GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Rev. 3.3 - compatable RAM?

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From GB web site:
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According to the GB web site, 3.3 supports Pentium D and Vista - no mention of either in 1.3
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how the hell is that list sorted?
I believe it's chronological by when they released the boards' revs (left to right, top to bottom). Every update gets appended at the end is my basis for that belief. This makes the rev 1.3 particularly puzzling as that appears to be the newest. I saw a thread at some forum saying that the 1.3 was a rev 1.0 board with a new bios and a couple of component changesto add support for the FSB1333.
 
i know this ram works well with the ds3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

if you check the bundles on www.overclockers.co.uk they sell the ds3 with ram that is known to be compatible

i also have this ram and its working great with my DS4 mobo

it had no problems at 1.8v getting into the bios , i set it to 2.1V and left it there ever since

i read also that the ram compatibility issues with the gigabyte boards where cleared up after bios F3.

i bought mine on 1st of Jan 2007 and mine shipped with F5 already installed. so you should be fine
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Thanks! I had seen people who said that those RAM sticks worked well and OC'd great. I couldn't find them at any of the normal etailers, so I called Geil - and you can order the DDR2 800 (2x1GB) kits directly from Geil for about $165 + $10 shipping.

I think that's what I might do.

Geil DDR2 Ultra, PC2-6400 DDR2-800 Dual Channel Kit

They look as good as any I've seen and reviews say they work great.
I wonder if there is any difference between the RAM Geil said they'd sell for $165 and this stuff?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144062
It looks like it's the same part number but with an A at the end, it's only $129.99. The specs look similar except the 'A' version claims to up to 2.4 Volts, where the Geil page says 2.3.
 
Glad you were able to clear that up for me Tacos ... now go explain why Micron/crucial is great to this guy:
got this board from here about a month ago.Its up and running now with a nice E6400 @3.2ghz and a 8800GTS 320mb.But the frist fe weeks were a nightmare.Constant BSOD's and cold boot issues out the wazooh.Come to find out my ram had micron D9GMH Ic's which this board does not like at all.I finnally ended up buying new ram and its a whole new system.No more cold boot issues or BSOD's.The ram i had that was causing these issue's was 2 gig OCZ PC2 8800 Gold XTC cas5-6-6-15.My new ram is Geil DDR2 800 Ultra's(not the Ultra Plus they are micron IC's) Now my board boots like a dream and runs flawless.Dont use micron based ram.
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http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=CA4830994
 
That just happesn to be a bad on ocz, I think you are over reacting with one review, it seems very strange that the board wouldn't except micron based ram just because of a firmware update, when all previous versions did and so do other p965 boards, while ocz has been known to give problems with their ram until they updated the firmware on the ram. I am pretty sure it's about the ocz thing, not micron, and that you shouldn't worry about it. If it doesn't work, I'll personally contact crucial for you and yell at them if you like, it seems very unlikely that it's a micron thing

I've also checked extreme systems, and they almost always will push their hardware to the max, and there weren't any reports of micron ram issues there that I saw
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Then you clearly haven't read enough reviews - check anandtech's and others - it seems that those micron D9's are/were problematic - don't know if they are still with the newer bios.

But, that why I posted this original thread - not for guesses, but for real world experience ... :roll:
 
I own those chips, and I paid $100 more for them :x , they were great chips at the time, but I doubt they still have micron IC now, and I own an am2 rig, so I can't comment on how they'll work for a 3.3 ds3, but I don't why they wouldn't, though I would trust a bigger company like corsair over super talent
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From what I've heard though, isn't Super Talent's suppose to over-clock very well with better timings?
 
So whats the verdict on this? Im hitting the checkout button tonight with the update on C2D prices.

Currently in the cart is the E6600, DS3, and the GSkill

Im open on getting other ram, I just want ram that is going to boot with the DS3 without any issues or the need to adjust settings. And Ram that will allow me to bring the E6600 to a 3.4-3.6ghz clock.

I completly understand why Jake is a bit nervous as to which ram to purchase...there seems to be a ton of misinformation or something floating around. Some say it works fine, others say it wont.
 
So whats the verdict on this? Im hitting the checkout button tonight with the update on C2D prices.

Currently in the cart is the E6600, DS3, and the GSkill

Im open on getting other ram, I just want ram that is going to boot with the DS3 without any issues or the need to adjust settings. And Ram that will allow me to bring the E6600 to a 3.4-3.6ghz clock.

I completly understand why Jake is a bit nervous as to which ram to purchase...there seems to be a ton of misinformation or something floating around. Some say it works fine, others say it wont.
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How did that GSkill ram you bought work out with your setup?
I am planning on order the identical setup to lightly overclock. Did it boot on first try?
Thanks for the feedback.
 
