[MemoryReaction] G.Skill F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ - Low in cost, high in speed!

[zlojack]

Memtest86+ errors on one set of these on Test#1 no matter what speed, settings or timings, always at the same point. RMA?

[p2501]

Memtest86+ errors on one set of these on Test#1 no matter what speed, settings or timings, always at the same point. RMA?

My set spit out errors on test 5, i sent them in. Now I'm waiting to get them back, retailer said they won't send my a new set in advance, greedy bastards..

[rintamarotta]

Another good 2Gb stick... hard time to deside what to get...

[Richard Dower]

What the hell????

Price has JUMPED to $150 shipped:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231145

Now the same price at the 8500 kit:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166

[EnJoY]

^ I imagine the instant rebate has expired. Give it a couple of days and it will most likely return.

[Underwater Mike]

What the hell????

Price has JUMPED to $150 shipped:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231145

Now the same price at the 8500 kit:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166

Welcome to Newegg's yield management! Almost as bad as buying an airline ticket.

I sent a complaint when they did this to me a couple weeks ago, bumping my cart costs more than $200 overnight. I got some canned response, and an offer of a $10 credit against my purchase (which was a bit over/under $2K -- I can't recall the total). Woot! $10! Uh, yeah...

So, I ordered from them only the stuff for which they were the absolute cheapest source, and bought the rest of the parts elsewhere, rather than buying everything from Newegg. I've spent north of $10K there in the last 8 years, and I'll be damned if I'm going to remain loyal to a vendor that jerks me this badly.

[Richard Dower]

Price has dropped on the 8500 kit, now $145 with free shipping:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166

[Crazy Chuckster]

Enjoy are you going to do a write up on the 8500 kit at all in 2x2gb flavor?

[EnJoY]

Enjoy are you going to do a write up on the 8500 kit at all in 2x2gb flavor?

If you guys want me to, I can certainly see if G.Skill would like to send me a set.

[SWFLTrader]

If you guys want me to, I can certainly see if G.Skill would like to send me a set.

I think they should send you 2 sets so you can do a write up on 8 Gig

[Richard Dower]

Price of the 8000 kit back to $100...yay!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231145

[EnJoY]

I think they should send you 2 sets so you can do a write up on 8 Gig

Not a bad idea.

[techguy2k5]

I finally got my kit and got it all setup and o/c'd last night. 500x8 on my IP35-E/wolfie 8400 combo. Stock timings for now. I could memtest @ 525FSB, but Windows is not stable at more than 500MHz. I guess that means I can tighten some timings though, which is fine by me. Running SPD timings (except tRFC raised to 55) @ stock clock 1:1 with the FSB. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Edit: am I reading the first post correctly? 5-5-3-15 timings with a performance level of 4!?

[EnJoY]

I finally got my kit and got it all setup and o/c'd last night. 500x8 on my IP35-E/wolfie 8400 combo. Stock timings for now. I could memtest @ 525FSB, but Windows is not stable at more than 500MHz. I guess that means I can tighten some timings though, which is fine by me. Running SPD timings (except tRFC raised to 55) @ stock clock 1:1 with the FSB. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Edit: am I reading the first post correctly? 5-5-3-15 timings with a performance level of 4!?

Yes you are.

[techguy2k5]

Jeez. I can't wait to try that when I get home tonight

[techguy2k5]

One last question:
were you able to set those timings in the BIOS or did you leave everything @ SPD and set timings using memset?

[Richard Dower]

I manually set 5-5-5-15 in bios and leave all subtimings to Auto.

[techguy2k5]

Is it possible that changing a value in memset could corrupt my RAM? I had things running fine (pass stress-tests anyway) as high as 8.5x500, but then I started playing around with memset and now things aren't stable. I've even tried to re-install Windows and am getting errors.

[DrAlb]

I just picked these up as my ballistix died. What can I expect for timings running these 1:1 at 440 FSB? I am not the best with sub-timings, so any help would be appreciated.

[Richard Dower]

You *might* get 4-4-4-12, stress might...you'll just have to give it a shot.

[EnJoY]

Is it possible that changing a value in memset could corrupt my RAM? I had things running fine (pass stress-tests anyway) as high as 8.5x500, but then I started playing around with memset and now things aren't stable. I've even tried to re-install Windows and am getting errors.

That would never be the case, it seems your memory may just have gone bad all of a sudden. =( PM the G.Skill Technician.

[Richard Dower]

Who thinks the 8000 kit will drop another $5?

[techguy2k5]

That would never be the case, it seems your memory may just have gone bad all of a sudden. =( PM the G.Skill Technician.

Things are fine after the reload. Rock-solid SMP folding 24x7 @ 8x500. Thanks though

[lefy]

Memset 3.4 is showing TWR & TWTR at 18, but in the BIOS I set them at 10. Any idea what's going on, or is there another mem util I should be using?

[EnJoY]

Memset 3.4 is showing TWR & TWTR at 18, but in the BIOS I set them at 10. Any idea what's going on, or is there another mem util I should be using?

It's just how memset reads the timings from the MCH register. It's not a bug in either memset, or the bios, it's simply how the register outputs the timing data.