Best memory for N/Wood 3.2ghz eng sample & IC7-G board

Hi Folks,

Looking for a little advise here, I had 2 sticks of TwimMOS PC3200(CL2.5) 512mb memory, one of them has failed, they weren't much good anyway for overclocking (I have an engineering sample Northwood 3.2ghz P4) as anything I tried overclocking it would crash out.

Anyway I want to buy another gig of memory for my IC7-G with an eye on overclocking and I was looking at the following from a local retailer, my question to you would be which would you go for:-
PC3200 (DDR400)

512Mb DDR RAM PC3200 184 pins - GeIL Value
DDR400 module, 184 pins, 400Mhz, CAS2.5, double-sided
Blue alu heatspreaders, rated CAS2.5 6-3-3

512Mb DDR RAM, PC3200, 184 pins - OCZ
Rev. 3, 400Mhz, 184 pins, 64 bit, CAS2
w/ copper heatspreader, 2-3-3-6 Timings

1Gb DDR RAM PC3200 184 pins - Matrix
400Mhz, 184 pins, 64 bit, CL3, DDR400
Double-sided, 16 chips, 64Mx8 chips, retail packed

Dual Channel DDR 3200
Patriot
(2x 512Mb Low Latency PC3200 Dual Channel DDR RAM)
400Mhz, 184 pins, CL 2-3-2-5 1T Rating @ DDR400
w/ Aluminium Heatspreaders, Dual Channel Optimised
OCZ
(2x 512Mb DDR PC3200 Dual Channel Premier)
400Mhz, 184 pins, CL 2.5-3-3-7 2T Rating, ULN Technology
w/ Copper Heatspreaders, Dual Channel Optimised

Dual Channel DDR 3700
1Gb kit DDR PC3700 HyperX Dual Channel - Kingston KHX3700K2/1G
1Gb Kingston HyperX PC3700 Dual Channel kit
2x 512Mb DDR RAM PC3700, DDR466, 466MHz, CL3, 184 pins

DDR PC4000
HyperX Dual Channel - Kingston KHX4000K2/1G
1Gb Kingston HyperX PC4000 Dual Channel kit
2x 512Mb DDR RAM PC4000, DDR500, 500MHz, CL3, 184 pins

So which should I go for and will they all work with the IC7-G

Thanks

Snake

first i would find out how fast ur cpu will go. once u know that then u need to decide, whether u want to go 1-1 ie: 2.2.2.5 or tight timings at like 250/260 fsb, or with with loose timings and real hi speeds at 1-1 with pc4400/4500 @ like 280/300 fsb

Well at the moment I have it sitting at the 3.2Ghz which is using the multiplier X16 and the FSB is sitting at 207 I want to ba able to overclock it to 3.4 or 3.5Ghz I am using air cooling with a Zalman 70000cu.

Thanks

Snake

then i would get some real good bh5/6 here that will run 250/260@ 2.2.2.5(ur gonna need at least 3.2 volts) or some of the ocz eb pc3700. it will run 3.2.3.5. to 260+. or maybe some of the new pqi pc3200 2.2.2.5 stix with the samsung tccd chips. it should also get u to around 250/260 at fairly tight timings and farly inexpensive for a gig (240.00)

Thanks for the response just wondering what the best option is on the DDR listed on my first post ?

Thanks

Snake

Anyone any suggestions?

Thanks

Snake

I don't know myself, but I would try to find out, by searching here and abroad ( and maybe just by waiting a little longer here - give it a day or two at least), if any of the sticks you mentioned are BH-5/6 and get that. One of the pluses with a local retailer is that you might be able to look at the numbers on the physical chips and know FOR SURE if you are getting BH-5/6, once you figure out what is you might need/want to do that to make sure you get the best you can

Folks,

I'm being drawn to the Kingston Hyper X 3700 1gb kit which is at a clearence price of €250, just wondering is it worth investing in this then say OCZ Premier 3200 1gb kit which is about €20 cheaper or the dual channel platinum OCZ 3200 for €30 more.

Thanks

Snake

Snake, I heard you were dead!?!

Personally, I would go with higher speed RAM in order to crank up the FSB and still use the 1:1 ratio. I like my Hyperram PC4200 RAM with A-Data chips. It'll do over 280 FSB. You have the advantage with a ES CPU to adjust the multiplier to match your RAM.

For example let's say you get that Kingston PC3700 and find that it will run at 240 FSB using the 1:1 ratio. Let's assume your CPU will do 3.6 gig stable. In this example, using the 15X multiplier is perfect (15X240=3600). If you had my Hyperram, then you could use 13X277=3601. The higher the FSB, the better the performance.

Hey Batboy,

Thanks for the advise, so better off going for the HyperX 3700 then, currently I am using TwinMOS value 3200 and I cannot over clock it so the FSB is sitting at 200 to get to my basic overclocking requirement of 3.5 I will need to set the FSB to 217 and the multiplier is set at 16 so unless I get any further advise I think I'll run with your suggestion.

Thanks

Snake

Not dead just laying low in Europe!!!!