Spec me some DDR2 please!

Sumanji

Sumanji

Sumanji

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Hey,

I got an E8600 and X38 setup before Xmas, but made the horrible mistake of getting that nasty Kingston PC8500 (CAS7 *vom*), which crawls along at PC6400 6-6-6-18!

Anyway, I want to ditch it and get some nice LL DDR2 - I'll be aiming for 4.2GHz, so a 4GB kit that can do 420MHz at CAS4 with a reasonable voltage would be peachy...

What would you guys recommend?

Cheers,

Su
 
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Just a quick update to this thread - went for the OCZ PC9200 LV Blades. Just running them below spec at the moment (400MHz 4,4,4,12 1.8V), as my CPU is still not overclocked (yet)! Will hopefully start OC'ing sometime later this week.

And for reference it seems the HyperX 8500's (KHX8500AD2K2 only) have a bad reputation for not running at their rated speeds - one should hope due to compatiblity rather than poor binning. Kingston refuse to acknowledge any problems, and their tech support seem very unhelpful :( Details here and here.

Cheers,

Su
 
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Good choice and what I would have suggested for you. My blades will do 1000Mhz at 4-4-4-12 and sit nicely at 1229Mhz at 5-5-5-15 matched into my overclock as per sig.

My old pc6400 was holding me back.
 
BeeP said:
Do OCZ still have problems with ASUS boards? (could be the other way around lol)
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I dont think its anywhere near as bad as it used to be, i ran ocz reaper pc6400 and pc8500 in my asus p5q deluxe without issues, stuck with reaper and asus again on my i7 rig and no problems.
 
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