Since this is my first post at the board let me start out with a big hi to everyone
Here's my prob:
Following a lot of frustrating experiences with generic ram on an ASUS K8V i decided it was time to invest in some high quality memory.
After much reading, over here and at Amdmb, i made up my mind on getting 2x512MB of MUSHKIN PC3200 222... but just couldn't find any reseller that would let me take the memory home without encurring in a return penalty should it fail to work and as a result i ended up picking 1Gig of OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel Platinum Limited Edition as this was the closest thing to the mushkin i could find.
On first boot with bios settings at auto (spd - 2-3-3-6) all seemed fine and sweet so i had a go with tighter timings and as soon as i dropped to 2-3-2-6 system became unstable. After days of testing i got the following results (cpu running at default speed):
1st dimm module runs 9hrs of memtest + 6hrs of prime95 torture test faultlessly at 2-2-2-7, vdimm at 2.6v
2nd dimm only passes memtest if i drop timings to 2-3-3-7 (test 5 fails immediately with anything set lower) and upping voltage to 2.7 then 2.8v does nothing to change this
Above results are consistent after swapping the modules back!
I don't want to be too picky and running both dimms at 2-3-3-7 allready yeld quite good results but i can't help feeling a lil anoyed for not getting the results to match the price premium these sticks carry.
As i'm a real noob when it comes to high performance ram i really could use some help.
Do you think my selection of tests is conclusive?
Is this difference in performance normal in a dual matched pair?
Lastly and most relevant. Given that i'm bound to loose out some cash in postage for returning these mems would you take a second chance with an identical kit from OCZ or rather bet on the Mushkin (they don't carry Corsair...)?
I sincerely thank you all for any input.
P.S. Posted the exact same question over at amdmb... hope this is ok....
Here's my prob:
Following a lot of frustrating experiences with generic ram on an ASUS K8V i decided it was time to invest in some high quality memory.
After much reading, over here and at Amdmb, i made up my mind on getting 2x512MB of MUSHKIN PC3200 222... but just couldn't find any reseller that would let me take the memory home without encurring in a return penalty should it fail to work and as a result i ended up picking 1Gig of OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel Platinum Limited Edition as this was the closest thing to the mushkin i could find.
On first boot with bios settings at auto (spd - 2-3-3-6) all seemed fine and sweet so i had a go with tighter timings and as soon as i dropped to 2-3-2-6 system became unstable. After days of testing i got the following results (cpu running at default speed):
1st dimm module runs 9hrs of memtest + 6hrs of prime95 torture test faultlessly at 2-2-2-7, vdimm at 2.6v
2nd dimm only passes memtest if i drop timings to 2-3-3-7 (test 5 fails immediately with anything set lower) and upping voltage to 2.7 then 2.8v does nothing to change this
Above results are consistent after swapping the modules back!
I don't want to be too picky and running both dimms at 2-3-3-7 allready yeld quite good results but i can't help feeling a lil anoyed for not getting the results to match the price premium these sticks carry.
As i'm a real noob when it comes to high performance ram i really could use some help.
Do you think my selection of tests is conclusive?
Is this difference in performance normal in a dual matched pair?
Lastly and most relevant. Given that i'm bound to loose out some cash in postage for returning these mems would you take a second chance with an identical kit from OCZ or rather bet on the Mushkin (they don't carry Corsair...)?
I sincerely thank you all for any input.
P.S. Posted the exact same question over at amdmb... hope this is ok....