What's the best inexpensive ram for running 1:1 with a 3000 Venice at 290-300+ fsb?

zer0nix · Jun 9, 2005

What's the best *inexpensive* ram for running 1:1 with a 3000 Venice at 290-300+ fsb?

what's the best <cough>'inexpensive'<cough> ram for running 1:1 at 290-300+ fsb with a 3000 venice and a nf4-d (or some other excellent s939 overclocking mobo)? i'm looking to spend $50-100 for 512mb to a gig, respectively...

apu318 · Jun 9, 2005

You won't find ram for under 100$ that will do a 300mhz fsb. Atleast not in 512.

Sentential · Jun 9, 2005

apu318 said:
You won't find ram for under 100$ that will do a 300mhz fsb. Atleast not in 512.

...unless you get lucky on ebay

Skeen · Jun 9, 2005

But if you have that kind of luck you're better off playing the lottery, then price won't matter.

I guess your best bet is to buy it incrimentally. Save up about $120-$140 for one 512 stick, then repeat.

maxio098ui · Jun 9, 2005

what brand is a good one for that

HousERaT · Jun 9, 2005

zer0nix said:
what's the best <cough>'inexpensive'<cough> ram for running 1:1 at 290-300+ fsb with a 3000 venice and a nf4-d (or some other excellent s939 overclocking mobo)? i'm looking to spend $50-100 for 512mb to a gig, respectively...

My suggestion would be to run some UTT ram on a divider which will get you 300 HTT. My suggestion would be the TwinMOS Speed Premiums (BH-die). They run under $110 for a gig and they should get you to at least 245fsb (which will get you 300 HTT on a divider) as long as you give them some voltage. Plus they will go with low timings (2-2-2-X)

tresmonos · Jun 9, 2005

Your best bet would be this for $165 after MIR.

Thats the best bang for the buck you're going to find. Even with this it'll be a crap shoot if you get 300. I hit 270-280 stable on my set, since my venice can't do any better, I haven't tested beyond that.

Oh yeah, I paid $210 for the exact same s*#&%. Makes me a little upset thinking I bought this only a month ago

GML3G0 · Jun 12, 2005

Rebate over.

Otter · Jun 12, 2005

Zer0nix, if you're on a tight budget, you might want to read this thread over at Anandtech before investing in 300MHz RAM.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=1475190&enterthread=y

Reefa_Madness · Jun 12, 2005

As mentioned above, fast ram capable of 300MHz clocks at 1:1 is not going to be found within your budget.

Your next best bet and a pretty good one at that thanks to the A64 architecture, is the use of dividers, as mentioned above.

Here is a link to a pretty decent, but brief guide on overclocking the A64 that touches, in part, on the use of the dividers. Give this a good read before you go making your ram purchase.

http://www.insanetek.com/index.php?page=overclocka64

Good luck and hope you have fun with your new setup when you get it all together.

Eric1285 · Jun 12, 2005

Can't TCCD ram come close to that? I've been reading that 300mhz at 2.5-3-3-x is possible with TCCD and at reasonable voltages. You can get a 512 stick for $100 easily...a dual channel 1GB kit is only $158 shipped on eBay.

ryufreak · Jun 12, 2005

tccd is expensive

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