How is this o/c?

ChampionLLY · 19th Mar 2008, 02:20 AM

Here's my new toy -- a pair of 3rd hand ram which I bought for S$60 (RM138)

Test Platform:
Q6600 B3
P5B-E Plus
KVR DDR2-800 1Gbx2

550mhz 5-5-5-18 2.30v (prime95 for 7hr20min)
screenshots: busy/idle

I played Crysis for an hour @ 570mhz 5-5-5-18, but gives error on when prime; 2.30v seems to be the sweetspot, any advice is appreciated, thx

Mac Daddy · 19th Mar 2008, 07:14 AM

Looks pretty good here but hard to see. Anyway you could attach full sized images that way we can click on the thumbnail and see clearer. BTW don't see may Q6600's over 3.0 so 3.2 is cool as is the RAM O/C

Chai · 19th Mar 2008, 07:39 AM

Wow, nice overclock from a value RAM. I'm looking for cheap 2GB per stick doing 400MHz+...

ChampionLLY · 19th Mar 2008, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Looks pretty good here but hard to see. Anyway you could attach full sized images that way we can click on the thumbnail and see clearer. BTW don't see may Q6600's over 3.0 so 3.2 is cool as is the RAM O/C

oops, i think photobucket resized the pic, it was 1680x1050,
i'l fix it

goldfries · 19th Mar 2008, 02:35 PM

why is your FSB:RAM ratio 1:2?

anyway nice speed for the RAM

my DDR2 667 could touch DDR2 900 speed, which I'm damn happy about. also KVR.

ChampionLLY · 19th Mar 2008, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goldfries

why is your FSB:RAM ratio 1:2?

anyway nice speed for the RAM

my DDR2 667 could touch DDR2 900 speed, which I'm damn happy about. also KVR.

coz i dun wanna get the cpu involved?
notice that my q6600 is undervolted & underclocked..

its funny that the expensive hyperX 1GB could only do ddr2-938, yet the value ram 2GB could do ddr2-1100

goldfries · 19th Mar 2008, 04:07 PM

no, the point of my question was - why OC the RAM but with a downclocked processor?

what do you intend to get out of the system?

btw yes, love your RAM. I've not bought any performance RAM myself.

ChampionLLY · 19th Mar 2008, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goldfries

no, the point of my question was - why OC the RAM but with a downclocked processor?

what do you intend to get out of the system?

btw yes, love your RAM. I've not bought any performance RAM myself.

one at a time...

I already know the max stable for cpu, nbcc & gfx

Mac Daddy · 19th Mar 2008, 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChampionLLY

oops, i think photobucket resized the pic, it was 1680x1050,
i'l fix it

Thanks and nice O/C on that ram. I am really interested in what this OCZ Reaper ram will do because I have seen no real reviews on it besides comments from customers who purchased it. One comment he said he was running DDR2 1066 speeds and the higher the O/C the more the heatspreaders distribute the heat. I see no max frequency spec anywhere for this ram including the OCZ site so really interested to see how it performs

ChampionLLY · 19th Mar 2008, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Thanks and nice O/C on that ram. I am really interested in what this OCZ Reaper ram will do because I have seen no real reviews on it besides comments from customers who purchased it. One comment he said he was running DDR2 1066 speeds and the higher the O/C the more the heatspreaders distribute the heat. I see no max frequency spec anywhere for this ram including the OCZ site so really interested to see how it performs

exactly which pair of ram are u talking abt?

i dun believe in heatspreaders, surprisingly my value ram running @ 2.3v is pretty cool, i got the intel stock hsf to blow @ em anyway..

19th Mar 2008, 02:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
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19th Mar 2008, 07:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 11	Looks pretty good here but hard to see. Anyway you could attach full sized images that way we can click on the thumbnail and see clearer. BTW don't see may Q6600's over 3.0 so 3.2 is cool as is the RAM O/C