Ballistix PC8500

[eva2000]

i just got a 3rd set of 8500's

when i get a chance, I will compare to my old 8500's (D9GMH and one set of D9GKX)

nice let me know if you find any 600mhz 4-4-4- sub 2.4v modules hehe

[nullface]

nice let me know if you find any 600mhz 4-4-4- sub 2.4v modules hehe

QFT!

[nicepun]

Are the Ballistix 8 or 6 layer PCB?

6 layer pcb.

[Hutch]

Just pulled off 501mhz Cas 3 with a single stick 512mb PC8000 Ballistix 2.80V on my P965-S3... I think it's the Cas 3 WR for a gigabyte P965 board.

[jmax_oc]

Just pulled off 501mhz Cas 3 with a single stick 512mb PC8000 Ballistix 2.80V on my P965-S3... I think it's the Cas 3 WR for a gigabyte P965 board.

Hell no
My friend Florent make 552MHz CAS3 with DFI P65-S (WR overall CAS3)

[Gautam]

He said Gigabyte board. Nice clocks everyone. I haven't been able to get Crucial stuff benchable at 500 yet, at least not in DC--tried up to 3.3v. :S On the other hand 480-490 is very strong even at relatively low volts.

[Viss]

Tried the Ballistix on me P35C tonight.



5/6 divider is nice for us E6600 users (4ghz with decent mem clock at last) however it seems slow. 8x499.5 with mem at 599mhz and 4-4-4 only gets me 12.625. Could be OS though.

[Hutch]

Hell no
My friend Florent make 552MHz CAS3 with DFI P65-S (WR overall CAS3)

Good luck achieving that on a P965 Gigabyte board... I can't even break 1066mhz 5-5-5-18 in dual channel and 1100mhz in single channel with up to 2.7V on the ram and 1.7V to the chipset! The board won't break 475mhz FSB or 1100mhz on the ram... I think my P5W DH clocked better than this!

[Buckster]

need some Ballistix advice please guys ....

currently have 2 gig of 8500 stuff - with a P5B Deluxe - its running at a fairly low 1080 MHz CAS5.

question though - Crucial have recently reduced their "direct" prices for RAM in the UK - so 2 gig of 8500 stuff is about 95 pounds (190 dollars) - BUT I saw that 1 gig (2x512) of 8000 stuff is only about 45 pounds (90 dollars)

now 2 questions - does it clock as well as the 8500 stuff ? It still uses D9 as far as I can see - all I need it to get up to 1080 MHz CAS5

2nd question - will it still run in dual channel mode on my P5B - I'll have in one bank 2 x 1 gig and the other 2 x 512MB ?

my thinking is that although going for the 2x 1 gig would be ideal - I'm not planning to upgrade to Vista 64 anytime soon, and therefore only 3.2 gig would be addressable.

worthwhile do you reckon? My thoughts are that although it will only increase my avaailable RAM by 50% - my effective available to programs RAM after loading Vista will be increased by about 75-80%?

thanks for any advice,

Mark.

[eva2000]

2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500
Asus P5K Deluxe (black dimm slots)

Yes yet another kit of 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 5-5-5-15 at 2.2v rated modules But this time in the black memory dimm slots which have been confirmed to overclock memory much better than yellow dimm slots. Look at these tight sub timings at 3-30-3-3-3







System

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 L629B079 B2
• Corsair Nautilus 500 3/8" ID
• Asus P5K Deluxe 0311 bios
• 128MB Gainward FX5200 PCI
• 2x1GB Crucial PC2-8500 Ballistix dual channel kit in black dimm slots
• 74GB WD Raptor 8MB on SATA 2 port
• Pioneer DVR-08 Burner
• Sony FDD
• 1KW PCP&C SLI psu
• WinXP Pro SP2

2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 @626Mhz 5-5-5-15 at 2.20v

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
FSB Frequency: 376
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1253
DRAM Command Rate: 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
RAS# Precharge: 5
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
TWR: 3
TRFC: 30
TWTR: 3
TRRD: 3
TRTP: 3
DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO

Transaction Booster: AUTO
Boost Level: N/A
Clock Over-Charging Mode: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.45v
CPU Voltage Reference: AUTO
CPU Voltage Damper: Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50
DRAM Voltage: 2.20
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.30
North Bridge Voltage: 1.55
North Bridge Voltage Reference: AUTO
South Bridge Voltage: 1.20

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
PECI: Disabled

USB Configuration
USB Functions: Enabled
Legacy USB Support: Disabled (need to enable it to detect USB flash drives)

2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500 @640Mhz 5-5-5-15 at 2.35v

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
FSB Frequency: 384
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-1280
DRAM Command Rate: 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
RAS# Precharge: 5
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
TWR: 3
TRFC: 30
TWTR: 3
TRRD: 3
TRTP: 3
DRAM Static Read Control: AUTO

