Asus P5W DH with GSKILL ram setup instructions and discussion thread

[GSKILL TECH]

humm, F2-6400PHU2-2GBZX is not going to run DDR2 1000
if it is F2-5400PHU2-2GBZX, that is other story

[Polynikes]

Perhaps G.S Tech or anyone else who has the F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ chips can post some info about how far these will go? Can they run stable at 4-4-4-12? How far can you OC them at 5-5-5-15? I'm just curious how far anyone else has pushed them.

[Mick22]

Ive been wondering about the same thing since im about to purchase those
2GBNQ sticks with a P5W myself. So, anyone?

[Polynikes]

I suppose I could mess around a bit, but I'm not a very experienced overclocker, so my results probably won't be that great.

[Mick22]

Dont take risks on my account, i just thought id ask too in case anyone had already done it

[Polynikes]

THe P5WDH is pretty good about not letting you boot if your BIOS settings are too extreme, but I won't push it too hard.

[Polynikes]

OK, so here's how far I got the NQ RAM to go:



I got it to run 4-4-4-12 at DDR2-889 with 2.05v. (Windows XP wouldn't boot at 2.0v.) Although my test wasn't very long, it seems pretty stable. I couldn't get it to boot at 1067, even with the voltage at 2.3v and the timings at 6-6-6-15. :\ I didn't feel like upping the voltage any further. But considering this is fairly cheap RAM, my results aren't that bad. I'll do some more long-term testing tonight, hopefully, and we'll see how stable it is under heavy load for a longer time.

As you can see, I haven't OC'd the processor yet, though I doubt that would affect the RAM stability too much if I did. (Or am I wrong about that?)