G.Skill 6400 HZ same as Crucial 6400 ?

Everyone says G.skill HZ's but since Crucial is Micron, what's the diff? Do the HZ's perform or OC better than the Crucials ?

I plan to get 2gb kit for my GA-P35-DSR and E6420 to OC to 3.2ghz.

not sure what the major differences are, i was able to push mine to 3.2 fairly stable with g.skill hz's (granted i have the e6400 not 6420) i didn't like the temps i was running however, just seem to be high in general. i'd vouch for g.skill however they're running like champs right now.

For the longest time the HZs have peformed admirably and the newer batches have also turned in excellent performance (DDR1100 and beyond).

The Ballistix line includes the 8000s and the 8500s, and since all three (including the 6400s) usually carry the D9GMH chips, it would make sense that the better chips in the Ballistix line are going to the higher binned modules. Granted, the 6400s still clock but pretty good and regulary run over DDR1000 and some even DDR1200, but I might be inclined to go with the GSkills if looking for high clocks at good timings.

If looking for good DDR800 perfomance, then choose the better priced set, which would be the Ballistix right now ($70 at the egg, after $45 MIR).

The Ballistix PC2-8000s are also on sale at Mwave ($88, plus shipping, after $40 MIR).

Both of these Ballistix are 2 GB kits, of course.

Thanks for that info!

So for my rig, which will have a P5K vanilla or GA-P35-DS3R and an E6420, is it possible to OC the FSB at 500 on air (TR 120 Extreme) with the above RAM in either 800 or 1000 speed?

If 400 FSB is the highest I can go on the above mb's on air, then I'll settle for 800 speed DDR2 crucial or G.skill.

Morvak said:

Thanks for that info!

So for my rig, which will have a P5K vanilla or GA-P35-DS3R and an E6420, is it possible to OC the FSB at 500 on air (TR 120 Extreme) with the above RAM in either 800 or 1000 speed?

If 400 FSB is the highest I can go on the above mb's on air, then I'll settle for 800 speed DDR2 crucial or G.skill.

Click to expand...

Any DDR2 800 will let you hit 400FSB 1:1. The P5K should do 500+ on air no problem .And most of those DDR2 800 kits will do 1:1 1000 at 5-5-5-15 and some like my Geils will do it at 4-4-4-12.I all so have OCZ2N10662GK's which i have yet to find their max OC.Because my mobo is real picky about ram sedttings above 950

if your only doing 400, id get the low binned promos kit... way better timings. look at my sig

grr... G.Skill, Geil, Crucial.....

if I go above 400FSB on air, can I still stick with 6400's ?

Hmm.. P5K vanilla or GA_P35-DS3R

And I'm going with the E6420. I can't wait any longer and I can always upgrade to E6850.

I have the Cruscials mine do 500 @ 4-4-4-12 stable and i havent done much testing stable wise but can pi @ 530

the ballistix 6400s(actually all of the ballistix ddr2 line) and gskill HZs both use micron d9gmh so youll likely have no problem at all hitting ddr2 1000 speeds with either.you really cant go wrong with either.
if you want guaranteed ddr2 1000 speeds then i would grab the ballistix 8000s at mwave(that price is sweet).btw crucials rebate process is top notch.