Yeah. If that G.Skill can hit about 860mhz then it should be fine since 3.0ghz will take that 800 RAM to 860. I would think almost any 800 RAM can hit 860 with a +0.1v vDimm increase........
 
Got a specific DDR2 800 2 GB kit to recommend?
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I have the DS3 rev 3.3 board and this RAM which you mentioned earlier:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231087

I have it running at 800mhz w/timings 4-4-4-12 @ 2.1v

I've had my pc up and running for about 2 months no problems with the RAM. Also it is a light blue color not white. Look at the photo of the package. Hope this helps and good luck.
 
Do you have that RAM overclocked?
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Nope, I have not overclocked the RAM. I am running my RAM synchronous with my FSB.

One way to see what people are getting performance wise out of the RAM is by checking user reviews on Newegg. Trust me I know that this is not the best source of information but use your judgment on what to believe. Best of luck!
 
It seems like you might be a little confused about the ram.

Yes, with no problem, the gigabyte ds3 will run DDR2-800 ram that requires all the way up to 2.4v or so. The first mistake was looking at intel's specifications. You need to look at gigabyte's specifications for the board.

Gigabyte is not known for any general compatibility issues with ram, so any ram should work just fine in there. The only problem, slightest chance of possibility, is that you would be required to use a different stick of ram to boot up the system so you can select the correct voltage in the bios for your high performance ram. but i think this isn't really an issue and with most ram it should boot just fine.

The ram in the search i link here to newegg is the fastest ddr2-800 ram, or the correct way to say it would be the one with the tightest timings.

The ram that was linked to above looks like good ram. Although he said he can run at ddr2-800 with 3-3 timings i would never guarantee it although most likely it should run fine.

The price you pay for the tighter timings though is not representative of the performance gain you get, so any ddr2-800 with 4-4-4-12 timings will be fine.
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What he said. I have the DS3 (3.3) board, and run corsair ram that requires 1.9v. It booted fine, but at 5-5-5-18 timing by default. THEN you can up the voltage a bit and lower timings to what they support at the higher voltage.


ALL 965 chipset boards have the 1.8V jedec warning. Virtually all of the best motherboards available today (Apr 2007) have solved those bootup incompatibility issues.
 
any one w/ experience w/ buffalo firestix(supposetly D9s inside)? I have a 2gig kit en route, just want to make sure the board will work b4 I buy it.
 
hello,

i just bought this board with this ram:
Kingston 2GB DDR2 (2x1GB) PC6400 800Mhz CL5 Dual Channel Kit (KVR800D2N5K2⁄2G)

The only thing is that my pc wont boot. Everytime i turn on the power the case fan starts to turn and then it switches off. My cpu fan doesnt turn at all. After the case fan turns of, my cpu fan gives a little twist, but really very small, indicating that it does get power from the power supply.

Im using a antec sonata II with 450w power and a geforce 8800gtx.

I already posted this on my dutch computer site, and only got very limited responses. 1 person said that i could be that my ram isnt compatible.

I checked this with the QVL of the motherboard and it said that this ram was supported:
1GB Kingston KVR800D2N5/1G DS

The ram should be ok then?

Anybody who had had this problem before and maybe has a tip on how to get my pc up and running?
 
Sounds like you might not have enough power for your 8800GTX, not entirely sure, but it could also be that your ram is not getting enough voltage. Only thing i can immediately say is that you might need to buy very cheap ram to see if its your ram. Also before doing that just trying using 1 stick of ram to boot, make sure to try both sticks by themselves, if it only boots with one then you have 1 bad stick of ram. If that still doesn't boot either
a) your ram isn't getting enough voltage
b) both your ram stick are bad (unlikely)
c) your psu isn't powerful enough for your system.


What motherboard are you using?
 
I got this RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146673
with a GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Rev. 2.0 (F9 BIOS).
It is rated CAS5 at 1.8V and 4-5-4-11 at 2.1-2.2V

It booted with no problem at 1.8V (CAS5) and I changed it to 4-5-4-11 at 2.1V in BIOS.
You can see reviews here
http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/Mushkin_HP2-6400/index3.shtml
http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/memory/mushkin/HP2-6400_4-5-4-11/3.htm
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=574&num=3
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=19175&PageId=2

I also had no problems running it at DDR2-938 2.1 5-5-5-15 (could go higher).
 
Well really there is no need they run great stock, but i do know at the stock timings you can get around 900mhz which isn't that bad for $118.00 ram. Maybe i am a geil fanboy since i have liked them since my first gig of dragon, which i did overclock and seemed great. 😛 Also they seem to go out of stock daily lately on newegg. lol :wink:
 
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