Team Xtreme DDR2
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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)
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
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What does it mean (good or bad) when you refer to IC's being GKX's?
maverik-sg1
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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
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Which would require a VDIMM mod on the motherboard to help reach their full potential, given most boards only allow for 2.4v?
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?
maverik-sg1
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name='K404' said:
Scaling as in FSB or scaling as in you will find the max FSB at 2.5v and then by upping the voltage it will tighten up?
BTW - K404 = just a mind of information, the font of knowledge - cheers for the info provided thus far.
No no...scaling as in raw RAM MHz, which might help figure out the best options for FSB/RAM ratios.... e.g. stick with 1:1 or is the RAM good enough to allow a 5:6, even if its only for SPi 1M and AM3?
Thanks for the compliment- I normally sum it up as "saddo needing to get out more"
Thanks for the compliment- I normally sum it up as "saddo needing to get out more"
LiViNgL@RgE
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I would go for Crucial Ballistix PC8500 as its cheap £65 for 2 gig kits & can go to 1200+ Mhz easy
I have Crucial PC5300 2 kits of 2 gig & both will do 1200+ with only 2.2V 5-5-4 timings
I have Crucial PC5300 2 kits of 2 gig & both will do 1200+ with only 2.2V 5-5-4 timings
LiViNgL@RgE
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How about this then 
Not to bad for a £60 set of ram
Not to bad for a £60 set of ram
LiViNgL@RgE
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Here's one more for kenny
maverik-sg1
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Did the board require any mods?
LiViNgL@RgE
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name='K404' said:Thats friggin awesome Davey!
yellow or black slots?
This is the black slots mate
name='maverik-sg1' said:
No mods except pencil vdroop mod for Vcore!
I'm just playing with my mach (not connected to system yet) as its been crap lately ie. won't hold any load & takes ages to reach minus temps! But today with some fiddling I thinks its working as its been idling at -66 (Measure with temp probe not mach display which shows -70) for the last 2 hours! This was modded by Gray about 18 months ago!
