Best ram for AMD platform

[MrIcee]

Instant memtest errors, I couldn't get it stable over 1700, no matter what I do - timings, voltage...It seems that something is very wrong with my particular board.
Additionally it's overvolting with at least 0.06V. I will get rid of it very soon. Nothing is overheating, the memory didn't run at desired speeds even with everything other on default with increased voltages. As you can see, they are running flawlessly on the other board with high NB and default voltage at 1800 CL6

Hi my friend

My first question would be : which bios are you currently running on the Crosshair III ? My board came from the factory with 1301 which was released at the end of December. With that version I have had great success running OCZ's inexpensive AMD black Edition into the mid 1800's stably, and have booted into Windows in the low 1900's and benched (but not very stable @ 1900+). Overclocking is excellent on this bios also, as I'm running clocks on a 965BE between 4100 and 4200Mhz with a Corsair H50 without issue.

Now in saying that, I'm always game for trying different bios' and updated to the newest release 1503. Everything went downhill from there. I could not overclock stabily as high, and memory overclocks were non existent and unstable. I couldn't even get past 1700Mhz with the memory no matter the voltage applied.

So bottomline is: check bios versions and don't be afraid to try older versions to alleviate issues. Again, the 1301 is very good.

Best regards,

Randi