So now, whats the best DDRII ram money can buy? :D

-_{MoW}_-Assasi · Sep 2, 2005

Now im in a dilema, i think i will now wait out for the M2, so i will have to think about DDRII now, so whats is the best?

xtatdsm · Sep 2, 2005

I have OCZ PC2-6400 and all what I can suggest to you is to say the hell away from these. I mean they are OK, but I have seen way better speed and timing with 5400UL and 8000UL.

we really need a thread for DDR2 screenies including FSB, Voltage, and timing along with the motherboard brand.

-_{MoW}_-Assasi · Sep 2, 2005

hmmm im thinking of the corsair TWINX PC6400 Pro ones or some Crucial Ballistix PC8000UL ones

batboy · Sep 2, 2005

I've been using DDR2 for about 10 months now and have tested 3 different pairs of RAM. DDR2 typically overclocks quite well. For example with a minor bump in voltage (1.9v or 2.0v), most PC2-4200 will do DDR2-667 speed and good quality PC2-5400 will do DDR2-750 to DDR2-800. If you are going to buy good DDR2, stick with quality brands like Mushkin, OCZ, Corsair, Crucial, and/or Kingston. I've heard good things about Mushkin eXtreme Performance if you really want PC2-6400. It has a little better timings than most of the other high speed DDR2.

CCUABIDExORxDIE · Sep 2, 2005

id choice crucial, because crucial = micron, and microns making all the good ddr2 chips from what i hear.

Sentential · Sep 2, 2005

If you are talking in terms of absolute raw brute peformance, our Mushkin PC6400 is second to none. It is the only widely available DDR2 800 that can keep a reasonable latency of 5-3-3 as high as 1050mhz with voltage increases.

I had a pair and dearly miss them

xtatdsm to anwser your question, for pre-release testing we used Asus's P5WD2 Premium board with the latest bios at that time, which was 0412. I managed to scrape just above the 1050 mark with 2.3v and timings of 5-3-3-8.

In addition my set of RAM can go slightly above the 800mhz (815 if i recall) mark with the *very* lowtimings of 5-2-2-6 with 2.3v.

-_{MoW}_-Assasi · Sep 3, 2005

hmmmmm, they seem quite nice at those timeings at those speeds, but are they 2 gigs?

Sentential · Sep 5, 2005

-_{MoW}_-Assasi said:
hmmmmm, they seem quite nice at those timeings at those speeds, but are they 2 gigs?

That is afaik as dense as DDR2 is available in right now.

stolen · Sep 5, 2005

Corsair XMS2 DDR2 675 5400UL offer the best timings with 3-2-2-8

crimedog · Sep 6, 2005

both the corsair's UL and the mushkin pc6400 uses the same chips, micron's fatty d9dqt 3.0ns

here are some reviewer results with the corsair: http://www.insanetek.com/index.php?page=corsairxms28000ul_3

i do not believe there is any difference between these three sets of ram

Sentential · Sep 6, 2005

Ours use brainpower PCB, I do not know what corsair uses

RangerXLT8 · Sep 6, 2005

stolen said:
Corsair XMS2 DDR2 675 5400UL offer the best timings with 3-2-2-8

My OCZ EB rev. 2 LE PC2-4200 can do that with 2.05v. Correct me if I'm wrong but this OCZ mem has the micron fatboy chips?

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