Questions about voltage on the OCZ

AMD4P4SwithFSB · Jul 9, 2006

This one:
OCZ Gold GX 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 433 (PC 3500) Unbuffered System Memory Model OCZ433512ELGEGXT - Retail

I spent 67$, I would like to know if it can take as much voltage as the mushkin lvl2, so far it is at 2.9V 200mhz fsb, amI doing right?

harlam357 · Jul 9, 2006

OCZ website says 2.8v @ 433Mhz... Higher than 3.0v will invalidate your warranty... and you will probably not need more than the recommended 2.8v anyway.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_el_ddr_pc_3500_gold_gx_xtc

AMD4P4SwithFSB · Jul 9, 2006

harlam357 said:
OCZ website says 2.8v @ 433Mhz... no, those aren't high voltage ICs like the Mushkin lvl2 (bh-5 I presume). Mushkin also had the lvl2 version 2 sticks which were TCCD (mine died). Anyway, you should not use extremely high 3.0v+ on this ram. Higher than 3.0v will invalidate your warranty... and you will probably not need more than the recommended 2.8v anyway.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_el_ddr_pc_3500_gold_gx_xtc

so if I want to overclock I can only up the voltage up to 3.0? and how far do you think It can reach on average? Can you claim warranty on the mushking if you used 3.3v on it? were you able to claim your warranty?

harlam357 · Jul 9, 2006

Only to 3.0v without invalidating your warranty... I have no idea what ICs are on those sticks so I can't tell you what kind of performance/OC to expect from those. What I can tell you is that higher voltage does always equal higher OC. Sometimes higher voltage can lead to a lesser OC depending on the particular ram. You'll just have to work with it and see where it responds.

billb · Jul 10, 2006

harlam357 said:
I have no idea what ICs are on those sticks so I can't tell you what kind of performance/OC to expect from those.

Excellent post!
Sooo many people have no ides about ICs.
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=104295

party animal · Jul 11, 2006

It is based on the BH and CH dies from Winbond. If you look at the same RAM, but the dual channel kit (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_el_ddr_pc_3500_gold_gx_dual_channel) The first review says its based on the BH and CH dies.

harlam357 · Jul 11, 2006

Pays to read... I should've noticed the timings. Duh! :bang head

Those would either have to be TCCx or BH/CH die to run those timings and speed. And the EVP voltage should have cue'd me into them being BH/CH. No manufacturer would warranty TCCx up to 3.0v.

@billb- Thanks! :thup:

...but I'm learning.

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