can an IC7-MAX3 not take DDR500?

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Ok I was contemplating buying the Kingston HyperX DDR500 ram for my IC7-max3...then i notice:

System memory - Four 184-pin slots for DDR SDRAM DIMM;
- Maximum memory capacity 4GB;
- Supported memory types - PC2700/PC3200;
- Dual-channel memory access;
- Onboard power indicator

doesn't support pc4000!?!?

so theres no point in me getting the DDR500 then?

 

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If you overclock it supports DDR500, but if not overclocking, then no it doesn't. If you overclock to 250FSB @ 1:1 ratio then it would run the ram at DDR500.

 

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hmmmm...i see

i don't know if it can handle 250FSB...the most i set it to was 229 which gave me 3.45ghz and it was unstable

and i can't change the multiplier...

right now i have it set to 3.00ghz, all default settings, and cpu-z is reading it as pc-3200 memory

so is it worth me keeping the kingston ram? i do overclock, i'd like to overclock it to its max...let me start messin with it

 

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what's your cpu?

 

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p4 3.0C

is this ram worth it? I already have PC3200 corsair xms...

so i have to crank the FSB all the way up to 250 for it to be DDR500? Otherwise its the same as my corsair?

 

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I got my 3.0 GHz up to 3.65 GHz running 250 MHz fsb, with my old Kingston PC4000. I had to raise the voltage of the memory to 2.8v, and the CPU to about 1.68v. Then it ran quit stable.

Try raising the voltage and then try to run some benchmark or stress your system other ways, to see if your system runs stable, if your system restarts try raising the voltage a little more. Only raise the voltage the little as possible, to maximise the lifetime of your hardware.

 

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Benzie500E said:

p4 3.0C

is this ram worth it? I already have PC3200 corsair xms...

so i have to crank the FSB all the way up to 250 for it to be DDR500? Otherwise its the same as my corsair?

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Don’t think so, worked fine on my gigabyte motherboard at PC3200 (200 MHz), and worked great at 220, 225, 230, 240, and 250 MHz fsb (with a little voltage rise at 500MHz). Runs quite fast even at 230MHz (460). I can only recommend Kingston HyperX PC4000 to overclockers.

 

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i can run my computer "stable" at 3.45ghz with my corsair xms pc3200 with 2.5-3-3-8 timings, i say "stable" because it boots but gets errors in prime95 after about 3 hours

when i put the kingston in, i can't get it to boot past like 3.2ghz, i get lockups, i upped the voltage on it to 2.9 to see if it would help, with the timings at 3-3-3-8...

is there something crucial i'm missing?