Dead Ballistix...what should I get?

[traldan]

So it seems to be a fairly common problem these days, but my Ballistix are dead. I'll be RMAing them and putting them in a secondary box as I'm short on DDR2. But, I want some stuff that won't die on me if overclocked a bit.

Any suggestions on a reasonable 2GB kit of DDR2? I'm not looking to spend 150 bucks or anything...just something with reasonable OCing and a better track record than Ballistix.

[jiggamanjb]

Mine died twice, don't feel bad ;)

Here are some that caught my eye:

nice price - no rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231144

look pretty sick
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144212

sweet for 4GB!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145

[Trap05]

I'd go with the 4GB G skill...used them before and they seem very good for the price.

[Evilsizer]

i will suggest these and a few things...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231087
drop your multi to 8x up your fsb to 400mhz with a 1:1,keep the stock timings. as at cas5 your need ddr2-1000 to match ddr2-800 cas4 bandwidth. otherwise that first set jigga posted i would suggest as well.

[splat]

another vote for g.skills

[i686]

hi'
I had recently an rma of a pair of ballistix as many did ;)
got some corsair c5d 8500(1066) this morning with the airflow blowing on them,
nice sticks and DS ;)
and they show the bus at 1066 in bios, full recognition ;)

i686

[gangaskan]

I'd go with the 4GB G skill...used them before and they seem very good for the price.


i concur, i picked them up after my crucials died the other day :mad: :mad: :mad:


they're only 90 bucks for 2x2gb worthy price for those.

[jorisje123456]

+1 on g.skill suggestion(s)

I'm using 4x1 GB and they're all working smooth

[Buckster]

been impressed with OCZ Reaper HTPC 8500 stuff

had 4x1gb Crucial 8500 before

now have 2x2gb of this new stuff .... I gave up testing but they gave no errors in memtest at 1100 CAS5 .. 2.05V - great - even better than the Ballistix. and they get no-where near as hot !!!

[i686]

hi'
are you all running 64b OS?
coz, I was considering that 2 gb was a kinda limit for a 32b OS ...?

anyway, glad with corsair ;)

i686

[Buckster]

Vista 64 bit here :) and loving it

I was down to 2gb for 2 weeks and it was very noticeable how much extra disk accessing htere was

as for Vista 32 bit - 4gb is fine - you'll just be able to address 3.2 gig though :( - but still better than 2 gig.. word of warning though with my P5B I could only use more than 2 gig of RAM with Vista 64, as to enable the board to use it I had to enable Memory Remap .. which then mapped the 2gb out of range of Vista 32

I reccommended a friend with a Dell to go to 4gig (Vista 32) and he was very scepticle - but at 25 quid delivered he thought he'd give it a whirl - emailed me 30 mins later saying that it had made a noticeable difference :)

[jiggamanjb]

hi'
are you all running 64b OS?
coz, I was considering that 2 gb was a kinda limit for a 32b OS ...?



I'm running 32bit XP. It shows 3.5GB.

[traldan]

Shame the $90 2x2GB G.Skills went out of stock - sweet price for some DDR2-1000 RAM.

Thanks for the recommendations. Going to order something today - still not sure yet. :p

[satandole666]

i will suggest these and a few things...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231087
drop your multi to 8x up your fsb to 400mhz with a 1:1,keep the stock timings. as at cas5 your need ddr2-1000 to match ddr2-800 cas4 bandwidth. otherwise that first set jigga posted i would suggest as well.

These are the sticks I am using. I have run them up to DDR2 1050 @ 5-5-5-15 with 2.3v (benching) but my daily is DDR2 900 4-4-4-12 @ 2.15v.

Nice sticks for $50 IMO. Been using these for over a year now.

[traldan]

The 4 gig kit of G.Skills came back in stock, and I ordered em! Nice price + 10 dollar promo code. Can't wait to play with them! Should be a nice upgrade.

[aoch88]

What chips does 4GB Gskill uses? Does it overclock well to lets say 533FSB 1:1 @ 4-4-4-12?

[RockyC2D]

Strange, maybe i was lucky with my ballistix, been over almost 10months after building my system and I have this overclocked from the beginning.. Haven't had any problems, "Knock on wood".

I would also suggest GskiLL

[aoch88]

I'm happy with my Ballistix Tracers too and have been running 502FSB 1:1 4-4-4-12 @ 2.16V withouht problems. Of course, I have fans blowing on top of it as they are really hot and I mean, HOT! :D