OC Report :: Crucial Ballistix 2x1GB PC3-12800 CL8

[purplehaze]

thats a pretty freaking sweet name D9GTR. A racing bred version of ballistix sticks, now thats what i'm talking about.

[3oh6]

started to get some runs done on the Maximus Extreme and boy did these sticks take off at 8-7-6. they actually left the Corsair Dominators in their wake...was not expecting that to be honest, but no complaints from this guy.

well, no complaints with the memory, but again i feel i am at the motherboard limit but haven't given up just yet

[0o== Maximus Extreme Dual 32M SPi Overclocking ==o0]
As we saw in the P5K3-Dlx results, the BIOS selected voltage was listed but noted that the motherboad over-volts by 0.06v. The Maximus Extreme also over-volts but it reports the correct actual voltage in Windows through Everest so every screen shot below has the correct voltage listed so I have simply listed the results with their actual voltage.


8-7-6-X 1T:
Intel X38:
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944.1MHz :: 1.90v(B) | 970MHz :: 1.95v(B) | 990MHz :: 2.00v(B) | 1014MHz :: 2.06v(B) | 1032MHz :: 2.10v(B)

Hahaha, what can I say, these sticks are absolutely incredible at 8-7-6 timings on this motherboard. Clearly the limiting factor on the P5K3-Dlx setup was the motherboard and once again, the motherboard seems to be the limit of these clocks here again. I am still working on getting a little more out of this beast but it looks like 1030MHz might be close to the max on the 266 or any strap for that matter strap.

[Lu(ky]

Very nice write up there 3oh6.. Making me feel I have done good with my choice of memory. Now for the real test tomorrow on my new Asus S2E mobo. I have one question though what is the MAX vcore to be pumped into these sticks? And what would be a safe operating vcore?? I will be using a Corsair Fan kit on them...

Thanks...

[3oh6]

Very nice write up there 3oh6.. Making me feel I have done good with my choice of memory. Now for the real test tomorrow on my new Asus S2E mobo. I have one question though what is the MAX vcore to be pumped into these sticks? And what would be a safe operating vcore?? I will be using a Corsair Fan kit on them...

Thanks...

thanks...a to be technically correct, it is vdimm, not vcore, but i know what you are talking about

there really is no guaranteed vdimm for D9GTR that we know of yet. for 24/7 i wouldn't go a tick over 2.1v though and would try to stay at 2.0v unless the gains were really worth it. this may change over time but i think this is pretty much the consensus right now. there is a thread here about vdimm with DDR3 and safe voltages but i can't seem to find it right now...
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=181096

there it is. just remember, there are a lot of 'opinions' in that thread so take some of the stuff with a grain of salt. HTH