Crucial Ballistix PC3200 Summary

[Mirek]

DIMMs were a pair of Crucial Ballistix PC3200 512MB modules. You can see nice orange-gold Ballistix aluminum heatspreaders:



New Micron "G" die chip :



OC:



Timing:



Everest:



My setup is: Athlon64 3000+ Winchester, DFI nF4 Ultra-D, WinXP Pro SP2, HDD SATA Seagate 80GB NCQ, 500W psu, BIOS 3.10p

[brandinb]

pretty good result for that chip nice job

do they work well with lower trc timing or on a divider???
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[ozzimark]

those are really old sticks.. 0426
i'm also surprised they're not overlabled with the ballistix logo

here's some results from my 512mb ballistix thati got back in december

[5-Clicks]

hmm. are they like Winbond where they hardly benefit from looser timings?

[Mirek]

those are really old sticks.. 0426
i'm also surprised they're not overlabled with the ballistix logo

here's some results from my 512mb ballistix thati got back in december

Your results are better . I will try replicating it. What is your DRAM voltage? Thanks.

Mirek

[ozzimark]

varying from 2.9-3.2v

5-clicks.. somewhat. it's definitly not like tccd from my experience

[targ]

micron is a mix of UTT and TCCD, scales ok on sub 3v if u lossen timings to 2.5-3-3-x. but can take more voltage if need, and get similar speeds at tighter timinigs.

most are good for 240-250 2.5-3-3-x to 2(.5)-2-2-x depending on voltage.

personally i like them, good low level overclocker as they are easyish to use too.

targ

[ozzimark]

mine can do 248mhz at 2.5-2-2 with 2.8v.. they just don't scale too well with more voltage/higher timings. i think there's something up with my board because of that though

[Mirek]

those are really old sticks.. 0426
i'm also surprised they're not overlabled with the ballistix logo

here's some results from my 512mb ballistix thati got back in december

I changed module image now. Previous was only for imagination. Now it is real ones. Sorry for it.

[Reefa_Madness]

The 244-255 MHz with relatively tight timings makes the Ballistix a good match, in my opinion, for a P4 at 3.0/3.2/3.4GHz cpu and a socket 865/875 mobo.

[Mirek]

Today I bought Zalman FG123. It is my best OC investment (is very cheap).



Results are outstanding. Now I am running Prime95 at 260MHz with the same setup. Without cooling I had always error at Memtest86 test No.5 about 254 – 255 MHz. Now Memtest86 is running on 265 MHz!!!



I will need more testing for new limits and stability. I will publish more soon .

[Jaco]

agree, outstanding result for pc-3200 stix

[SnipingWaste]

The key to over clocking Micron memory is to keep it cool. You should be able to hit 280HTT 2.5,2,3,5 with 3.3 volts but you have to get rid of the heat spreaders and put on ram sinks. You have to keep the mem chips under 65C.

[ozzimark]

Results are outstanding. Now I am running Prime95 at 260MHz with the same setup. Without cooling I had always error at Memtest86 test No.5 about 254 – 255 MHz. Now Memtest86 is running on 265 MHz!!!

nice! now we're talking

how much voltage?

[brandinb]

woo nice job on that ram cooling mirek good call
i love to see results improve like this
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[Clevor]

I have a set of 2x512 PC3200 running 250, 2.5-2-2-5 on the IC7-G. This is where the ram shines - try to get that kind of speed limited to 2.8 VDIMM. On a 3.40C, you are talking 4 gig, so this flies with that kind of timings.

I have not run the sticks much on the DFI NF4; last time I tried I think I got around 253-255 @ 3.1 volts. I tried for 270, 2.5-2-3-5 but no go.

With even junk UTT stuff capable of 255, 2-2-2-6, it's a moot point so I quit testing. The ram is great on P4 rigs, where it can run 5:4 at 2.5-2-2-5 up to 300 fsb, with maybe a bump up to 2.9 VDIMM.

Before I did the VDIMM mod on the NF8, I ran 260x10, 2.5-2-3-5 @ 2.8 volts. Try that with TCCD .

[Mirek]

nice! now we're talking

how much voltage?

DRAM voltage was 2,8V only. I will try more over weekend (3 - 3.2?V).

[ozzimark]

heh, you've got a bit left in those sticks then.. good luck!

[Mirek]

I have new results with active DRAM cooling (Zalman FG123):







Probably way for best OC will be removing heatspreaders and use RAM sinks (SnipingWaste idea – thanks). Advantage will be possibility for higher DIMM voltage, better timing and higher frequency. Question only is warranty…