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

[TeRm]

My ballistix 8500 are GMH as well.

[RealTelstar]

i would be shocked if you couldnt.

OMG

[shimmishim]

hm... so it appear some are getting gmh while others are getting gkx... interesting...

also, anyone have tips for taking the HS off w/o damaging the chips? i have yet to try to pull the heatspreader off any mem module i own...

[kemo]

Well I'll be damned, Kemo was right again! GKX baby, alright who wants my RAM, lol! Thanks Irev for giving us all a sneak preview, much appreciated! What is interesting is that Momo over at Guru3D got two kits which are both GMH (no big deal, both very high-bin from results)! We're eagerely awaiting your results whenever you get to them Irev!

NO i wasn't right i saw that picture before you

[Viss]

loc.o. your Celly's won't do CAS4 @ 1200Mhz? What are your max clocks @ CAS4 with them? I've been testing mine all day (GKX) and can't even get through 1M at 1150Mhz @ 4-4-4-12? I am very stable though at 1140Mhz at same timings which is pretty decent I guess. Like you I've also had better luck with GMH, my last kit of Ballistix (8000's) were stable at 1150Mhz @ 4-4-4-5 on 2.35v (but of course sold them like an idiot), lol!

Nope no 32M 600mhz cas 4 for me with them. Max ive got so far is 610 with 2.625vdimm bios iirc but thats only spi 1m:



And stock P5B dlx with 2.45v

[Roger_D25]

shimmishim,
I've taken the spreaders off of every kit I've ever owned, lol! The Gskills can be quite tough because they put the sticker right over the clips that help hold spreaders on but the Ballistix are a bit easier because they don't usualy put sticker right over clips! Send me a PM if you need some help still and I'll share my secrets with you, lol! By the way, what kit did you end up getting (Tracer or regular Ballistix)? Sorry if you already posted that info but I'm getting ready to get a kit and still not sure which one to buy? Granted their both exaclty the same modules (well except for LED's anyway).

loc.o,
Well that is pretty awesome I think, 610Mhz CAS4 1M stable is very decent! I finally put my Cellshocks up for sale at Guru3D because these 8500's are just too temting! Even if they don't clock as good as my Cellshocks they will still be pretty darn good!

[luihed]

hm... so it appear some are getting gmh while others are getting gkx... interesting...

also, anyone have tips for taking the HS off w/o damaging the chips? i have yet to try to pull the heatspreader off any mem module i own...

Shim, After taking the clips off, I used a credit card and a small screw driver.... The card I use to protect the pcb, then I slip the screw driver between the card and the HS and twist it working from one end to the other ( hope that make sense, Im not good at explaining lol) ....

With brand new rams, it comes off fairly easy but with used rams, I heat it up first...... Just take your time and never force it.... Ive seen ics coming off with the heatspreaders lol......

[TeRm]

Shim, After taking the clips off, I used a credit card and a small screw driver.... The card I use to protect the pcb, then I slip the screw driver between the card and the HS and twist it working from one end to the other ( hope that make sense, Im not good at explaining lol) ....

With brand new rams, it comes off fairly easy but with used rams, I heat it up first...... Just take your time and never force it.... Ive seen ics coming off with the heatspreaders lol......

Thats exactly what i did, but i only did that to one of the ics at the end and peeked at what it was with a microscope.

[shimmishim]

i guess the question should be.. how do you take the clips off w/o scratching the heatspreader. the ones that come with the newer style seem pretty loose and i guess they would be easy to bend.

what about the old style clips? those seem a bit harder... or maybe i'm not trying hard enough

[luihed]

I dont have a clue.... Last rams I bought before my ballistix are my Hyperx 3200 ( BH-5) and those clips where a to take out too..... I did get it out but I remember scratching the crap out of the hs though lol......

[zbomb5610]

wow, ddr2 800 crucial ballistix 2gb set is only $90 after rebate and google checkout ($40 rebate).

http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-2gb-...tml?adid=17662

[nicepun]

Got my Ballistix PC2-8500, D9GMH. I will play with them later.

[deeznuts]

How about these Crucial Ballistix 6400 for $99 after rebate, $89 after GCO?

http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-2gb-...tml?adid=17662

Not sure if it was posted yet though.

[dekruyter]

They seem good, but they're already at 2.2 volts to get 4-4-4-12; so what does that tell you?

[zbomb5610]

How about these Crucial Ballistix 6400 for $99 after rebate, $89 after GCO?

http://www.buy.com/prod/crucial-2gb-...tml?adid=17662

Not sure if it was posted yet though.

posted it 2 posts above yours, i would hop on that deal if i didn't have any memory, they should easily do ddr2 1000+. people are doing ddr2 1000+ on the ddr2 667 ballistix sets.

[Hutch]

They seem good, but they're already at 2.2 volts to get 4-4-4-12; so what does that tell you?

That you have no clue what you're talking about.

[shimmishim]

That you have no clue what you're talking about.

according to dekruyter my 10th anniversaries must suck big time. 3-3-3-8 at 2.2 volts for dd2-667

its too bad they do ddr2-1200...

[dekruyter]

according to dekruyter my 10th anniversaries must suck big time. 3-3-3-8 at 2.2 volts for dd2-667

its too bad they do ddr2-1200...

Sorry, I had no intension of saying something stupid; but, I'm not as versed as most of you guys regarding ram overclocking. All I was trying to suggest (albiet wrong, I'm seeing now) is that if you "start" at a lower voltage, you have more headroom to up voltage. Now if this is wrong, then thanks for pointing that out. I have an order placed for these, so I appreciate any info I can get. What voltage do you use to get to 1200, or is this at the stock of 2.2?

M

[shimmishim]

Sorry, I had no intension of saying something stupid; but, I'm not as versed as most of you guys regarding ram overclocking. All I was trying to suggest (albiet wrong, I'm seeing now) is that if you "start" at a lower voltage, you have more headroom to up voltage. Now if this is wrong, then thanks for pointing that out. I have an order placed for these, so I appreciate any info I can get. What voltage do you use to get to 1200, or is this at the stock of 2.2?

M

generally speaking you're right... but not with mem...

i'm planning to do a review of the 10ths, 8000s, and 8500s

[momomo6789]

can anyone beat this ?

[ziddey]

nice, but I'd be afraid to run that kind of vdimm. I've got a pair that'll do 5-5-5 with only 2.1v though. never tried beyond 2.4v though so not sure how much I'd need for 4-4-4

[fritzman]

Have you guys seen the Ballistic 8500's for $134.99 after the MIR?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148069

Crazy!

[momomo6789]

yea look above thats them clockin

[Hutch]

Momo, try Cas 5!!! They will scale the best at Cas 5, as that's what they are binned for. Highly binned D9 lately binned for cas 5 has been scaling incredibley well using cas 5.

[deeznuts]

What are your thoughts of mixing ram? I have two sticks of Firestix 8000, but want 4gb, so I need another two 1gb sticks. The crucial ballistix for $99 is very tempting. I want to purchase it but won't if it's generally a bad idea.