Crucial Anniversary: The results

Nelly · 13 Jan 2007 at 03:19

tastyweat said:
I've had a good start with this ram

Running 2GB at the moment @ 425 (850) @ 3-3-3-8 1T @ 2.3V

Impressive stuff!

WJA96 said:

At 425 I can get 4-3-3-8-1T but it won't run 3-3-3-8 for me at that even with humunga-volts.

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Hi tastyweat, it looks like you got luckier than quite a few people within this topic, some sticks better than others when fully stretched to the limit.

Did you run Orthos Blend? any errors?

Can anyone else also aquire the same results?

tastyweat · 13 Jan 2007 at 12:05

Nelly said:
Hi tastyweat, it looks like you got luckier than quite a few people within this topic, some sticks better than others when fully stretched to the limit.

Did you run Orthos Blend? any errors?

Can anyone else also aquire the same results?

I ran the slow mem test built into the motherboard - that passed fine 0 errors.

Haven't run orthos

Will do some more tweaking this weekend and post screenies

Big.Wayne · 17 Jan 2007 at 07:13

tastyweat said:
I think they're warrantied up to 2.4V so I'll use that as my limit

For what its worth I think its 2.2v

SidewinderINC · 17 Jan 2007 at 11:12

Big.Wayne said:
For what its worth I think its 2.2v

the ocuk website states 2.2-2.3 so if i put 2.3 through them can i RMA them with ocuk?

Big.Wayne · 21 Jan 2007 at 02:22

Just as a 'baseline' for people, the Crucial memory running at a modest 400MHz (DDR800) 4-4-4-12 using 1.8vDimm. It's on an upward divider so not sure if thats the same as actually running it 1:1? but I'm guessing it is. Not bad for such low volts, I hope to get into the 3-3-3 testing soon! . . .

Big.Wayne · 22 Jan 2007 at 18:16

Just some more results, still DDR800 speeds (1.8vDimm) except this time its 1:1 sync.

monkeypants · 22 Jan 2007 at 21:55

So tempted to replace my OCZ Gold with some of this stuff.... Should I?

SidewinderINC · 23 Jan 2007 at 04:27

B.W, i tried that myself, but it completely killed my board (S3) and now i'm unsure of trying it again

Big.Wayne · 23 Jan 2007 at 07:29

SidewinderINC said:
i tried that myself

Tried what?

Big.Wayne · 23 Jan 2007 at 09:40

I changed the timings from 4-4-4-12 (1.8vDimm) to 3-3-3-8 (also 1.8vDimm) still 400MHz (DDR800).

1.80v = No Boot
1.85v = No Boot
1.90v = No Boot
1.95v = No Boot
2.00v = No Boot
2.05v = No Boot
2.10v = Boot but freeze at BIOS splash screen
2.15v = Boot but errors in MemTest86 Fast!
2.25v = Boot + Run Memtest86 Overnight 100% Pass!

monkeypants · 23 Jan 2007 at 10:00

Big.Wayne said:
2.25v = Boot + Run Memtest86 Overnight 100% Pass!

I think the board undervolts the DIMMs. I'll check when I improve my airflow today. So I should get a set?

Big.Wayne · 23 Jan 2007 at 10:05

monkeypants said:
So tempted to replace my OCZ Gold with some of this stuff.... Should I?

Hi monkeypants, whats wrong with your OCZ?

What is it able to do MHz and timings wise?

monkeypants · 23 Jan 2007 at 10:16

It's rubbish! 1000Mhz 5-6-6-15 stock with 2.25v (hence I think the board undervolts) It may do 5-5-5-15, but I'm not holding my breath.

OC_A64 · 23 Jan 2007 at 10:54

Big.Wayne said:
I changed the timings from 4-4-4-12 (1.8vDimm) to 3-3-3-8 (also 1.8vDimm) still 400MHz (DDR800).

1.80v = No Boot
1.85v = No Boot
1.90v = No Boot
1.95v = No Boot
2.00v = No Boot
2.05v = No Boot
2.10v = Boot but freeze at BIOS splash screen
2.15v = Boot but errors in MemTest86 Fast!
2.25v = Boot + Run Memtest86 Overnight 100% Pass!

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Can you run windows memtest at that speed/voltage?

EvilGrin · 23 Jan 2007 at 11:21

monkeypants said:
It's rubbish! 1000Mhz 5-6-6-15 stock with 2.25v (hence I think the board undervolts) It may do 5-5-5-15, but I'm not holding my breath.

Hope the ocz plat rev 2's i have coming are decent :/

monkeypants · 23 Jan 2007 at 11:38

EvilGrin said:
Hope the ocz plat rev 2's i have coming are decent :/

They should be, I think they use different chips.

The board actually overvolts by 0.05v, giving 2.3v when set to 2.25v.

EDIT: Wayne, my current RAM is not happy above 1000Mhz, even with 2.3v.

SidewinderINC · 23 Jan 2007 at 13:35

Big.Wayne said:
Tried what?

sorry, re-reading it makes no sense to me either

just come back from a night out and then a few hours in with a lovely lady

i think i just had a dodgy board, as the new one is working fine.

i tried doing 1:1 400FSB with stock volts at 4-4-4-12 and the board just totally died. no beeps or anything, replacement works fine and i'm on the F8 bios which is essentially the DS3 F10 bios.

monkeypants · 23 Jan 2007 at 14:59

Woah! Just noticed something in Wayne's pictures. Both have done 38 passes, but the 3-3-3-8 timings have sped it up by 6 hours!

Big.Wayne · 23 Jan 2007 at 22:11

monkeypants said:
Woah! Just noticed something in Wayne's pictures. Both have done 38 passes, but the 3-3-3-8 timings have sped it up by 6 hours!

Classic, I thought it was hammering through the testing quickly!

Didn't notice the exact time difference there myself, thanks for the clarifaction!

OC_A64 · 23 Jan 2007 at 22:46