best 2x1gb for under $250

[stealth17]

Ive been running emboth in my infinity for past few days waiting onnew 64bits to arrive, so far there rock stable at 247X10 2.5-3-2-11-13-15 1T

64bits what?

[[cTx]Philosophy]

My x2 andASrock that im currently priming at 250 2.5-3-2-5 I know they top out at 254, so what setting should I change to go higher?
Cas 2.5 to 3 or trp 2 to 3? which will give me say 270ish?
Ive always had bh or ch memory so goin into 3 timings ive never touched..

This x2 3800 and asrock are currently priming at 2500 on stock voltages 250 1:1 2.5-3-2-5

[stealth17]

well I bit the bullet and ordered a set of Crucial Ballistix pc4000....looking for 300mhz 3-3-3-8

They are $300 now, at the time of this thread creations they were $400.

Ill let you all know how it goes.

Philosophy, just change one setting at a time and run memtest #5. It takes forever to get all the best settings but thats how you do it. I know cas 3 really killed my stability though. Try 2.5-3-3-8

[WesM63]

Stealth,
The cruical, is that the 2x1gb kit?


I almost bought the PDP, but think i'll bite the bullet as well.


btw, where in ohio?

[stealth17]

Stealth,
The cruical, is that the 2x1gb kit?


I almost bought the PDP, but think i'll bite the bullet as well.


btw, where in ohio?

Yeh, 2x1gb PC4000

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146578

Its the Z503 kit which is the same stuff the top 17 people in the 2x1gb database have. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=67762

Ashtabula, Ohio. Most north eastern county. My sister lives in Toledo, which is probly closer to you?

[WesM63]

Stealth,
Yep, i'll prolly end up with that stuff as well. (looked for the OCZ Pc-4000 EB, but can't find it)


Toledo is about 1hr from me so yea alot closer lol.

[stealth17]

Stealth,
Yep, i'll prolly end up with that stuff as well. (looked for the OCZ Pc-4000 EB, but can't find it)


Toledo is about 1hr from me so yea alot closer lol.

This ballistix is still beating all the newest 2gb kit releases. It becuase Micron wount sell them to anyone but Crucial. Micron supposedly makes the PCB which is special for the -5B chips too.

[[cTx]Philosophy]

currently i bumped em up to 255 same timings ima see if they work here b4 i run em at 2.5-3-3-8
I hope theyll do atleast 260 tight timings..If not ill bum loosen em a bit and run em
im still surprised at thes x2 though 2550 with nust 1.3 volts
in bios I have it set to 1.3
but in speedfan it shows it as regular 1.35 is this an issue with mobo or what?
I had it all way 2450 with just 1.275 needed 1.3 for 2500
etc

EDIT: Well 255 was a no go so i backed em to 254 and ima see whats u
Core 1 failed with 255 and then whole pc frose except the mouse bout 20 secs later, I know it isnt the cou its the ram ima push push push

[stealth17]

currently i bumped em up to 255 same timings ima see if they work here b4 i run em at 2.5-3-3-8
I hope theyll do atleast 260 tight timings..If not ill bum loosen em a bit and run em
im still surprised at thes x2 though 2550 with nust 1.3 volts
in bios I have it set to 1.3
but in speedfan it shows it as regular 1.35 is this an issue with mobo or what?
I had it all way 2450 with just 1.275 needed 1.3 for 2500
etc

EDIT: Well 255 was a no go so i backed em to 254 and ima see whats u
Core 1 failed with 255 and then whole pc frose except the mouse bout 20 secs later, I know it isnt the cou its the ram ima push push push

Dont trust the onboard sensor for voltage. Its wrong, I guarantee it. Use a DMM

[[cTx]Philosophy]

well just found out have a toldeo
Im uposet with this information but will work on it..

From what ive seen anyway mannys go way higher than toledo's
mannys are e4 and tols are e6 correct?

looks like this mobo is starting to show its ass finally
Stuck at 2.5 now
even put mem on 166 multi and went to bumpo it not happening..
Now i put mem back to 250 and mem multi back to 400 but it doesnt switch back its still drdr 166
this is killin me man.. grrrrr

Well cenbtral brain ident sais its a tolde cpu-z sais manny whats deal here?
lol unbeleivable

[[cTx]Philosophy]

wait lol toledos have 1 mg lvl 2 cache correct? this cant be toledo somethings wrong here..
It has to be manchester
back to priming at 250
ima go up 1 mhs at time from here on and see where she stops

[kyp275]

finally got my system up...

but these would constantly fail test 8 in memtest at stock speed unless they're @ 2.8v

it only happens when I'm running both sticks, they can pass the test just fine when tested individually

guess I'm switching as well ><

[stealth17]

wait lol toledos have 1 mg lvl 2 cache correct? this cant be toledo somethings wrong here..
It has to be manchester
back to priming at 250
ima go up 1 mhs at time from here on and see where she stops

not all toledos 1meg L2. Some 3800's are crippled toledos where the extra 512k on each core has been disabled. But, some are manchesters too.

[shiznit93]

I want to resurect this thread because I have the PDC2G3200LLK 2x1gig kit and I need help overclocking it. I have tried both the yellow and the orange slots and up to 3-3-3-8 timings (I dont know what any of the other memory settings are or do - please help) and I cannot get over 220mhz on thi mem no matter what. i did reach 219 at 2.5-3-3-8, but whats the point, 2cas at 200 should be faster right? i purchased the kit from monarch in early august and i have the green pcb, which is nowhere near as good as the new red one if i'm understanding correctly. all the recent pictures of this mem (both on the patrion site and monarchs) show red pcb's, and i was wondering if it was worth it to rma and try to get them. i would really like to run ~250mhz 2.5-3-3-X but i do now know how i should approach this rma, and whether i should file a request form with monarch or call PDP. thanks.

[stealth17]

Ygpm

[Vitality]

Sry guys cause im lazy, but if i now buy set of 1x2Gb, what should i hunt? 250MHz required, and latencies are what they are... Nice to have at least 2.5-3-3-5 but 3-3-3-5 might be ok too. Hope those could be as cheap as possible. Under 200€ would be nice. Maybe little over, but not much!
So what is best set with these criterions?

Thanks!