[Update 25/11] 2GB of DDR2 for overclocking what to buy

[kemo]

I had emailed crucial a few weeks ago regarding the 10th anniversary kits. They said that they were ONLY offered through newegg and they were a one time thing.

Has anyone given the PC2-9200 OCZ 3.0v+? Curious as to how well they'll do...

When's ddr3 being released?

people started to play with some chilled water and that OCZ and then they found cold bug so no one pushed it so far and DDR3 should be around in the same time frame as Bearlake in Q3

[Yay for Cheese]

Should I get the G.Skill HZ DDR2 800 or the Firestix DDR2 1000? G.Skill is $40 on newegg but does it overclock better?

[kemo]

Should I get the G.Skill HZ DDR2 800 or the Firestix DDR2 1000? G.Skill is $40 on newegg but does it overclock better?

at this point i do prefer the Firestix (higher value) , anyway what is the rest of your configuration and your OC plans

[Yay for Cheese]

I'm planning to build soon

xeon 3060, maybe something else after price cuts
DFI RD600 for CF

All the other parts are pretty much set. Just not sure about RAM.

[Roger_D25]

Yay for Cheese,
What are your overclocking plans once you get your rig built? Would you rather have a kit that runs stock at 1000Mhz (PC2-8000) or a slower kit (PC2-6400) that you could just overclocking to run at PC2-8000 (1000Mhz) speeds? In either case I'd probably go with the Firestix as well, decent modules!

[Yay for Cheese]

I'll probably take the Firestix then. Seems to overclock better from the small searching I've done.

[TeRm]

Kemo just about everything on the list needs a price adjustment for the better . You should also add OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2GB
And check this out
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 = 189$ after rebate!!!!

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (1GBx2) DDR2-800 PC2-6400 = 219$ no rebate

[nicepun]

Kemo just about everything on the list needs a price adjustment for the better . You should also add OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2GB
Also check this out
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 = 189$ after rebate!!!!

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (1GBx2) DDR2-800 PC2-6400 = 219$ no rebate

Hmm, real nice! I really enjoyed the Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 (DDR2-1000), very good overclocker indeed.

[kemo]

Kemo just about everything on the list needs a price adjustment for the better . You should also add OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2GB
And check this out
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 = 189$ after rebate!!!!

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (1GBx2) DDR2-800 PC2-6400 = 219$ no rebate

Thanks for the heads mate , now we should remove the list and leave two kits only

Hmm, real nice! I really enjoyed the Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 (DDR2-1000), very good overclocker indeed.

ask irev210 about them . high bin GMH

[TeRm]

Say I wanted to run 4x1gb of the Ballistix 1000. What would i be looking at for an oc.

[kemo]

Say I wanted to run 4x1gb of the Ballistix 1000. What would i be looking at for an oc.

say 550-560 MHZ 4-4-4-5 2.4V or around 500MHZ with 2.2-2.25 . running 4 dimms is not much stress on your mobo these days

[sbin]

Those cucial ballistix 1000 are very nice memory!
Have a set that clock exceptionally well.
Much better than OCZ 1100 bought a few weeks ago.
Tempted to buy another crucial and sell the OCZ

[TEDY]

you can add

CRUCIAL PC2-5300 667MHz 2gb kit. D9GMH, made in Singapure

here in slovenija i can get them for 120€ 2x1GB

[Roger_D25]

I know I've said this before but the PC2-8000 Ballistixs were the best modules I ever owned, hands down! For some reason I sold them and I still regred it! Although my Cellshocks are great they don't run 1150Mhz @ 4-4-4-5 on 2.35v stable like the Ballistix did! At $189 after MIR they are probably the best RAMS you can buy for the money!

[rfisher983]

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 = 189$ after rebate!!!!

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (1GBx2) DDR2-800 PC2-6400 = 219$ no rebate

G.Skill HZ DDR2 800

^^^
Which of theses would you get and why? If not on the list I have up to $240 to spend on ram.

[TeRm]

I would personally go with the HZ for 170$ no rebate. Unless you are going to be doing extreme benching all you need from your memory is 1000Mhz and all of these will do that easy.

