OCZ PC3200 Gold new BH5 die

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Results for 2x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Gold with the new BH5 dies. The product link is at http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...l_channel_gold



Tips for this ram on DFI NF4 SLI-D

1. don't use 325 or 326 bios they mess up the ram clocks and threw me off track as to what the ram can do. i.e. lower cpu multipliers in 325 bios don't work 10x/9x
2. best bios so far 310 official bios - 2nd post results with 331-3 beta bios
3. with 310 official bios fix ddram data drive strength = 1 otherwise you can sometimes BSOD in windows, i set drive strength at 2, 4, 6, 8 fine with no probs
4. ram with 310 official bios performs nearly exactly like old BH-5 in terms of mhz ceilings at each vdimm setting
5. like old BH-5, the new BH die stuff on this ram doesn't boot at cas3
6. Trc of 10-12 is needs less vdimm, but once you change Trc to 8-9 you need 0.1-0.2v more vdimm to get windows stability
7. ram is untested beyond 200mhz speed so guess not even OCZ know what they are consistently capable of overclocking wise from module to module

so far with 310 official bios with 2x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Gold on DFI NF4 SLI-D i'm at memtest86+ v1.55.1 wise

240mhz 2-2-2-5 at 3.0v
245mhz 2-2-2-5 at 3.1v
250mhz 2-2-2-5 at 3.2v
255mhz 2-2-2-5 at 3.3v
260mhz 2-2-2-5 at 3.5v

using stock AUTO 12-14-2-3-2-4 or 12-14-2-2-2-2 or 12-14-2-2-1-2

Of course windows stability tests will probably result or change those results somewhat.

System:
3500+ CAA2C 0507 GPMW water cooled
DFI NF4 SLI-D 310 official bios
2x eVGA 6800U PCI-E SLI mode with 76.10 drivers
120GB WD 1200JB
Pioneer A05 Burner
580W Topower 686P6 Adjustable rail 35A/12 psu
WinXP PRO SP2

- note SLI mode will probably reduce cpu related performance slightly so take that into a/c with the benchmark results.

2x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Gold new BH-5 die dual channel kit

@10x 260mhz 2-2-2-6 9-16-3-2-1-2 at 3.6v

Sandra 2005 Lite
Buffered = 7,365 / 7,283
Unbuffered = 3,479 / 3,661

Everest Home
Read = 7,601
Write = 2,240
Latency = 37.1 ns

Pcmark04 = 4,851
Pcmark04 Memory = 6,648

Hexus Pifast = 45.52s

SuperPi
1M = 32.343s
2m = 1min 13.861s
4M = 2min 40.393s
8M = 5min 49.658s
16M = 13min 16.884s
32M = 28min 47.049s

3dmark2003
@425/1100 stock speeds