Which G.Skill for Conroe

Jay_t · 11 Jul 2006 at 12:33

Hi,

I'm looking at at the 6400 HZ 2 GB set at the moment, but what is this ZX range like? Somepeople are also saying that the 6400 HZ sets have to be 0606 (June-06) to have the good micron D9 chips on. Can anyone who has ordered any from OCUK confirm whether they got 0506 or 0606. And now to make life confusing OCZ have just pulled their finger out with a whole new range too. :confused:

Anyone have any pearls of wisdom for me?

Stelly · 11 Jul 2006 at 15:48

I went for...

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)

but some people are going for....

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)

Stelly

Jay_t · 12 Jul 2006 at 09:02

Yes, I've gone for the 6400 HZ from a competitor, just hope I get the revision with the Micron D9 chips.

fenderbass86 · 12 Jul 2006 at 17:20

You could've got the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit as CAS latency doesn't matter with Intel.

Minstadave · 12 Jul 2006 at 17:25

The GSkill PC-6400 HZ is meant to be the best in that price range, uses the same chips as the PC-8000.

cuscus97 · 13 Jul 2006 at 14:35

Minstadave said:
The GSkill PC-6400 ZX is meant to be the best in that price range, uses the same chips as the PC-8000.

Only clocks to 900mhz 4-4-4-12 for me, with 2.2v. It's ok but not fantastic.

Explicit · 13 Jul 2006 at 15:00

cuscus97 said:
Only clocks to 900mhz 4-4-4-12 for me, with 2.2v. It's ok but not fantastic.

I think it was a typo, he probably means the PC2-6400 HZ which does 1000MHz+

Minstadave · 13 Jul 2006 at 15:03

Explicit said:
I think it was a typo, he probably means the PC2-6400 HZ which does 1000MHz+

Its the HZ thats the good one, sorry my brain isn't in gear atm

Explicit · 13 Jul 2006 at 15:16

Happens to all of us

@OP: Yes it does have to be 0605 or 0606 (maybe even 0607 is out?) but Gibbo did confirm that he was ordering 0606 ones.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7345100&postcount=395

Fanatic · 13 Jul 2006 at 15:38

So in terms of Conroe the difference between the NR, HZ and XR ranges of the G.Skill PC2-6400 are not really noticable?

I was going to get the HZ, then read that the NR would be just as good on Conroe, but from the pic OCUK provide the NR looks, tbh, like its covered in snot. Not a good colour really.

Explicit · 13 Jul 2006 at 15:56

Fanatic said:
So in terms of Conroe the difference between the NR, HZ and XR ranges of the G.Skill PC2-6400 are not really noticable?

I was going to get the HZ, then read that the NR would be just as good on Conroe, but from the pic OCUK provide the NR looks, tbh, like its covered in snot. Not a good colour really.

Well it all depends on how far you wish to overclock. If 400MHz is enough for you, the NR kit is good enough. If you want 500MHz+ for a good price, then the HZ kit is what you want. The ZX is a useless kit IMO because it's more expensive than the HZ. So, it's either the LA, NR or HZ.

And yes, the difference betweem the NR/HZ/ZX running at stock speed is negligible because Conroe's prefetching makes it less reliant on memory timings.

This might help you:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17592348

Roughneck · 13 Jul 2006 at 19:44

Explicit said:
Well it all depends on how far you wish to overclock. If 400MHz is enough for you, the NR kit is good enough. If you want 500MHz+ for a good price, then the HZ kit is what you want. The ZX is a useless kit IMO because it's more expensive than the HZ. So, it's either the LA, NR or HZ.

And yes, the difference betweem the NR/HZ/ZX running at stock speed is negligible because Conroe's prefetching makes it less reliant on memory timings.

This might help you:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17592348

nice one Im going to go for the NR kit then , whats your opinion on the Asus PB5 ? think it will be ok with the NR?

Explicit · 13 Jul 2006 at 20:43

Roughneck said:
nice one Im going to go for the NR kit then , whats your opinion on the Asus PB5 ? think it will be ok with the NR?

Yeah that should work fine. As for the P5B, it's a mainstream 965 mobo and Asus have a very good reputation on the Intel platform so it should be good.

UKTopGun · 13 Jul 2006 at 21:43

I'm hoping to buy the NR with an E6400.

Jimbo · 14 Jul 2006 at 06:34

Sorry not trying to jack this but...
Im on a tight budget now for my conroe and need a cpu/motherboard and ram for about £500 - so if I get the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS) £117

That would do me great. Would I be able to overclock a little with this? Im not going to overclock hugely but just a little. Cpu will prolly be a EE6600.

UKTopGun · 14 Jul 2006 at 08:00

Jimbo said:
Sorry not trying to jack this but...
Im on a tight budget now for my conroe and need a cpu/motherboard and ram for about £500 - so if I get the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS) £117

That would do me great. Would I be able to overclock a little with this? Im not going to overclock hugely but just a little. Cpu will prolly be a EE6600.

Check here mate:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17592348

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
MB-011-IN Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN) 1
£74.95 £74.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1
£14.95 £14.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS) 1
£114.95 £114.95
Subtotal £419.80
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.25
VAT £74.91
Total £502.96

I would get that mobo assuming your not going to OC that much.

Also, I'd wait a bit for more motherboards to become available before ordering, afterall the first isnt always the best.

Jimbo · 16 Jul 2006 at 17:18

UKTopGun said:
Check here mate:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17592348

REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
MB-011-IN Intel DP965LT 965 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-011-IN) 1
£74.95 £74.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1
£14.95 £14.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS) 1
£114.95 £114.95
Subtotal £419.80
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £8.25
VAT £74.91
Total £502.96

I would get that mobo assuming your not going to OC that much.

Also, I'd wait a bit for more motherboards to become available before ordering, afterall the first isnt always the best.

Thanks very much for this mate, thats a lot better than what I had in mind. Does this motherboard differ much from the badaxe? I notice it has a P965 chipset and the badaxe has a 975x express chipset, would be interested to know how the 2 differ.

I'll also wait a bit more I will be buying sometime in August, cant wait lol.