Team Xtreme DDR2

[clone38]

Good memory or not:? not really heard much about this stuff.

[K404]

Well...... I like it!

Uses Micron ICs and their PCBs are on a par with most others

[clone38]

I have been lookin @ this or is it a bit ott?

2Gb Team DDR2 PC2-9600 1200MHz

[K404]

Well....guarantees of clockspeeds are always nice, and the coolers are pretty funky

I think they have to be attached by the user though, but dont quote me on that...

I *think* the ICs on those are GKX (but dont quote me on that either!!)

[clone38]

Ok thank`s Kenny for the feedback,can you recomend me the ram to get as it will be going with a QX9650

[K404]

You'll want the fastest RAM possible, as the FSB limits dont seem to be better with the 45nm chips over current Quads.

When are you expecting the chip? If its not till January, my advice would be to wait as long as possible to buy RAM and see what DDR3 prices are like. At the moment, decent DDR3 is around £200-£250 for 2GB depending on where ya go

I reckon we've seen all we're gonna see from DDR2, and most enthusiast kits will do 600MHz+ at 5-5-5 (or 4-4-4 with more juice)

[maverik-sg1]

What does it mean (good or bad) when you refer to IC's being GKX's?

[K404]

GKX and GMH are along the same lines as BH-5, CH-5, TCCD etc...

GKX does slightly higher MHz, but GMH can hold better timings to higher MHz. Both ICs are made by Micron

[maverik-sg1]

I see - so, of these two chips, what would be their respective voltage ceiling?

Back in the day TCCD would run within normal voltage parmaters nicely - BH5 on the other hand would need a DFI mobo or volt mod to the VDIMM so that you get them to perform (and perform they did ).

Which would require a VDIMM mod on the motherboard to help reach their full potential, given most boards only allow for 2.4v?

[K404]

2.50V is probs enough for both, but theres a little extra scaling up to 2.7V ishhhh....expect lifetime to be reduced though.