Overclocking 9 Value-Priced DDR2-800 Kits

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Well what voltage where you running? I assume you know DDR used higher voltage compared to DDR2, the Gskill should be running around 2.2-2.4v so it shouldn't be bad. My Mushkin DDR500 runs at 2.9v and is stil cold to the touch almost (but i've got great flow 8O).

I had issues picking my RAM, nothing quite fit my bill correctly. Trying to find D9's in cheaper ram is a hard job, so I settled on the Gskill. I actually forgot it was DDR2 1000 lol. Oh well, I am shooting for 511x9 on my E4300 but RD600 has true independent memory clocking, so we shall see.

Thanks for the heads up 😀

Yw for the 965.
 
I'm having trouble deciding Between Corsair XMS2 or Patriot.

They're both 2GB Kits (2x1GB), both DDR2 800, Both 4-4-4-12, Same Price...but the Corsair wasn't reviewed. I've come to trust Corsair for their good name (haven't had experience with patriot), but the patriot has proven performance.

My plans are a moderate OC and it's a tough Decision. Ideas?
 
I had always bought corsair too, but then last time I decided to get the Patriot DDR 500 2 gig kit and it works 100% stable, at the advertised settings (3-4-4-8 @ 2.8v). You won't do wrong getting Patriot RAM, and Corsair is always good too.
 
Well what voltage where you running? I assume you know DDR used higher voltage compared to DDR2, the Gskill should be running around 2.2-2.4v so it shouldn't be bad. My Mushkin DDR500 runs at 2.9v and is stil cold to the touch almost (but i've got great flow 8O).

I had issues picking my RAM, nothing quite fit my bill correctly. Trying to find D9's in cheaper ram is a hard job, so I settled on the Gskill. I actually forgot it was DDR2 1000 lol. Oh well, I am shooting for 511x9 on my E4300 but RD600 has true independent memory clocking, so we shall see.

Thanks for the heads up 😀

Yw for the 965.
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It was set at 2.6v. I couldn't go any lower with my mobo. Something about samsung chips preferring lower voltage.
 
I'm having trouble deciding Between Corsair XMS2 or Patriot.

They're both 2GB Kits (2x1GB), both DDR2 800, Both 4-4-4-12, Same Price...but the Corsair wasn't reviewed. I've come to trust Corsair for their good name (haven't had experience with patriot), but the patriot has proven performance.

My plans are a moderate OC and it's a tough Decision. Ideas?
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Check into reviews of Corsair....personal reviews like on newegg. I think I've heard that Corsair is using a cheaper chip...Promos? I'm not telling you not to get them, just advising you to look deeper into the situation with Corsair.
 
Noob question: Could the Ram tested be D9, and the ones we are buying end up Elpidas? Any way to verify which the tested ones are and the ones for sale are? How come TG does not state this?
 
What is wrong with the ProMos chip? OCZ has a DDR2-800 kit at 4-4-3-15 with a ProMos...

~Ibrahim~
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From what I understand, basically intuition, ProMos is designed to be high end value. Meaning it will do what it is rated to do, but don't much else. Yes the OCZ may do 400MHz, but don't expect it to hit 500MHz, more like 420 or something.

I am guessing at this to be honest, so take my view with a grain of salt the size of a bus lol.

Please, someone check me on this. I am at work and they are monitoring me so I can't go haul off for an hour to corroborate my view. 8O
 
What is wrong with the ProMos chip? OCZ has a DDR2-800 kit at 4-4-3-15 with a ProMos...

~Ibrahim~
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From what I understand, basically intuition, ProMos is designed to be high end value. Meaning it will do what it is rated to do, but don't much else. Yes the OCZ may do 400MHz, but don't expect it to hit 500MHz, more like 420 or something.

I am guessing at this to be honest, so take my view with a grain of salt the size of a bus lol.

Please, someone check me on this. I am at work and they are monitoring me so I can't go haul off for an hour to corroborate my view. 8O

Well, that is what I thought. That is, until I saw the reviews!

940MHz at 4-4-3-15

940MHz at 4-4-3-15

930MHz at 4-4-3-15

922MHz at 4-4-4-12

914MHz at 4-4-3-15

880MHz at 4-4-3-15

Too lazy for the rest of them. But they overclock very nicely, I think.

~Ibrahim~
 
Good find. 😱

However, take it with a tiny tiny grain of salt, as usually RAM achieves a higher rating with AMD for whatever reason. Don't ask me to explain it, it is just an observation.

So on Intel I would expec them to break about 450, which still isn't bad in any way, I guess I need to alter my perception a bit. 😀
 
Thanks!

Maybe, I don't know...Either way, 450 isn't too shabby for $175.

I felt rather leery of OCZ after their early disappointing budget DDR2-800 oc'ing kits, but they might've made their selves up after this.

~Ibrahim~
 
OCZ screwed me quite badly a while back by selling me some Samsung PC800-40 RDRAM. They'd relabled and reprogrammed it to detect as PC1066, but the stuff would always overheat until I added active cooling. These were NOT produced by OCZ, they were original Samsung DIMM's, all OCZ did was repackage them and charge more for the privilage.

It then came to my attention that OCZ doesn't mean "made for overclockers" but instead means "programed BY overclockers". Nothing they sell is the "real deal".
 
OCZ screwed me quite badly a while back by selling me some Samsung PC800-40 RDRAM. They'd relabled and reprogrammed it to detect as PC1066, but the stuff would always overheat until I added active cooling. These were NOT produced by OCZ, they were original Samsung DIMM's, all OCZ did was repackage them and charge more for the privilage.

It then came to my attention that OCZ doesn't mean "made for overclockers" but instead means "programed BY overclockers". Nothing they sell is the "real deal".
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YES. That attitude has been drilled into SO many people and they aren't too far from the truth. See that DDR2-1100MHz for $194? Pre-packaged 800Mhz...Not confirmed, but most likely true.

Cheap trick. I hate it. HOWEVER, there are some nice ones in the mass of pre-OC'd trash..

However, I think, OCZ is getting better. Slowly, but surely.

~Ibrahim~
 
I havent read all 3 pages so Im not sure if this was already brought up. I want to know if the Patriot Extreme modules used in this review had the Mocron D9 chips? Because they have recently switched from D9 to Elpedia chips. Which prpbably explains why their price has taken such a drastic drop.
 
I just bought a pair of these sticks and took apart the heatshields. They were Patriot marked chips so it's hard to tell what they really are, but I doubt they were Elpidas because I am able to overclock to 1000MHz at 5-5-5-15.
 
I'm having trouble deciding Between Corsair XMS2 or Patriot.

They're both 2GB Kits (2x1GB), both DDR2 800, Both 4-4-4-12, Same Price...but the Corsair wasn't reviewed. I've come to trust Corsair for their good name (haven't had experience with patriot), but the patriot has proven performance.

My plans are a moderate OC and it's a tough Decision. Ideas?
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Check into reviews of Corsair....personal reviews like on newegg. I think I've heard that Corsair is using a cheaper chip...Promos? I'm not telling you not to get them, just advising you to look deeper into the situation with Corsair.

I ran into the same dilemma. Corsair and Patriot are running neck and neck for price (after rebates on Newegg). I was going to purchase the Corsair because on Sunday night the Patriot were out of stock. But when I read the customer reviews, I stopped myself. The reviews had a lot of DOA modules. This was the biggest complaint. Granted, the Corsair had more reviews (337 versus 90) than the Patriot...but still the complaints were enough to make me think twice. If Corsair had participated in the review, I would be safer about choosing Corsair. (BTW...the review steered me clear of OCZ).
 
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