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Phenom II RAM

simbady

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Is this true this was a review on OcUK



"Once it dawned on me that the CPU only supports 1066Mhz DDR2 and above overclocking was easy, (wouldn't let me set 800ddr to oc FSB)

Final Setting [email protected]=3690Mhz

Very Impressive"
 
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simbady said:
Is this true this was a review on OcUK
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Nope, not true.

Running PC6400 on mine as well. Stock volts, 3.4ghz, Arctic Cooling Freezer Extreme and it's rock solid stable and doesn't go above 45c so far during a good few hours intensive gaming. Not bothered about going higher and in fact I've knocked it back to standard now, as it's pretty much quick enough for absolutely anything I've thrown at it so far.

Cracking upgrade for me and worth it for anyone not wanting to drop a wad on a full Intel move and if you've a mobo capable of running the chip.
 
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Running PC6400 RAM with my 940 and it works fine without any problems :) It could be that the reviewer interpreted what he was reading incorrectly.
 
"Once it dawned on me that the CPU supports UP TO 1066Mhz DDR2, overclocking was easy (wouldn't let me set 800ddr to oc FSB)

Final Setting [email protected]=3690Mhz

Very Impressive"
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Maybe that's a bit more accurate? Reviewer was using 1066, so the controller board will only allow that by setting what the RAM reports to the mobo/chip?

I've got a couple of other machines here where this is the case. 533 won't go higher (hey, it was cheap, as in free, and the X2 4200 likes it!), ditto 667 on the Windows Home Server with another X2 4200. Couldn't be bothered to cough for 1066 for the Phenom though, as I knew it would work with 800 no problem.
 
im having problems finding out if 4 sticks of 8500 will run at that speed or will downclock to 6400 as it does on atleast one asus mobo.

the mobo i want to get is the DFI Lan Party DK 790FXB-M2RSH that gareth170 also seems to have..
 
Im using a Asus M4A79 Deluxe
AMD 940BE@3600Mhz stock1.35v
8GB GeIL EVO One PC2-8500

And can set 1066 800 667 on the ram no problem.
 
undergroove said:
Hmmm. Maybe board/BIOS specific restriction?
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Maybe board/BIOS & mem type, manufacture specific restriction.

The Asus M4A79 Deluxe can only see 4GB of my 8GB GeIL EVO One PC2-8500 & there are many version of that module & need to look at the Mfr. PN: which is GT24GB1066C5DC on mine & look on the capability list of the mobos to see the limitation put on each type on ram for that mobo which is normally on the mobo sites.

The Asus M4A79 Deluxe support upto 16GB ram if you can find the right ones.

It would not post when i first tried, cleared COMS still no go 1 stick, 2 sticks, 3 sticks 4 sticks. nope. chanced the order of the 2 sets from ChA-ChB & it worked all 4 sticks must to be in an exact order to work. 2 stick will work in ChA but still must be the same 2 sticks in the same order that were in there when 4 sticks were in.

Maybe down to being so new & needing a more mature BIOS, besides that the board is rock solid with no VCore or other voltage fluctuations & i mean none. except for the ram voltage with 0.02 OCCT.
 
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TheMorningStar said:
im having problems finding out if 4 sticks of 8500 will run at that speed or will downclock to 6400 as it does on atleast one asus mobo.

the mobo i want to get is the DFI Lan Party DK 790FXB-M2RSH that gareth170 also seems to have..
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on first boot it'll run at 800mhz then u need to manuely set it to 1066mhz. as for the ram voltage if ur ram needs 2.1v theres no 2.1 value in the bios, u will need to use 2.080 or 2.110v
 
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