[Roger_D25]

rfisher983,
It's a tough call with so many decent kits available for small money, as I wrote above though I'd go with the Ballistix over the HZ's. With that said though either kit would most likely do anything you'd need them to do and more! The OCZ Alpha VX2 modules that TeRm has are also great modules and binned pretty high! If I'm not mistaken their also warrentied for 2.5v which can make for alot of fun, lol!

[zbomb5610]

looking at http://ramlist.ath.cx/ddr2/

if you go under super talent and look at part# T800UX2GC4, it still only lists d9 chips as the only ones used, but i did some reading where people thought they didn't use d9 chips anymore but no one actually had evidence of non d9 chips in the threads i read, unless i missed a thread that confirmed non d9.

I am asking this since they are only around $151 at ewiz, newegg has them for $161 after $15 mir.

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=T800UX2GC4&show=r

so if chances are good to get d9, then i would think that would be a good deal.

[TeRm]

I believe that your chances are approximately zero. They switched a few months ago. Just about every d9 you can find is on the list.

[Roger_D25]

I think that rOOn does his best to keep that list updated and as accurate as possible but IC's change so quickly now it's very difficult to be accurate all the time. With that said be careful buying any RAM based on any list, nobody can know for sure! I recenlty purchased a kit of the GSkill F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ's which were listed as GKX/GCT, well they arrived with GMH. That is not a great example because GMH is great but it could have been anything!

[nicepun]

I believe that your chances are approximately zero. They switched a few months ago. Just about every d9 you can find is on the list.

This is true, they suck, well not if you're only looking to get 800Mhz (its rated speed), but other than that forget about it, at least the pair I got anyway.

[nicepun]

Kemmo6600, I would remove Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK (D9GKX) from the list becaue Patriot stopped the production.

[kemo]

you can add

CRUCIAL PC2-5300 667MHz 2gb kit. D9GMH, made in Singapure

here in slovenija i can get them for 120€ 2x1GB

you are talking about the 667 Cas 5 , here in USA it is not guaranteed GMH , you need to go and check the ICs your self before buying

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 = 189$ after rebate!!!!

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (1GBx2) DDR2-800 PC2-6400 = 219$ no rebate

G.Skill HZ DDR2 800

^^^
Which of theses would you get and why? If not on the list I have up to $240 to spend on ram.

the best bang is the HZ but if you want slightly better OC get the Crucial PC8000

looking at http://ramlist.ath.cx/ddr2/

if you go under super talent and look at part# T800UX2GC4, it still only lists d9 chips as the only ones used, but i did some reading where people thought they didn't use d9 chips anymore but no one actually had evidence of non d9 chips in the threads i read, unless i missed a thread that confirmed non d9.

I am asking this since they are only around $151 at ewiz, newegg has them for $161 after $15 mir.

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=T800UX2GC4&show=r

so if chances are good to get d9, then i would think that would be a good deal.

it says D9 because we couldn't identify the new ICs used anyway i will talk to r00n to fix that issue

Kemo6600, I would remove Patriot PDC22G8000+XBLK (D9GKX) from the list becaue Patriot stopped the production.

done

[Rone]

looking at http://ramlist.ath.cx/ddr2/

if you go under super talent and look at part# T800UX2GC4, it still only lists d9 chips as the only ones used, but i did some reading where people thought they didn't use d9 chips anymore but no one actually had evidence of non d9 chips in the threads i read, unless i missed a thread that confirmed non d9.

Yes, it was mentioned and confirmed in Super Talent T800UX2GC4 D9GMH (post #13).

They look very much like Nanya, but I'm not 100% sure. Guess I forgot to add them to the list just to make sure people are aware it's not always Micron. It's on the list now.

I think that rOOn does his best to keep that list updated and as accurate as possible but IC's change so quickly now it's very difficult to be accurate all the time.

Thanks, Roger_D25.

it says D9 because we couldn't identify the new ICs used anyway i will talk to r00n to fix that issue

Got it, thanks. Until further notice I'll put Nanya with a questionmark behind it.

[TEDY]

kemo 6600: retailer told me 100%