Is this Ballistix Micron chips?

not sure which type they are;

however i did buy a set from crucial and they are able to match the specs they achieved in the reviews i.e 3-3-3-10 T1 @ 375mhz etc. not tried the higher fsb's though.
 
Ok thanks for the advice guys.

One other issue; since they seem to require high default Vdimm (2.2V) what's the likelihood of them not POSTing? I'm looking at either Abit AWD-9 Max or Gigabyte DS3 boards.

Ta :cool:
 
mine didnt post first time, i got long beep after long beep

but it turns out i probably didnt seat dimm 2 properly, and when i re-inserted it booted just fine.

the spec says it needs 2.2v but thats running @ 3-3-3-12. your mobo will likely boot the ram at 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8 which is fine. just go into bios on first boot and whack the voltage up and turn the cas down!
 
Yip mine boot fine at 667mhz 5-3-3-12 or summit @1.8v after a CMOS reset.

And the vast majority of Crucial RAM uses Micron chips. Mainly due to the fact that Crucial is Micron.
 
This still does'nt answer the question.
I too am interested in 2 gig of ram for £130 that can hit 1200 mhz
But if it's not guaranteed to be the fabled chip and it's 50/50 whether you get
those or not it's a mighty gamble!.
 
Well that list says it is Micron D9GMH (B6-3).

But I doubt the pc5300 Ballistix is the highest bin of it.
 
geff_r said:
well the point is you can get 2 gb of the crucial which is pc 8500 spec for a 3rd the price.
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Crucial Ballistix PC2 5300 could hit 600mhz (DDR1200) thank´s to the Micron chip´s, BUT this is in an overclocked state

they are meant to be working at 333mhz frequencies at 2.2V
like all the others overclocked chip´s ( chipsets ,cpu,etc) in order to get overclocked , many times they need a lot more voltage in order to achive it, so they suffer more stress, a lot of heath ,etc.

so a true DDR2 8500 ram is diferent,it achive 600 mhz with the right voltage it can handle
a memory stick is not just the chip on it, but the PCB of the ram could be more or less prepared to handle the voltages it need to hit high mhz :)


PS- sure Ballistyx are a great ,great value for money ( one of the best 533 mhz DDR 2 Ram one can buy ) but when intended for overclocking,you better take apropriate care of cooling the ram ( I mean over 500 mhz / over 2.3 / 2.4Vdimm)
 
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netby said:
they are meant to be working at 333mhz frequencies at 2.2V
like all the others overclocked chip´s ( chipsets ,cpu,etc) in order to get overclocked , many times they need a lot more voltage in order to achive it, so they suffer more stress, a lot of heath ,etc.
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It takes 2.2V for you to get 333mhz out of your ballistix? Are you running some ultra tight timings or what? My friend runs 2 machines both with PC5300 ballistix and can get 333mhz out of them with just 1.9V doing 3-3-3-12.

Its one of the reason why I changed my mind (along with a bit of research) and getting these sticks for my new system instead of the DDR400 RAM in this price range.
 
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well depends

the ram is rated at 667mhz( PC2 5300) at 2.2V from manufacturer

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144

normally I use it at 2.15V ( asus p5b dlx nearest option to 2.2V i have)
at DDR 333 ( 8-3-3-3-) or DDR 400 ( 12-4-4-4)- and it´s Orthos blend stable for hours

at DDR 500 ( 1000 mhz) it needs 2.25V at 18-5-5-5 to be Orthos stable
anyway like in a cpu you could undervolt or overvolt the chip and it could run stable - all depends on at speed you are using it and in the tolerance the chip ( in this case IC´s) has

anyway I do not have tried to use less Vdimm yet :)
 
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