OCZ PL. PC4000EB or Corsair 3500LL 2gb ?

Bito · 28 Feb 2006 at 09:17

Not sure which of the above 2gb kits to get.....running system in sig. so obviously will be running a divider.....which will give tightest timings at around 255+ fsb ??
Any user experiences appreciated.
Also, will the Corsair Heatspreader clear the Big Typhoon on a DFI Expert ?

Kyo · 28 Feb 2006 at 11:30

Not that i cna help. but I'd be intrested to some of suggestions. I got a similar rig and also looking for good RAM to o'c. Sorry one more thing is what is meant by tighter timings and how can it help?

Dirk · 1 Mar 2006 at 06:05

If you are going to run your RAM @ 250 or under go with the Corsair. OCZ for 250+. Both use Infineon chips so good timings on both, but the earlier revision ICs on the Corsair don't clock as high as the newer ones on the OCZ.

Kyo · 1 Mar 2006 at 11:39

If going for OCZ - what series Gold or Platinium would you recommend?

man_from_uncle · 1 Mar 2006 at 19:16

I use the corsair set and so far i've been absolutely chuffed with them. If you are aiming at 255mhz though as your ideal spot I think that you might find that these aren't quite perfect. Now at 245-250 you can probably run 2.5-3-2-5, which the OCZ will struggle with, but I've had no luck keeping CAS2.5 past 251mhz. I am not saying that the OCZ will do better at 255mhz, but I certainly wouldn't think that they would do worse.

Street · 1 Mar 2006 at 23:03

I'd say the Corsair for around 250MHz... can get mine to this speed...

any higher and it starts throwing memtest errors at those timings, haven't tried the with slacker timings though.

I had trouble with the Corsair heatspreaders when I was using an XP90C, have since swapped to the SI-120 and haven't had any compatability problems. Not sure on what they'll be like with the Thermaltake Big Typhoon though.

man_from_uncle · 2 Mar 2006 at 09:13

That's really good Street. What voltage are you using to get those timings stable?

Street · 2 Mar 2006 at 12:01

2.6V all the way

man_from_uncle · 2 Mar 2006 at 13:25

That is very freaking good. I'm gonna try playing at 2.6v tonight and see how I do. I was trying at 2.7-2.8v when I got stuck at 251mhz. If I can reach 2.8ghz with those timings (need to get to 256mhz i think) i'll be a happy man.

Street · 2 Mar 2006 at 13:42

Mine didnt respond well to volts and started erroring more when I increased it.

Bito · 2 Mar 2006 at 16:55

For those of you with the Corsair.....what revision do you have.....it will be on the sticker, top left, i.e. 1.2 etc

Street · 2 Mar 2006 at 17:14

Just had a look on mine and its revision 1.2

Kaiju · 2 Mar 2006 at 17:21

Haha street, we have very similar setups. I'm about to order an X-Fi right now too.

I have the OCZ EB's but can't find a sweet spot for 2.5CAS. May have a little FSB bump from 200FSB @ 2.5CAS tonight.

My current stable results are below.

200FSB @ 2-3-2-5 (need to test going higher on FSB)
250FSB @ 3-3-2-5 (nice starting point if your new to memory)
260FSB @ 3-3-2-5 (can hit 261FSB but anything more is unstable)

edit: smids on the forum has hit 270FSB @ 3-3-2-5 stable on his OCZ EB batch using a DFI.

man_from_uncle · 2 Mar 2006 at 17:46

I'll have a look at mine when i get home. Think they are 1.2 as well though. Bought them in December i think.