Geil Black Dragon Memory

tonytupman · 1 Sep 2008 at 20:34

Hi Guys,

Ok, here goes with a stupid newbie question -

I've just installed 4GB Geil PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon Ram (2x2GB). Are there supposed to be red led's shining from each stick? I only ask this because I always associate red with danger, or a warning of some sort. Please someone put my mind at rest and tell me this is normal.

Tony

Cob · 1 Sep 2008 at 20:37

Yip it's supposed to have the red LED's.

tonytupman · 1 Sep 2008 at 20:43

Cheers for the super fast response, feel quite dumb now.

Happy tho

Tony

Slashiem · 1 Sep 2008 at 21:15

Hi Cob,
Would anyone notice any real world performance between say DRR2-800 RAM and DDR2-1066 RAM, also any difference in video editing and games?
Also are they known problems with Asus motherboards and OCZ RAM?

Thanks

~Slash

scooby555t · 1 Sep 2008 at 21:28

just orderd theses myself get them tomorrow

krooton · 1 Sep 2008 at 22:28

Slashiem said:
Hi Cob,
Would anyone notice any real world performance between say DRR2-800 RAM and DDR2-1066 RAM, also any difference in video editing and games?
Also are they known problems with Asus motherboards and OCZ RAM?

Thanks

~Slash

800 will get to 400fsb and a bit more, 1066 will do 533fsb, so makes it easier to overclock if your chip/mobo have high fsb walls. Also helps overclock cpus with low multipliers.

Real world difference, I have no idea, I'm running 800 at 420fsb

Slashiem · 1 Sep 2008 at 22:56

krooton said:
800 will get to 400fsb and a bit more, 1066 will do 533fsb, so makes it easier to overclock if your chip/mobo have high fsb walls. Also helps overclock cpus with low multipliers.

Real world difference, I have no idea, I'm running 800 at 420fsb

Ok, well planning to overclock a Q6600 to 3.2 by 8x400, which should be achievable once i get a decent cooler in the future.
But tbh, i would probaly get the RAM at 1:1 as i generally not to keen on overclocking RAM as to me it doesnt show any significant gains compared to overclocking the CPU.
This is more to inform a friend.
Cheers for the info as well.

Cob · 1 Sep 2008 at 23:02

Real world difference is next-to-nothing. As krooton says, PC2-8500 is only really needed if you're intending to clock the FSB 450mhz or so.

pegasus1 · 2 Sep 2008 at 13:36

Thats why i chucked 4 gig of PC 5400 with a 2180 as the 10 multi gave 3.33ghz with the Ram at 1:1.

Justintime · 2 Sep 2008 at 17:48

Got an 8gb kit of the stuff few days ago, one bad module though, sent back on RMA, hope it works out ok

4th kit so far with just one failure, not a big pool of reference, hopefully just bad luck.

scooby555t · 2 Sep 2008 at 21:51

got mine isntalled had probs with my ninja fan and the side pannel not fittin i got the evo 1 blackdragan 4gb kit

Stonedofmoo · 3 Sep 2008 at 09:35

Justintime said:
Got an 8gb kit of the stuff few days ago, one bad module though, sent back on RMA, hope it works out ok 4th kit so far with just one failure, not a big pool of reference, hopefully just bad luck.

lol I don't think anyone I know has ever ordered a memory kit from OcUK without having to send at least one stick or the whole kit back. It's the OCUK curse.