M2N32-SLI DLX + OCZ 2GB PC7200 XTC Plat. = DDR1200 goodness

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OCZ2N9002GK - 2X1GB DDRII PC7200 4-4-3-15 2.1v (D9GKX)

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I finally have my first kit of DDRII to play with on the M2N32-SLI so bear with me as I drag my feet through this. This kit is a review sample I received from OCZ but in the past all other samples from OCZ I have received for review perform on par with end-user results.

the setup:
Asus M2N32-SLI bios 0501
AMD64 3200+ 0618XPDW 'naked' @ 300*10 w/1.64v
3/8" Asetek WaterChill
OCZ DDRII 2X1GB 7200 Plat. XTC @ 2.4v
HIS X800GTO
SIlverStone Z56ST
Raptor 36GB
Win XP Pro SP2



---DDR1200 5-5-4-5 VDIMM 2.4V - CPU Validation---


---DDR1200 5-5-4-5 VDIMM 2.4V - 32M / Prime Stable---


---DDR1200 5-5-4-5 VDIMM 2.4V - Memtest Stable---


---DDR1200 5-5-4-5 VDIMM 2.4V - 3D Stable---


---DDR1200 5-5-4-5 VDIMM 2.4V - Sandra Buffered---


---DDR1200 5-5-4-5 VDIMM 2.4V - Sandra Un-Buffered---


As you can see this setup is rock solid stable and the memory is doing just fine. My only concern thus far is the Sandra Bandwidth numbers and for some reason I was thinking they would be higher at these settings. Any comments on that?

---DDR1100 4-4-3-5 VDIMM 2.5V - 32M / Prime Stable---


---DDR1100 4-4-3-5 VDIMM 2.5V - Memtest Stable---


---DDR1100 4-4-3-5 VDIMM 2.5V - 3D Stable---


---DDR1100 4-4-3-5 VDIMM 2.5V - Sandra Buffered---


---DDR1100 4-4-3-5 VDIMM 2.5V - Sandra Un-Buffered---


At 4-4-3-5 I couldn't get 280*10 to run 32M so I will have to settle at DDR1100. Of course the limitation in voltage is the motherboard as I haven't done a volt mod just yet. I still might not keep this M2N32 so I want to keep it original. Playing withing timings or secondaries couldn't get 32M stable above 275*10...close but not quite.

---DDR850 3-3-3-5 VDIMM 2.5V - 32M / Prime Stable---


Some adjusting of secondaries was required to stabalize the memory at 3-3-3-5 DDR850 but I finally pulled it off sans windows memtest so it looks like 3-3-3-5 at these frequencies are for benching only. I would have liked to get that magic DDR900 at 3-3-3-5 just because but that just won't happen @ 2.5v. This will pretty much wrap up my work with these fine modules unless there are any requests for something specific, just ask.