[MemoryReaction] G.Skill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ - Low in cost, high in speed!

[Cornelious0_0]

As far as I know though this GSkill runs fairly cool and doesn't take much voltage...so would the thermalright heatsinks be just for looks for you then?

[kpo6969]

As far as I know though this GSkill runs fairly cool and doesn't take much voltage...so would the thermalright heatsinks be just for looks for you then?

No it is not just for looks, ok?
As far as I know, it does run hot in my configuration.
My mobo requires +.03 voltage adjustment to run properly (per G.Skill specs)
Setting +.03 = 2.08, 2.06 vddrop
Treid +.02 = 1.98-1.96, 1.94-1.92 vdrop, sluggish

If you have any other cooling options, I'm all ears.

[xzulu]

@kpo6969

You could just use memory coolers instead. Changing the stock heat spreaders results in void warranty especially if you damage the stickers. Mine runs cool at 1066Mhz 1.9v. I also got an Antec Spot Cool blowing air towards it.

[kpo6969]

That looks just like the Antec Spot Cooler I ordered from Performance PC yesterday. Thanks for the reply. Does it help?

[xzulu]

Yup it sure does. Even without the Spot Cooler the ram running at 1066 1.9v is already cool. It warms up a bit when playing games or running benchmarks, but with the Spot Cooler cooling it it runs cool most of the time.

[Andy_007]

This ram is amazing, booted right away @1080mhz@5-5-5-15@2.02V. Just a couple of questions, With memtest V3.4 do i just run the test that it starts right away (i am using a boot CD,not in windows ) and if it completes 100% its stable right?, also what timings should i try lowering 5-4-4-12 etc

[xzulu]

Just found something weird about this Ram. It ran stable on my old Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP at 1066 1.9v. Then I bought a new board, the Asus Maximus II Formula. I ran into problems, OCCT and Orthos Errors and failed memtest after 17passes I got 2 errors.

So I had to run them at 1066 at 2.0v on the M2F. Passed memtest and Orthos and OCCT....

[Leeghoofd]

Ever thought that ya P5K-E maybe overvolted big time ? With P5Q Dlx we have the same issue as my board overvolts with about 0.08 so with 1.92 in bios I get around 2volts... some boards have this phenomenon others are spot on...

[Big Lar]

Ever thought that ya P5K-E maybe overvolted big time ? With P5Q Dlx we have the same issue as my board overvolts with about 0.08 so with 1.92 in bios I get around 2volts... some boards have this phenomenon others are spot on...

I'm running the P5Q-D with the same 803 bios as you, my ram wants no more than 2.0v on this board, errors out with even 2.02v.must over volt the ram on the Asus.

Larry

[Tarowah]

I got my system stable with 4 sticks (8 gigs) at 500 FSB, I had to up the Vdim to 2.17 but I dont think it will hurt.

[xzulu]

Ever thought that ya P5K-E maybe overvolted big time ? With P5Q Dlx we have the same issue as my board overvolts with about 0.08 so with 1.92 in bios I get around 2volts... some boards have this phenomenon others are spot on...

Yeah it could. Just got used to running it at 1.9v on the P5K-E. Well, it seems stable now on the M2F.

[LagunaX]

5-5-3-13 seems good @ 2v.
This ram is so cheap now - $72.99 free shipping at the egg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231145

[stealthbomber]

I ordered a pair of these as well, not as cheap as you guys can get it but for £60, should get hold of them tomorrow for some testing...

[ST4]

Because of some funky undervolting / underclocking i am doing for an HTPC rig, I was going to run these sticks at 333MHz 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8V. Would this work?

[JaYp146]

Because of some funky undervolting / underclocking i am doing for an HTPC rig, I was going to run these sticks at 333MHz 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8V. Would this work?

When it comes to undervolting, I've found this set to be extremely picky.

[reberto]

Because of some funky undervolting / underclocking i am doing for an HTPC rig, I was going to run these sticks at 333MHz 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8V. Would this work?

These sticks run really cool, why not run them @ stock speeds & volts?

[ST4]

These sticks run really cool, why not run them @ stock speeds & volts?

Mainly because i'm trying to keep VDimm down to 1.8V and lessen system draw. Again, I'm using in an HTPC environment so heat, power, and silence are of the utmost importance. 100mV-200mV doesn't seem like much, but keep in mind I'm running my Core2 Quad at 0.89V....

[reberto]

Mainly because i'm trying to keep VDimm down to 1.8V and lessen system draw. Again, I'm using in an HTPC environment so heat, power, and silence are of the utmost importance. 100mV-200mV doesn't seem like much, but keep in mind I'm running my Core2 Quad at 0.89V....

The power consumption difference and heat difference between running this kit @ 1.8v and 2.0v is unnoticeable. And if heat, power and silence are the most important thing to you, then you should be looking at a 45nm CPU. My guess is that you are going to use a Q6600 no? Good luck, the new ones need tons of volts to do anything (even downclock)

[ST4]

The power consumption difference and heat difference between running this kit @ 1.8v and 2.0v is unnoticeable. And if heat, power and silence are the most important thing to you, then you should be looking at a 45nm CPU. My guess is that you are going to use a Q6600 no? Good luck, the new ones need tons of volts to do anything (even downclock)

Your assumption is incorrect, I utilize a q9300 yorkfield and before that e3110 wolfdale (sorry but contrary to most peoples impression, real htpc folks don't just slap in piecemeal outdate parts for their systems). Because the environment needs to be as silent as possible, minimal cooling will be used so the slightest increase in power/heat will be greatly exacerbated. Anyhow, I am using a pc8000 patriot viper memory (with comparable specs) from my other system and it works so hopefully these gskills can too.

[op1e]

Never realized these could do much more than 1000. Gonna try some higher speeds and back off the volts.

[LagunaX]

Still $70 free ship @ the Egg.

[op1e]

I thought the $115 I paid was a deal. If I could see the use for more than 4gig I'd get more, but I've never dipped much below 2g available.

[Big Lar]

Has anyone had a set of these that took Over 2.1v to keep em stable at say 480 to 485 fsb?

My sticks act that way, they did this on the DFI x48 and now on the P5Q-D. measurements taken with a dmm on both boards? Just curious if I have a Very bad set or if this is something someone else has run into.

Larry

[stealthbomber]

If the set won't do 500MHz+ with 2.1v then I think you should RMA it, its a dud set.

[wenis]

I'm in for 2 of these sets. Can't go wrong with 8GB of memory for $136. Thats unbelievably cheap!

I didn't really want to spend the money, but recently upgraded to an e8200/Asus P5Q SE/R. Coming from an AMD Brisbane all I can say is 'wow' ...was running G.Skill 2GBNQ and could only get 450MHz out of them Prime Stable. I know these sticks are holding the processor back because I easily hit 3.6 with a +.02V adjustment of the processor. With some luck, hopefully this chip will hit 4GHz on these modules on air.