OCZ VX, Best Memory made since BH5!!

[OPPAINTER]

Whats with all these big @ss PSUs. Do these things give you better benches or somthing? Do you guys really think you need more then 500W power supplies to get a good overclock these days?

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[jinu117]

Whats with all these big @ss PSUs. Do these things give you better benches or somthing? Do you guys really think you need more then 500W power supplies to get a good overclock these days?

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Not trying to argue with you but Honestly someone like me uses probably a lot more power than most of hardcore benchers would. It is actually quite simple as why. Bling bling fans, multiple HDDS (lot of times multiple raptors), multiple cd/dvd recorder,... you know... whole bunch of junks that doesn't get used for beching purposes (and even a lot of USB peripherals... I never thought I would run out of 4 USB port at back... I am using about 6-7 depening on back and 2 in front occasionally)
Add this to nice SLI and I can assure you I will most likely to be able to buckle majority of 500W PSU. (Even current rig when 3dmarking shows my 1100VA UPS @ 58% load when I am phasechange cooling with video overclocked. Qucik calculation shows I am using about 450+ watts granted PSU is running @ 70%. probably higher while gaming as hdd power is not in equation while playing game)
It is scarey trend but anyone with decent UPS, I suggest you test it out to see how much power you might be using...

[OPPAINTER]

You probably have a good point if people use that much stuff. I wouldn't make that type of rig a big overclocking unit though.
I do have a regualar everyday rig. I run 3x Raptors a, couple of DVD players, 3 fans and a Floppy on it
I use a POS 470W Noisetaker
Runs good though, this is the same rig I used to test the VX memory on without any power problems.

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[trans am]

You probably have a good point if people use that much stuff. I wouldn't make that type of rig a big overclocking unit though.
I do have a regualar everyday rig. I run 3x Raptors a, couple of DVD players, 3 fans and a Floppy on it
I use a POS 470W Noisetaker
Runs good though, this is the same rig I used to test the VX memory on without any power problems.

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LOL. I like how you mounted the rad.

[OPPAINTER]

Nice rig Trans Am

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[NoX]

[OT] My rad is mounted in the same way. Do you guys have the fans pushing or pulling air from the case?

[eva2000]

Whats with all these big @ss PSUs. Do these things give you better benches or somthing? Do you guys really think you need more then 500W power supplies to get a good overclock these days?

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I say yes

[jikdoc]

what size apc ups are you using? i just purchased a 700VA for my rig and was wondering if that would be enough for a 520w psu and vaopchillLS. i'm wondering if i should have got a 1000va/670w

[goreblast]

Got three Belkin 800W UPS here - main rig running at 70% most of the time - 550W Antec PSU in it - must be almost maxxed out!

[eva2000]

what size apc ups are you using? i just purchased a 700VA/450w for my rig and was wondering if that would be enough for a 520w psu and vaopchillLS.

APC BackUPS RS 1500VA for 865W... can't find the optional APC BR24BP battery for this unit in OZ it triples the total wattage it can handle

[jikdoc]

i guess the apc smart700 won't cut it, time to look for another one

[OPPAINTER]

[OT] My rad is mounted in the same way. Do you guys have the fans pushing or pulling air from the case?

I'm not real concerned on my water temps for this rig, I have the Rad fan sucking out of the case.

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[trans am]

i am sucking through the rad and blowing out the case... sucking and blowing lol!

[jinu117]

Jin, knowing your setup, (read from forum, heard from few other's etc), I suggest at least 1000VA. Use the 700VA for vapochillLS by itself and few oddities such as monitor
Even 1000VA if you calculate out will only power about tops 700W as PSU efficiecny on full load typically is around 70%. (you are actually drawing 1000W to cover that 700W)
700VA will only supply most likely 490W tops. Now, that gets real iffy with Vapo, monitor, CPU, etc.

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The way I see it, I don't get any freebies like top benchers do. I pay for my stuff. In fact, I am not that heavy bencher at all as I concentrate more on maximum stable overclock for 24x7 use. I spent the money I plan to utilize it. (which I haven't been too much recently with new parts, tweaking, etc :P)
Could be gaming, could be compiling big fat codes, could be analyzing data.
Wish I could totally separate benching rig with daily rig but not possible for my budget as I do want really good stuff for my main rig as well Now, if I do get free stuff like some of you do, I guess it is not an issue or if I make more money than I do now
Most unfortunate of it all is, I enjoy playing game a lot and as you all know, most taxing application on entire system out of all application always happens to be gaming So, I must improvise and compromise in many ways. Wish I got some freebies too... or be beta tester for some products. Maybe I should start getting into habit of writing lengthy review of items.

[andyOCZ]

i am sucking through the rad and blowing out the case... sucking and blowing lol!

Sounds fatal. Take a rest.

[NoX]

[OPPAINTER]

On MSI NF4 Neo4 mobo my VX is 3D proofed at 268MHz with timeings maxed out.
Gunna check for 166 divider issue now, see if there is one

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[Revv23]

nice

[OPPAINTER]

Just booted into windows at 284HTT 166 divider no problem. Gunna work my way to 300 I hope.

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[OPPAINTER]

This VX memory DOES NOT have a divider problem. It's all about the motherboard. Doing 290 now and going up

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[conrad.maranan]

This VX memory DOES NOT have a divider problem. It's all about the motherboard. Doing 290 now and going up

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Thank you for confirming my suspicions that the divider issue is, more than likely, chipset-related.

[OPPAINTER]

MSI NEO4 and VX doing 300HTT with 166 divider, easy money people

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[charlie]

MSI NEO4 and VX doing 300HTT with 166 divider, easy money people

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interesting!
But would 300+ 2.5-3-3-5 be faster? 1:1
Some good G.Skill may even run 8 x 337.......... 1:1

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[jinu117]

This VX memory DOES NOT have a divider problem. It's all about the motherboard. Doing 290 now and going up

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:banana4: Woot :banana4:
Thanks for checking. Getting Asus today and we shall see if Asus has that issue... Still checking to see if it is booster or the actual memory (VX) that is causing me so many RMA with OCZ. Will let you know in few hours.

[OPPAINTER]

interesting!
But would 300+ 2.5-3-3-5 be faster? 1:1

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Those timing your talking about won't beat my 268 timings
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/show...440#post643440

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