Any Value in DDR2 "Value" RAM?

[macncheese]

I'm planning on purchasing what I consider "middle of the road" components and was wondering if I could expect a "middle of the road" overclock on typical DDR2 value ram. Is there really any "value" in the product or is it marketingspeak for "cheap" ?

My plans are:
Asus P5LD2
Pentium D 820
Corsair VS1GBKIT533D2

I'm willing to spend more $$$ on the ram if need be but Im not really interested in spending money to get some crazy overclock, just trying to realize a modest overclock on modest components. If I'm on the wrong path, please show me the true value is in the DDR2 market.

Thanks in advance for your replies and for not mentioning AMD in them! :p

[batboy]

Well, even the cheapest DDR2 RAM seems to O/C pretty good, but expect to run loose timings.

[dlouly76]

Macncheese - Did you end up getting this ram ? If so did you OC it and what are the results? I got the same memory.

Just wanted to know the outcome since I do not have any upgraded cooling yet.

thanks

[Duonger]

it just means it is cheap with loose timings. what is it that you are trying to do?

Duonger

[dlouly76]

Well really nothing at this point. I just finished a system with this memory and since I spent so much money I had to get cheap to mediocre parts in building it. I just wanted to know where this memory stands in the OC'ing world. If its really that cheap I will have to think about upgrading or swapping it out later when I am ready to OC after upgrading cooling.

[HempHog]

I run that ram and it's not to bad. I've tried these settings with sucess:

266FSB:

3:4 Ratio @ 2.15 volts (DDRII 667)
-posted fine, seemed stable, havent mem tested yet though
-timings 4-4-4-12

1:1 Ratio @ 1.95v (DDRII 533)
Timings I've tested and stable after 50 passes memtest
4-3-3-8
4-3-3-9
4-3-3-10
4-3-3-11
4-3-3-12 and so on

Soon to try:
4-3-3-6 (posted fine)

Won't work:
CAS 3
2's for any of the middle timings
6 seems to be the lowest for the last number