Transaction Booster: AUTO
Boost Level: N/A
Clock Over-Charging Mode: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.4875v
CPU Voltage Reference: AUTO
CPU Voltage Damper: Enabled
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50
DRAM Voltage: 2.35
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.40
North Bridge Voltage: 1.55
North Bridge Voltage Reference: AUTO
South Bridge Voltage: 1.20

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
PECI: Disabled

USB Configuration
USB Functions: Enabled
Legacy USB Support: Disabled (need to enable it to detect USB flash drives)

Sandra XI SP2 Buffered


Sandra XI SP2 Unbuffered

[Viss]

Nice i hope you found the 600mhz 4-4-4 set

[eva2000]

nah no 600mhz 4-4-4-x

but 5-4-4-x is memtesting nice at 590mhz so far !

[Gautam]

eva, I'm telling ya just get a pair of the 8000's and you'll have it like cake. (not sub 2.4 tho)

[NinjaZX6R]

eva, I'm telling ya just get a pair of the 8000's and you'll have it like cake. (not sub 2.4 tho)

Wonder if mine can do it at 2.55v. Hope so!

[stephen23]

Wonder if mine can do it at 2.55v. Hope so!

my 8500 can't do a 600 CL4 even on 2.55V

[msgclb]

It seems like ages but back on May 29 I mailed my $85 rebate for Crucial Ballistix PC8500 that I bought from Newegg. A few days later I sent them back to Newegg to be replace because one of the module was bad but they refunded my money. Now I get a email from Crucial informing me that they are processing my $85 rebate. I wonder if they will discover that my money was refunded or a better question might be should I tell them or cash the check if I get it?

Now I'm wondering if I should give the Crucial Ballistix PC8500 another chance as they are now $125.

[eva2000]

eva, I'm telling ya just get a pair of the 8000's and you'll have it like cake. (not sub 2.4 tho)

hmmmm my itchy credit card finger - man this addiction is expensive

although with this 8500 set managed to close in on 3600mhz 32M times still

[nicepun]

It seems like ages but back on May 29 I mailed my $85 rebate for Crucial Ballistix PC8500 that I bought from Newegg. A few days later I sent them back to Newegg to be replace because one of the module was bad but they refunded my money. Now I get a email from Crucial informing me that they are processing my $85 rebate. I wonder if they will discover that my money was refunded or a better question might be should I tell them or cash the check if I get it?

Now I'm wondering if I should give the Crucial Ballistix PC8500 another chance as they are now $125.

You will have to answer this question yourself, however, you did ask for a replacment since they didn't have the same item in stock you will got a refund instead which is their policy. So technically you did the right thing, now in return you should give them another try. I just got my 2nd set, I will report back later.

[Viss]

Tried orthos with P35C. Bios +0.4 vdimm which gives me about 2.35v in speedfan:

[uwackme]

What dont I understand here. I have 2G OCZ 1066SLI running 270Mhz (540Mhz) with CPU at 3.25Ghz and in SiSoft Sandra I get 11,000/11,000 buffered and 9000/9000 unbuffered on the memory bandwidth test.

You running 320Mhz (640Mhz) and getting only 8K/8K and 6K/6K respectively.

[eva2000]

AM2 has more efficiency for memory bandwidth than Intel

[Hutch]

You guys might wanna check your voltages with a MM, speedfan is always off by .03-.06V on my board.

[irev210]

eva, I'm telling ya just get a pair of the 8000's and you'll have it like cake. (not sub 2.4 tho)

I wish I could say that was the case for me. I've owned a LOT of 8000's and NONE did better than any of the 8500's ive tested.

You either got lucky on 8000 or really unlucky on 8500. I am testing new 8500 now

I might have a testing marathon tonight, I actually have free time


edit: eva, its on. I fired up my P5K and 8500's. Running tests just about the same as you, with E6550 of course

2.2vdimm 5-5-5-15 im 32m pi running already

1 set of D9GKX, 2 sets of D9GMH to test tonight

2.20Vdimm 5-5-5-15 (same settings as eva2000)
1st set) 640MHz
2nd set) 626MHz
3rd set) 638MHz


Not bad! Now on to 4-4-4-5 (still 2.2vdimm)

[Hutch]

irev can you do some cas 3 testing?

[eva2000]

edit: eva, its on. I fired up my P5K and 8500's. Running tests just about the same as you, with E6550 of course

2.2vdimm 5-5-5-15 im 32m pi running already

1 set of D9GKX, 2 sets of D9GMH to test tonight

2.20Vdimm 5-5-5-15 (same settings as eva2000)
1st set) 640MHz
2nd set) 626MHz
3rd set) 638MHz


Not bad! Now on to 4-4-4-5 (still 2.2vdimm)

nice .... will be interesting to see how 4-4-4-5 do