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2GB of memory
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Well if you are looking for the best 1GB sticks then Balistix is what you are looking for. They are the best clockers so far and have been known to hit 300MHz.
If you are tighter on a budget then Crucial Value 1GB sticks should work for you as well, these are also good OC'ers as well.
If you are tighter on a budget then Crucial Value 1GB sticks should work for you as well, these are also good OC'ers as well.
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babyelf said:
Not on XP since they don't have as good memory controller but it would serve as a good future upgrade.
I have been debating between Crucial Ballistix PC4000 2x1GB sticks or Mushkin HP PC3200 2x1GB sticks. Because async isn't as much of an issue with AMD64s, the mushkins are looking mighty fine at their price point, especially with those 2.3.2.6 timings. I could probably hit 2.2.2.6 with the ballistix, but would have to underclock to 230mhz or so.
It's a toss-up!
It's a toss-up!
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My Ballistix won't do CL 2.0 or 2.5 at all, but at 3-3-3-8-1T they run 300 Mhz stable as the day is long, and at only 2.77V. I would not call them value ram by any stretch of the imagination though. You get what you pay for.
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The main issue in making your decision will be headroom vs. timings. I have yet to see a pair of 1GB sticks offer both. I too have been looking for the last week and where I found credible information the choice was consistently between tight timings and max headroom. The Mushkin came out on top for me as my proc tops out at approx 235 x 12 or 250 x 10. I am most comfortable running it at default voltage at 225x12.
I have to give props to the good folks at OCZ. They were very straightforward in sharing information with me regarding their 1GB sticks and their overclocking potential, as OCZ was a front runner based on the fact that I currently have a pair of 512mb sticks. In a nutshell they told me that I might not get 230-235HTT out of a pair of Platinum or Titanium 1GB 3200 sticks.
| X2 4800+ | A8N-SLI Premium | aquacomputer H20 Cooled | 1 GB OCZ EL Platinum Rev. 2 3200 |74GB WD 10K Raptors | SB Audigy 2ZS OpAmp Modded | Klipsch Pro Media 5.1 | eVGA 6800u x 2 | NEC ND-3500A & 3540A | PCP&C 510 SLI | LianLi V2000B | XP SP2 | Dell UltraSharp 2001FP | Hitachi 7K250 160GB SATA Storage |
I have to give props to the good folks at OCZ. They were very straightforward in sharing information with me regarding their 1GB sticks and their overclocking potential, as OCZ was a front runner based on the fact that I currently have a pair of 512mb sticks. In a nutshell they told me that I might not get 230-235HTT out of a pair of Platinum or Titanium 1GB 3200 sticks.
| X2 4800+ | A8N-SLI Premium | aquacomputer H20 Cooled | 1 GB OCZ EL Platinum Rev. 2 3200 |74GB WD 10K Raptors | SB Audigy 2ZS OpAmp Modded | Klipsch Pro Media 5.1 | eVGA 6800u x 2 | NEC ND-3500A & 3540A | PCP&C 510 SLI | LianLi V2000B | XP SP2 | Dell UltraSharp 2001FP | Hitachi 7K250 160GB SATA Storage |
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I highly suggest against going for the value chips. Micron has a nasty habit of dumping poor quality chips into that segment. You would be lucky to get even a mild overclock on value crucial.RedDragonXXX said:
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Here is a guy who is at 275HTT w/ Sandy scores >7K. He is at 2.9v. Still very, very respectable for 1GB sticks. I don't think this memory really likes anything above 2.8. I would say 2.9 is high.
Krag with a smokin' system like yours, I surprised you don't already have the Ballistix! I just took the plunge via the Crucial website b/c I want the tracers.
edit: Check out this link at XtremeSys. The guy above, Sierra, was at 3.0v. Most of the guys in the link are somewhere between 2.6-2.8v.
Post your results when you get em’.
Krag with a smokin' system like yours, I surprised you don't already have the Ballistix! I just took the plunge via the Crucial website b/c I want the tracers.
edit: Check out this link at XtremeSys. The guy above, Sierra, was at 3.0v. Most of the guys in the link are somewhere between 2.6-2.8v.
Post your results when you get em’.
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Sentential said:I highly suggest against going for the value chips. Micron has a nasty habit of dumping poor quality chips into that segment. You would be lucky to get even a mild overclock on value crucial.
nearly all the value 1gig sticks do like ddr480-500 3-3-3-8. they are really good ram, ive seen single 1gig sticks do ddr526 with 2.9v 3-3-3-8. its really good for the money.
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krag said:
Sorry to take so long replying. Been doing a lot of chores this holiday weekend. At the speeds and voltage in my sig, Sandra Memory Benchmark yields 7513/7443.
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Damn those are nice clocks Hoot.
For an Athlon XP board, get something than can run 2-2-2-5 around 230mhz-240mhz. I have Mushkin 2-2-2 Special, which is BH-6 and it completely OWNED on my 1800+. You won't be able to get terribly high clocks because the memory controller is old, but the timings you could obtain.
For an Athlon XP board, get something than can run 2-2-2-5 around 230mhz-240mhz. I have Mushkin 2-2-2 Special, which is BH-6 and it completely OWNED on my 1800+. You won't be able to get terribly high clocks because the memory controller is old, but the timings you could obtain.
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im curious why is everyone going for 1gb sticks now. i mean bf2 made it obvious what games are gonna need now but why not just 4x512? i ask because i have to take into account that my mobo only supports up to a 2.8v for ram and what kind of performance decrease would i see since PAT will be disabled?
Well its not an option for A64 users. 4 x 512 will kill performance.. the Intel chipsets do a much better job at handling 4 sticks. Timings will have to be more lax, and you might not reach clocks that are quite as high... Overall, 4 x 512 isn't going to set you backk all that much for an Intel chipset... but for an A64, it will completely devestate you.
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