Evga 680I , please recommend some fast memory ?

Bald-Eagle22 · 24 Jun 2007 at 21:22

Guys

Since good memory is so cheap I have thought of upgrading to some of this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-082-OC

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2

Am i correct in saying that with my Evga 680I mobo this stuff is more or less plug and play ?

Cupra · 24 Jun 2007 at 21:29

yeah but ballistix are a lot better using less volts for same clocks m8 ive had both ocz sli 8500 + ballistix and the ballistix are loads better for overclocking i got a lot further anyway

Bald-Eagle22 · 24 Jun 2007 at 21:35

paul_64l said:
yeah but ballistix are a lot better using less volts for same clocks m8 ive had both ocz sli 8500 + ballistix and the ballistix are loads better for overclocking i got a lot further anyway

Would either of them be a lot better than what i have now ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-072-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2

Cupra · 24 Jun 2007 at 22:19

i had some ocz ati memory 6400 and i saw a big improvment but if your not overclocking and benching you wont see much

melbourne720 · 24 Jun 2007 at 22:37

I wasn't impressed by the ocz sli, now I have the ocz platinum like yourself.

Maybe this would be good:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-013-OK&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

No heat spreaders, but good stock speed for the price.

Markatomic · 24 Jun 2007 at 22:47

Using the balistix on my striker and I could not get them even to run at the right speed, in the end changed them for geil black dragon which have been running like perfection!
mark

Bald-Eagle22 · 24 Jun 2007 at 23:19

Or if i bit the bullet would i see a huge imoprovement with these ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-089-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-9200 1150MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR11502GK)

Nullvoid · 24 Jun 2007 at 23:31

You've never actually said what you're looking for from them (maybe you thought it would be obvious I guess?).

If it's for overclocking then yes, those pc2-9200 sticks will pretty much guarantee your memory won't ever be a limiting factor.

gt_junkie · 25 Jun 2007 at 00:28

Nullvoid said:
If it's for overclocking then yes, those pc2-9200 sticks will pretty much guarantee your memory won't ever be a limiting factor.

TBH with the e6600 the 8500 wouldn't even be a limiting factor! :eek:

If you did manage to clock them to their rated speed your chip would be at 4.8ghz which is rather fast... quite a bit faster than you're likely to see any C2D running at!!!

gt

Bald-Eagle22 · 25 Jun 2007 at 01:16

gt_junkie said:
TBH with the e6600 the 8500 wouldn't even be a limiting factor!

If you did manage to clock them to their rated speed your chip would be at 4.8ghz which is rather fast... quite a bit faster than you're likely to see any C2D running at!!!

gt

Well a feature od th 680I is that you can run CPU/Ram independantley ? Or am i really missing something ( yes sorry i am noob )?

Cupra · 25 Jun 2007 at 01:45

Bald-Eagle22 said:
Well a feature od th 680I is that you can run CPU/Ram independantley ? Or am i really missing something ( yes sorry i am noob )?

this is true but ** better off running in sync mode

so 3.6 on a 9xmulti is 400 fsb so the memory is running 800 iirc

Bald-Eagle22 · 25 Jun 2007 at 11:43

This is what comfuses me about this board , some people say Linked and Sinked and others say run them independant .

bloodiedathame · 25 Jun 2007 at 12:19

You can link them to a ratio. Unlink both and put in manual settings. Or Auto the CPU and manual the RAM or vice versa. If my memory serves me correctly.