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pronoob

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Hi I just checked my Kingston Value RAM and it says

W942508CH-5
50322W1430
632400

Does that mean it is a Winbond CH-5 Chip?

How good is that?
What volt can I go with that?
Do I need RAMsink?
Can I get 2-2-2-5or6 with that?
 
You'd get probably around 230MHz with 3-3-2 timings. That's whats typical for CH5. Usually no more than 3v does anything. Some lucky ones can do 2-2-2 and take some higher volts, but that's very rare.
 
some hyperx and the corsair low latency series uses CH-5 tho
wt r the differences?
 
kouch said:
yeah sorry dood, ch5 is a bit disappointing compared to BH-5, good luck with the oc though.

I think what his trying to say is CH-5 are good but not as good as BH-5 :D
 
i hv 2-3-3-7 now (SPD: 2.5-3-3-8)
but if i set to 2-2-2-8 with 2.7V it doesnt work
 
Gautam said:
CH5 will not do 2-2-2 99% of the time, no matter how much voltage you give it.

..................................
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :(
 
All due respect to Gautam (truly), I had an exception.

My Mushkin Level One PC3500 Did 235FSB at 2-2-2-X with 3.2 Volts. I never checked under the heatspreaders out of fear of fubaring the IC's, but they could have been dud BH-5's that were made Level One's. Either way, I assume that they were CH-5, and they were impressive. I accomplished those clocks on my XP-Mobile chip with my Ultra Infinity.

Gautam is right, however. 99% of the time 2-3-3-x is as good as they'll get. I had Buffalo CH-5 that wouldn't do anything faster than 2-3-3-7 regardless of voltage/tweaking. You might be able to get your sticks to do 2-2-2-x at 200mhz, but I wouldn't ask for much more than that. Good luck.

Cheers,

Odie :)
 
Have some CH5 in the form of OCZ EL 3500 in this infinty running 2.5,2,3,11 @ 233 fsb on 3.0v fully stable. Memtests fine to ~ 240 fsb as well, but fails prime after 20 mins :(
 
Highlander said:
Have some CH5 in the form of OCZ EL 3500 in this infinty running 2.5,2,3,11 @ 233 fsb on 3.0v fully stable. Memtests fine to ~ 240 fsb as well, but fails prime after 20 mins :(
That's exactly where I ended up with my CH5.
 
I had mine in my NF7-S 2.0 running at 230FSB CPC off 2-2-2-11 3.0v 1GB (2x512mb) Buffalo PC3200 CH-5. I'll try higher once I get my Infinity, cause I killed the NF7-S :cry: .
 
My IC7-Max3 with Corsair 2x256mb LLPT did 210 2-5-2-2 and 233 2-6-3-2 which were'nt bad -- they were rated 200 2.5-6-3-2 for 2.8v on the dodgey IC7 vdimm.

In the words of lipton ice tea -- dont knock it till you've tried it!

~t0m
 
Chevelle said:
I had mine in my NF7-S 2.0 running at 230FSB CPC off 2-2-2-11 3.0v 1GB (2x512mb) Buffalo PC3200 CH-5. I'll try higher once I get my Infinity, cause I killed the NF7-S :cry: .

A_A 2-2-2 A_A
 
Odie812 said:
All due respect to Gautam (truly), I had an exception.

My Mushkin Level One PC3500 Did 235FSB at 2-2-2-X with 3.2 Volts. I never checked under the heatspreaders out of fear of fubaring the IC's, but they could have been dud BH-5's that were made Level One's. Either way, I assume that they were CH-5, and they were impressive. I accomplished those clocks on my XP-Mobile chip with my Ultra Infinity.

Gautam is right, however. 99% of the time 2-3-3-x is as good as they'll get. I had Buffalo CH-5 that wouldn't do anything faster than 2-3-3-7 regardless of voltage/tweaking. You might be able to get your sticks to do 2-2-2-x at 200mhz, but I wouldn't ask for much more than that. Good luck.

Cheers,

Odie :)

Single mode or dual mode? CPC on or Off?
 
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