New Memory! Now running at 300 1:1!

fosheazy · 07-18-05, 10:51 PM

I recently purchased a MSI K8N neo2 Platinum with some old trusted corsair memory and a new venice core 3000+. No matter what I did I couldn't get past 267. At any voltage,any dividers, any amount of tweaking. Even when setting all memory dividers very low I could not achieve a higher overclock. Figuring that I just got a crappy CPU I ordered some OCZ platinum rev2 so that I could at least have tight timings at the speeds I was running. I put my new memory in today and started running memtests, and upping the overclock. I hit 315 1:1 before I hit a memory test error! I could not however pass a prime at this speed. Timings were 315 cas3 4,4,8. I can pass prime and all memory tests at 305 however! This also means what I previously thought was a really crappy CPU is running over 2.8 ghz! I can't believe how picky this board is for RAM! But now running 9x300 at 3,4,3,8 stable with every test I've thrown at it, including several hours of gaming! Woot!

MoPMatrix · 07-18-05, 11:45 PM

whoa nice
My venice will do 2.85 but my TCCD won't do past 265 1:1 with the venice at any timings, did 275 fine with the winchester...

Maybe its cuz the new OCZ rev2 is TCC5 and not TCCD?

What bios are u running?

ziggo0 · 07-18-05, 11:46 PM

Very very nice, I only wish I could have more than 2.7vdimm...my OCZ Plats would really shine, they've been tested to 304fsb 1:1 3.4.4.8

rseven · 07-18-05, 11:53 PM

Congrats! Yes, it's a very picky board with ram, particularly older ram. You are not the only one who thought they had a bad cpu only to find out it was the ram. I bet there are many more people who would benefit from a ram upgrade. It's another good reason to spend the bucks on quality ram. (My tccd will only do 275 and it's the ram not the board or cpu that holds it back)

fosheazy · 07-19-05, 11:01 AM

I am currently running the 1.8 bios. Reading about the new 1.9 beta bios is exciting, however I will wait for an official release. I am running the memory at 2.85 which is max on this board.

Yoshpop · 07-19-05, 01:03 PM

I can't wait till I get my OCZ EL Platinum rev2 memory

fosheazy · 07-20-05, 02:04 PM

Well after some more tweaking and testing I am happily running at 9x295 2.5,4-3-8 1t! This has given me much better performance over the additional cpu speed but laxer timings of 300+ fsb. I have achieved 8000 in sandra memory tests!

Yoshpop · 07-20-05, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by fosheazy

Well after some more tweaking and testing I am happily running at 9x295 2.5,4-3-8 1t! This has given me much better performance over the additional cpu speed but laxer timings of 300+ fsb. I have achieved 8000 in sandra memory tests!

Awesome! You have the TCC5 correct?

Osirus · 07-20-05, 10:36 PM

Welcome to the world of 300HTT 1:1. I can do it as well, with a 3000+ winnie (0437)...
I did 300HTT 1:1 with 2.5-4-4-5 1T.. Very nice OC though!

Sniper.nkc · 07-22-05, 07:10 PM

What kind of benchmark scores are you getting at 300 1:1 memory? I am curious to see if my benchmarks are better with 250 1:1 @ 2-2-2-5.

Osirus · 07-22-05, 07:34 PM

The bandwidth is in the range of 7.7 to 7.8. Dont remember off hand. I have some screenie's of it in action if you like to see them.

