The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion

[Jodiuh]

Fewer bsods this way and no "verify" crap while gaming at a LAN party. I suppose I could just boot to another OS, but I really enjoy seeing how far my new chip can go under day to day activity. It's like watching an electronic pet grow.

I have had it gaming @ 4.3, but do not like surprises, heh. To each his own.

[Nuckin_Futs]

Well I'm using the 1gig stick just to get the rig going as you can see my secondary system isn't really cutting edge
The problem with the OCZ is that I can't get it to post after a CMOS reset, I have to put in the Kingston stick just to get to the BIOS, that isn't what I'm after.
So this is why I'm also wondering what is a recommended 4GB kit (2GB is just doesn't quite cut it for me, as I like to keep the page file off). If there was a way to get this set of RAM running, great, but if not I'm going for an upgrade
Thanks!

Odd, I had the best luck w/ OCZ Platinum. When BETA BIOS screwed up my system, I could only boot w/ OCZ to load profiles and put Tracers back in.

As for a good 4g kit, do try to stick to a 2 slot kit, 2x 2g. You'll of corse need to relax timings accordingly, as they will most likely not hold to your old profile w/o some volting in vDIMM and vMCH. I found the OCZ Platinums to bee good and stable and OC pretty good for what they were. I had a 2x 2g DDR800 kit to DDR1000 @ 2-2-2-13 w/ trfc to 50 @ 2.20vCel Shock makes a nice 2x 2g but I cant speak for their DDR2 version.

[The Coolest]

Odd, I had the best luck w/ OCZ Platinum. When BETA BIOS screwed up my system, I could only boot w/ OCZ to load profiles and put Tracers back in.

As for a good 4g kit, do try to stick to a 2 slot kit, 2x 2g. You'll of corse need to relax timings accordingly, as they will most likely not hold to your old profile w/o some volting in vDIMM and vMCH. I found the OCZ Platinums to bee good and stable and OC pretty good for what they were. I had a 2x 2g DDR800 kit to DDR1000 @ 2-2-2-13 w/ trfc to 50 @ 2.20vCel Shock makes a nice 2x 2g but I cant speak for their DDR2 version.

I have a theory (which might be very wrong, but I'll post it). This RAM is rated at DDR2-533. It doesn't have SPD settings for anything higher than that. Is it possible to add SPD settings for higher speed? I think I saw some time ago a program that allows you to edit a stick's SPD chip.