KINGSTON DDR3 HYPERX BLU 1600MHZ and Ivy Bridge? Big Story...

[Bobmunkhouse]

Hi all

I have currenty have a Q6600 which as per below thread Im haveing issues overclocking past 3Ghz....

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17979575&highlight=Bobmunkhouse

I belive Im having these issues because of my current ram which is PC2-5400 so if I go over 3Ghz it overclocks the Ram and then I get errors....

So anyway I have found out my motherboad a Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R has two DDR3 sockets and from some googling I found that 8GB of KINGSTON DDR HYPERX BLU 1600MHZ Ram should work in it and I should be able to try and clock a bit higher....

So the question if it all goes wrong and I do need to upgrade to Ivy Bridge will this Ram be good for Ivy Bridge so I wont have wasted my Money?

Thanks for reading

 

[wazza300]

yeah if its ddr3 and 1.5-1.55v rated then your fine

 

[sehcure]

yeah if its ddr3 and 1.5-1.55v rated then your fine

You can run it up to 1.65v.

Mine is sitting on 1.59v at the moment with no problems.

 

[wazza300]

on sandybridge and ivybridge its advised not to go above 1.575v dram voltage but you can if you want its just a precaution,its said to shorten cpu life,idk how true this is

 

[Bobmunkhouse]

Hmmm not sure on the sec's its says about 1.65v and it also talks about 1.5v...not sure what do you think?


Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) HyperX Blu DDR3 1600MHz DIMM 240-pin CL9
Kingston's KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX is a kit of two 512M x 64-bit (4GB) DDR3-1600 CL9 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM), 2Rx8 memory modules, based on sixteen 256M x 8-bit FBGA components per module. Each module kit supports Intel® XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles). Total kit capacity is 8GB. Each module kit has been tested to run at DDR3-1600 at a low latency timing of 9-9-9-27 at 1.65V. The SPDs are programmed to JEDEC standard latency DDR3-1333 timing of 9-9-9 at 1.5V. Each 240-pin DIMM uses gold contact fingers and requires +1.5V.

FEATURES

JEDEC standard 1.5V (1.425V ~ 1.575V) Power Supply
VDDQ = 1.5V (1.425V ~ 1.575V)
667MHz fCK for 1333Mb/sec/pin
8 independent internal bank
Programmable CAS Latency: 9, 8, 7, 6
Programmable Additive Latency: 0, CL - 2, or CL - 1 clock
Programmable CAS Write Latency(CWL) = 7 (DDR3-1333)
8-bit pre-fetch
Burst Length: 8 (Interleave without any limit, sequential with starting address "000" only), 4 with tCCD = 4 which does not allow seamless read or write [either on the fly using A12 or MRS]
Bi-directional Differential Data Strobe
Internal(self) calibration : Internal self calibration through ZQ pin (RZQ : 240 ohm ± 1%)
On Die Termination using ODT pin
Average Refresh Period 7.8us at lower than TCASE 85°C, 3.9us at 85°C < TCASE < 95°C
Asynchronous Reset
PCB : Height 1.180" (30.00mm), double sided component

 

[wazza300]

it means 1333mhz @1.5v and 1600mhz @1.65v,you might be able to run it at a lower voltage with 1600mhz but you would need to test

whats the corsair vengeance prices like? that is 1.5v rated for 1600mhz

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-299-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517 this or put the extra and get this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-017-SA

either will work fine on your board and ivybridge,samsung clock to 2400mhz with 1.55v

 

[Bobmunkhouse]

Ok so the Samsung Green 8GB was the stuff I was looking at for an Ivy bridge build before I started to think about pushing my @6600 some more.....Was only looking at the kingston stuff because I found someone on Gigabyte forum confirming it worked on my board.....I guess the Samsung may work aswell.... Thanks for help

 

[Surveyor]

You can run it up to 1.65v.

Mine is sitting on 1.59v at the moment with no problems.

You shouldn't run it at up to 1.65V based on OcUK/Intel's advice:

Recommended memory voltage is 1.50v, so make sure to run your memory at 1.50v, higher than 1.60v could limit lifespan of the CPU

Do we know what the requirements are for Ivy Bridge yet?