.co.uk/231042156731
Micron D9Pxx/Qxx

http://item.ebay.com/171114476961
http://item.ebay.com/121166119054
http://item.ebay.com/261270904205
http://item.ebay.com/261270906666
Samsung 2Gbit D-rev

http://item.ebay.com/121166118879
Samsung 4Gbit B-rev

[Shiranui Gen-An]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130975682493
PSC (not sure of the series)

How good really is the low-binned PSC from G.Skill? Worth picking up or look for something better?

[Splave]

thats probably t-series, also most black pcb psc has been not so hot.

the low bin blue ripjaws kit 1600 7-8-7 kits if old enough are good. Have 6 sticks of XDT psc chips when years was 2009 on the sticker.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/231008372301...84.m1439.l2649

[websmile]

Most low bin gskill are bad clockers, but as splave said, sometimes on early batches of 1600 c7 GBRM acceptable ICs are used. I had a kit with xdx psc that did quite good and now have an early psc kit that is doing very well, but has uneven sticks, while one stick easily does 7/8-11-8 1250 at 1,68v and also does 1300 8-12-8 tight on air, the second one only does 1250 7-11-9 at 1,72 and 1300 is also only possible at trp9 - because of the bin, the higher you go, the more likely it is to encounter trp weaknesses or problems. Most of these will fail 1200+ though, so this is always risky purchase. The PIS at your link are most likely to be real bad

[TaPaKaH]

http://item.ebay.de/130974240294
Micron D9GTR

http://item.ebay.co.uk/281156254528
http://item.ebay.de/200956767039
Elpida BBSE

http://item.ebay.de/221271026655
http://item.ebay.de/251326213946
http://item.ebay.de/251326211697
Elpida BBSE or X-series PSC

http://item.ebay.co.uk/321195903739
X-series PSC

http://item.ebay.de/390649341222
X-series or T-series PSC

http://item.ebay.co.uk/161091759902
T-series (most likely) or X-series PSC

http://item.ebay.de/151106532237
Hynix 2Gbit BFR

http://item.ebay.co.uk/261272981104
http://item.ebay.com/121166016925
http://item.ebay.com/271266697107
http://item.ebay.de/190891499638
Hynix 2Gbit BFR or CFR

http://item.ebay.com/281156408605
http://item.ebay.com/231040591870
Hynix 2Gbit CFR

http://item.ebay.de/251326205761
http://item.ebay.co.uk/181204791762
Samsung 2Gbit C-rev

http://item.ebay.de/200956516670
http://item.ebay.de/151101347017
http://item.ebay.de/151101347411
Samsung 2Gbit C-rev or D-rev

http://item.ebay.de/200956200506
http://item.ebay.com/141046084494
Samsung 2Gbit D-rev

http://item.ebay.co.uk/290966581237
Samsung 4Gbit B-rev

[Shiranui Gen-An]

This...is pretty crazy. DDR3-2400 C10 with....MICRON chips?!?!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Corsair-...item417639a3da

[Reefa_Madness]

This...is pretty crazy. DDR3-2400 C10 with....MICRON chips?!?!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Corsair-...item417639a3da

Thanks for pointing that out.

That's the first time that I have seen a kit with Micron chips binned that high, heck, I don't know that I've ever even seen them on 2133s either.

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Some new Micron IC we don't know about? I wonder what could be under the hood on those things.

[Reefa_Madness]

I would be inclined to think just a batch of better binned stuff, as opposed to new Micron IC. There were guys that would get good results with some of the Ballistix, but it was hit or miss due to no real binning by Crucial. Perhaps Corsair got a batch and binned them to see what they could find?

Nothing to base that off, other than my personal belief.

[MaJ0r]

Guys please tell me, I didn't understand why you decided that these chips are Micron?

[websmile]

It is all about the version number - ver.3.xx is Corsair code for micron ic

[Reefa_Madness]

Guys please tell me, I didn't understand why you decided that these chips are Micron?

As websmile pointed out, Corsair uses the "verx.xx" to identify the IC manufacturer. Below is a link to the list posted in the Corsair Support forum.

http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68811

Using the info on that list you can look at some of your 4GB modules and if you see a "ver5.12", the "5" denotes Hynix, the next "1" denotes a 2Gbit IC (size = 256Mx2) and the third digit, the "2" is used to distinguish between the various ICs. It is known from pics of modules with the spreaders removed that "ver5.11" indicates Hynix BFR, while "ver5.12" indicates the use of Hynix CFR.

A module with "ver5.29" would be Hynix (the "5"), but the "2" second digit would indicate a 4Gbit IC (size = 512Mx8), which would point to Hynix MFR.

Other well-known versions include "ver2.1" for Elpida Hyper and "ver2.2" for other Elpida (BBSE). Note there is no second digit to the right of the decimal for both of these which denotes a 1Gbit IC (size = 128Mx8 for used in a double-sided 2GB module) and "ver4.13" (Samsung HCH9).