Will OCZ 3500LE or Mushkin lvl 2 provide 2252 at 233mhz?

I currently have a p4 2.4c @ 3.5 (290fsb) and have OCZ 4200el (5:4) which runs with 2.5-5-4-3 timings (kinda loose). Mobo: Abit IC7.

Im thinking of getting memory with tighter timings, but will either OCZ 3500 limited edition or Mushkin lvl2 3500 (1 gig) be able to handle speeds of 232mhz at tight timings such as 2262 or 2252?

Currently getting 21,108 3dmarks with 3.49 and OCZ 4200el (5:4) 2.5-5-4-3 and RADEON 9800 pro 371/445.

I'm constantly having similar questions but I find it very hard to get answers

My Kingston HyperX pc3200 did 235MHz 2-6-2-2. I am sure the Mushkin Level2 can easily do that.

You're going to need to volt mod your board to get those timings at that fsb.

My Mushkin 3500 is doing 240fsb 2-6-2-2 but it needs 3.1 volts. I highly doubt I could do 235 2-6-2-2 at 2.8 volts. I'd try it out, but I don't want to have to get up & reset the CMOS (sorry :/).

My Mushkin BL2 3200 does 227 at 2-2-2-5 with 2.9 volts and passes memtest.

What voltage are you giving your OCZ 4200EL? I would guess that your using the max 2.8V - which may come out to be about 2.75V to memory. With this low voltage, you cannot reasonably expect decent performance out of any overclocking memory - be it OCZ 4200EL or Mushkin Black Level 2 memory with BH-5 chips.

With only ~2.75V, what is the highest your OCZ 4200EL will go w/o any memtest86 errors? What's the highest it will go stable enough to loop 3DMark01 and Prime95 overnight?

Your best option would probably either modifying your Abit IC7 or purchasing a new motherboard - or sticking with the performance you got now. A VDIMM mod guide-thread can be found on XtremeSystems.org's Xtreme Motherboard Vmods forum - it requires desoldering a resistor. Other good motherboard options (w/ i875 chipset) include the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe - where a VDIMM mod doesn't require permanent changes - or a DFI i875B LANPARTY board (w/ up to 3.3V VDIMM options stock). Or there are several good i865PE choices with high VDIMM.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12914

This is the thread that has the vmod. I recommend reading every page, since there were a few different methods, and some were supposed to work better than others. I've never soldered a thing in my life, and know nothing about resistors/pots/etc, but after reading that thread, I'm pumping myself up for it on my IC7.

Actually i did the Volt MOD, its pointless because one needs to mod the VTT voltage, as it should be 1/2 of ddr voltage, so even tho my ddr voltage shows 3.2v right now, its meaningless as vtt is still 1.4V (half of 2.8) and there isn't an easy way of modding vtt (assuming that modding ddr voltage was easy) yet.

and OCZ 4200el with the 3.2v (vtt still at 1.4) goes up to ~265 at 1:1 ratio and my cpu seemds to max out at 290 which is 232 (5:4) with 2.5-5-4-3 timings...

For what it is worth, I just put together a system using 2x512 Muskin PC3500 level II matched DDR and a P4 3.2C. Made it to 232 FSB 1:1 with 2.85v but could only get the timings down to 2-2-3-5 on my P4C800-E. 2-2-3-5 was also the best that I could do at 200 FSB as well! Have not found out why I cannot get the RAS# to CAS# Delay down to 2 like it is supposed to be. Was planning to do the Vdimm mod to go to 3.2v but... since I had to put the Vcore up to 1.7V to get the CPU stable at 232 I decided it wasnt worth the effort.