07-18-05, 10:51 PM	Thread Starter #1
fosheazy Registered Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Denver, CO	New Memory! Now running at 300 1:1! I recently purchased a MSI K8N neo2 Platinum with some old trusted corsair memory and a new venice core 3000+. No matter what I did I couldn't get past 267. At any voltage,any dividers, any amount of tweaking. Even when setting all memory dividers very low I could not achieve a higher overclock. Figuring that I just got a crappy CPU I ordered some OCZ platinum rev2 so that I could at least have tight timings at the speeds I was running. I put my new memory in today and started running memtests, and upping the overclock. I hit 315 1:1 before I hit a memory test error! I could not however pass a prime at this speed. Timings were 315 cas3 4,4,8. I can pass prime and all memory tests at 305 however! This also means what I previously thought was a really crappy CPU is running over 2.8 ghz! I can't believe how picky this board is for RAM! But now running 9x300 at 3,4,3,8 stable with every test I've thrown at it, including several hours of gaming! Woot!
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07-18-05, 11:45 PM	#2
MoPMatrix Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ	whoa nice My venice will do 2.85 but my TCCD won't do past 265 1:1 with the venice at any timings, did 275 fine with the winchester... Maybe its cuz the new OCZ rev2 is TCC5 and not TCCD? What bios are u running? __________________ My Heat & eBay DFI nF4 LP SLI-DR ~ Opteron 165 DC @ 3ghz Custom Water ~ Swiftech & AquaXtreme G.Skill 4GB ~ XFX 8800GT 2x PCP&C 700w ~ Dual Dell 1907FP 19" LCDs ~ Sceptre 32" LCD TV Seagate 500GB ~ Seagate 1.5TB ~ Hitachi 400GB
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07-18-05, 11:46 PM	#3
ziggo0 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: La Porte, Indiana	Very very nice, I only wish I could have more than 2.7vdimm...my OCZ Plats would really shine, they've been tested to 304fsb 1:1 3.4.4.8 __________________ My Heatware
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07-18-05, 11:53 PM	#4
rseven Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New Jersey	Congrats! Yes, it's a very picky board with ram, particularly older ram. You are not the only one who thought they had a bad cpu only to find out it was the ram. I bet there are many more people who would benefit from a ram upgrade. It's another good reason to spend the bucks on quality ram. (My tccd will only do 275 and it's the ram not the board or cpu that holds it back)
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07-19-05, 11:01 AM	Thread Starter #5
fosheazy Registered Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Denver, CO	I am currently running the 1.8 bios. Reading about the new 1.9 beta bios is exciting, however I will wait for an official release. I am running the memory at 2.85 which is max on this board.
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07-19-05, 01:03 PM	#6
Yoshpop Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northern Virginia	I can't wait till I get my OCZ EL Platinum rev2 memory __________________ i7 2600k @ 4.4GHz Corsair H60 GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 G.Skill Ripjaw 8GB DDR3 1600 2x6950 @ 880/1350 3x64gb ssd G2 series RAID 0 Corsair 750w
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07-20-05, 02:04 PM	Thread Starter #7
fosheazy Registered Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Denver, CO	Well after some more tweaking and testing I am happily running at 9x295 2.5,4-3-8 1t! This has given me much better performance over the additional cpu speed but laxer timings of 300+ fsb. I have achieved 8000 in sandra memory tests!
	QUOTE Thanks

07-20-05, 10:36 PM	#9
Osirus Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Check your Six...	Welcome to the world of 300HTT 1:1. I can do it as well, with a 3000+ winnie (0437)... I did 300HTT 1:1 with 2.5-4-4-5 1T.. Very nice OC though! __________________ HP dv8300us Media Center Lappy
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07-22-05, 07:10 PM	#10
Sniper.nkc Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Palmdale CA	What kind of benchmark scores are you getting at 300 1:1 memory? I am curious to see if my benchmarks are better with 250 1:1 @ 2-2-2-5. __________________ CPU: AMD 1090T Black EditionThuban Cooler: Corsair H50 Hydro Series (push/pull) MB: Asus Crosshair IV Formula 890FX SSD: OCZ Vertex 2 60 Gb HD: 2 x WD Caviar Blue (Raid 0) Mem: OCZ Gold series DDR3-1600 GPU: Sapphire HD 6970 in CrossfireX PS: Corsair HX1000W Modular Case: AZZA Solano 1000
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07-22-05, 07:34 PM	#11
Osirus Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Check your Six...	The bandwidth is in the range of 7.7 to 7.8. Dont remember off hand. I have some screenie's of it in action if you like to see them. __________________ HP dv8300us Media Center Lappy
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