2x2Gb G.Skill togheter with 2x2Gb OCZ...its possible?

[kelsinni]

Hi to all...
i have 2x2Gb OCZ PC3-12800 OCZ3P1600LVAM4GK and im running them stable on my system @ 1667Mhz with 7-7-7-24 2T


Recently i get other 4Gb kit G.Skill PC3-12800 F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM


My intention was trying to put 8Gb total on my system (4x2Gb) with these 2 kits since they are very similar with the same specs...

I had tried to install the 4 modules and entered the bios to put all RAM settings on AUTO:

Despite the PC booted, i had no sucess to enter te OS (windows 8.1) even with them @ 1333Mhz...

I would like to know if i can get them working togheter @ 1600Mhz CL7 or if that is quite dificult to get...

Thanks in advance for all the help

 

[Mandrake4565]

Try manually setting the timings, to 7-8-7-24, set the Dram voltage to 1.65 and raise the Cpu Nb Voltage to 1.20-1.25, make sure it's the Cpu Nb voltage and not the "Nb Voltage"

 

[kelsinni]

Try manually setting the timings, to 7-8-7-24, set the Dram voltage to 1.65 and raise the Cpu Nb Voltage to 1.20-1.25, make sure it's the Cpu Nb voltage and not the "Nb Voltage"

Before i started this post i had already tried set the timming manually to 7-8-7-24 2T togheter with Dram voltage set to 1,65v but no luck...

Im gonna now try to do that togheter with the CPU NB Voltage to 1.2v-1-25v and see...

Thanks for your help

 

[Woomack]

Try G.Skill kit in the 1/3 slots. Maybe board is reading sub-timings from 1st memory. Also check 8-8-8-24 or 7-9-7-24, 1.65V.

 

[kelsinni]

Try G.Skill kit in the 1/3 slots. Maybe board is reading sub-timings from 1st memory. Also check 8-8-8-24 or 7-9-7-24, 1.65V.

The G.Skill modules on 1st and 3rd slots its not possible because of the height of them...it not fit on the 1st slot because of the cpu cooler...

 

[kelsinni]

Now, just with the OCZ kit installed my bios settings i like this:


Till now my system is totally stable and i never had any issue or blue screen even when playing games...

Im gonna now try the OCZ on 1/3 slots and Gskill on 2/4 slots and set the timming manually to 7-8-7-24, the DRAM voltage to 1.65v and keep the CPU/NB Offset voltage to 1,25...all the rest os the options im gonna put them on AUTO...

 

[kelsinni]

Well...good news so far...i manage to get on windows at 1st time with the 4 modules
the instalation of them was like this:



The bios settings are like this:




There is another bios menu called "Dram Driving configuration" that i let all values at "AUTO"..should i change any of them?


Back on the windows the respective CPUz show this:






Now the see the stability of the system i should run PRIME 95 for a couple of hours right??

Thanks again for the help given

 

[Mandrake4565]

Yes Prime blend for a few hours or memtest will do the trick

 

[kelsinni]

Hello again...
after running Prime95 for about an hour and playing several times NFS Rivals for more than 2 hours straight nothing bad happened so i must assume that they are stable :=)

Thks for the help given

 

[Johan45]

Most of us see 2hrs of P95 blend as a minimum for stability.

 

[kelsinni]

Most of us see 2hrs of P95 blend as a minimum for stability.

So maybe i must run it a little more just to ensure...

Thks for the advice

 

[freeagent]

If you ever run into any issues while running those pairs together, try pulling the bios battery out for a few minutes. With my setup if I am running a set, and then add another set without pulling the battery, I get all kinds of problems, and its a real pita.. Clearing the cmos isn't the answer for my setup, I have to pull the battery