Ballistix PC8500

[zsamz_]

My last result was kinda lame, and not very xtreme.

This one is much better:



I think that's about all of the fsb this board can handle.

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=354511

thats a nice cpu you got there

[yankee]

Thanks, zsamz_
Heres a few more, the first is 32m@2.35, the second is 1m @ 2.5.





This ram is teh awesome!

[zsamz_]

nice
better than some e8400s lol

[anubis_is_evil]

hellpp me

why my ballistix tracer can't get 1200 with cl 4-4-4-12 ....i even give it max vdimm in my board....somehow its hard to enter windows..

is it my ram is already damaged ??

thx

[Gen]

hellpp me

why my ballistix tracer can't get 1200 with cl 4-4-4-12 ....i even give it max vdimm in my board....somehow its hard to enter windows..

is it my ram is already damaged ??

thx

well 1200mhz @cas 4 was hard for the old sticks and not possible with the new single sided revision.

you need to post more info, like what kind/how much of ballistix you have, MB, & what your max vdimm is, etc.

[anubis_is_evil]

well 1200mhz @cas 4 was hard for the old sticks and not possible with the new single sided revision.

you need to post more info, like what kind/how much of ballistix you have, MB, & what your max vdimm is, etc.

i used double sided Gen, i have 2x1gb 8500 ballistix tracer...

cause i can get no satisfied with cl4 so i tried cl3, here you go..
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=356364
with 2.95 vdimm...

[Gen]

i used double sided Gen, i have 2x1gb 8500 ballistix tracer...

cause i can get no satisfied with cl4 so i tried cl3, here you go..
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=356364
with 2.95 vdimm...

dang... 2.95v! *squints eyes* 1000mhz cas 3 looks good!

maybe you can reach 1400mhz can 5

[Don_Dan]

i used double sided Gen, i have 2x1gb 8500 ballistix tracer...

cause i can get no satisfied with cl4 so i tried cl3, here you go..
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=356364
with 2.95 vdimm...

Nice results you got out of that kit! Though 2.95volts is really asking for trouble, but I guess you know that. Then it's even more impressive to use that vdimm.

What revision are they? 16FDx?

[anubis_is_evil]

dang... 2.95v! *squints eyes* 1000mhz cas 3 looks good!

maybe you can reach 1400mhz can 5

haha, crazy enough huh , agreed to the people that said "god bless the ballistix"

for cl5, this what i can get meanwhile
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=356825
with vdimm 2.49

Nice results you got out of that kit! Though 2.95volts is really asking for trouble, but I guess you know that. Then it's even more impressive to use that vdimm.

What revision are they? 16FDx?

thx Don_Dan the revision is 16FD3...
yup, i know 2.95 vdimm maybe can sre* this sticks up, it's always a first time...

with dfi lp lt x38 only have max vdimm 2.95 thats why i stop, perhaps if i can get higher freq i'll pushed it further....

here the ss..

[Alex-Ro]

Hell Yeah,515 3-3-3-8, 675 4-4-4-15.Voltage is the max that could be given through BIOS,and that is 3.0v.On my Lanparty LT P35-T2R.

[anubis_is_evil]

Hell Yeah,515 3-3-3-8, 675 4-4-4-15.Voltage is the max that could be given through BIOS,and that is 3.0v.On my Lanparty LT P35-T2R.

damm ! alex-Ro how you do that ???

i even can get 600 Cl4 stable in maximum vdimm ... poor sticks..

[zsamz_]

damm ! alex-Ro how you do that ???

i even can get 600 Cl4 stable in maximum vdimm ... poor sticks..

my sticks dont like cas 4 i tested all 4 of them
but they go crazy on cas5 me i've only pumped 2.24 in them lol not as brave as you
mine can do 1240 2.09v /1300 2.24v
i hope you got a fan on those micron not makin those chips no more

[yankee]

see if you can run pi at that speed, alex. Also, what does memtest report for bandwidth at those timings?

Either way, that's a great result! My board only goes up to 2.55 vDimm, and no NB vCore adjustment.

What did you set nb vCore to?

[zarathrustra]

My RMA just got back to me today. I sent off 2x1Gb 8000's and 2x1Gb Tracer 8500's, both old double sided D9 kits, which until they died, worked well as a 4Gb kit at 4-4-4-12 1000+.

What I got back: A double sided set of 8500's, and a single sided set of Tracer 8500's. I'm just about to put 'em in, but I know it's not going to work how I'd hoped.

[MikalCarbine]

Just RMA'ed my second kit of 8500's and they said they are sending me single sided... we'll see how they fair but I am already very tired of how often these things die, might just put them up for sale as soon as I get them.

[zarathrustra]

Ive just put all 4 sticks in together, and already it's not looking too promising. I finally got a boot at 5-5-5-15 @ 945, 2.1v.

[zsamz_]

lol i havent pushed my ballistix past 2.24 yet
i can do 1200+ with 2.03v

[Gen]

Ive just put all 4 sticks in together, and already it's not looking too promising. I finally got a boot at 5-5-5-15 @ 945, 2.1v.

965 chipset is before my time, is the mobo a limiting factor?

I have 1 single sided set and 1 double sided set in a rig atm and they do 1000mhz @44415 2.0-2.05v depending on trfc.

[0rion]

Well, im posting again because one of my sticks just died on me. I was running them at 1028mhz, at 2.15v. The system gave a pinstriped output on the screens, and stopped responding. I hard rebooted, and it refused to post. Long story short, I got 1 stick to work in slot #1, then tried adding sticks into slot 3. 1 stick failed, and the other two worked fine. So I guess Ill be doing another RMA. This will make the third set I have had to RMA. Im with the guy who posted a little way back.. I might just sell the sets as soon as I get whatever I get back. Im tired of RMAing parts every couple months.

[anubis_is_evil]

finallly ! after i switch my board into DFI LP LT X48, my sticks can easyly trough 1200 CL 4 with 2.6V, but in again i try pushed it harder into 1240 CL4 and went stabil on 2.73V with SPI 1mb..

heres the SS


the validate http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=361200

thinks my ram gone stupid but it's still rocks ! damm i loved my sticks !

[Viss]

Very nice Congrats on the 1200mhz cas4. Scary vdimm though

[nidecker]

Ballistix pc8500, double-side, no clip rev.
SPI 32M@600 4-4-4-4
Vmem 2,52V bios set

Really nice ram, not so good at cas5, but fantastic at cas4

[Alex-Ro]

They go very well on Cas 5,but there is a lot to tweak in the Dfi board to be able to:

710 mhz 5-5-5-15 Validation:

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=341992

[Monstru]

And of course they go very, very good with CAS 4 too



and my sig too

[Viss]

Nice Monstru, vdimm ?