Which memory for my Maximus Forumula SE?

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Which memory for my Maximus Formula SE?

Hi,
I bought My maximus formula SE about 2 month ago, since then Im having some problems: NVL drivers stop errors, cant Uncompress larger .rar and cab files... etc... after a lot of research everything points at the rams... I borrow a friend rams (OCZ Gold) and bingo.. Now I can play without errors and uncompress or install everything I want... The funny thing was my OCZ reapers never show errors on memtest, so my friend tested in his computer and had no problems at all with anything.... So I think this might be a incompatibilty issue...

thats why Im asking maximus formula users to post you ram... which is the most compatible ram for my maximus?

I was thinking on buying 4gbs of Crucial Tracers.. but I dont know which ones... 800mhz or 1066mhz... ? which one did you recomend??

thanks..
 
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SixDemons said:
Hi,
I bought My maximus formula SE about 2 month ago, since then Im having some problems: NVL drivers stop errors, cant Uncompress larger .rar and cab files... etc... after a lot of research everything points at the rams... I borrow a friend rams (OCZ Gold) and bingo.. Now I can play without errors and uncompress or install everything I want... The funny thing was my OCZ reapers never show errors on memtest, so my friend tested in his computer and had no problems at all with anything.... So I think this might be a incompatibilty issue...

thats why Im asking maximus formula users to post you ram... which is the most compatible ram for my maximus?

I was thinking on buying 4gbs of Crucial Tracers.. but I dont know which ones... 800mhz or 1066mhz... ? which one did you recomend??

thanks..
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Depends. Do you intend to overclock? 800mhz RAM will allow you to run your FSB at 400mhz (1600 effective). 1066mhz will allow you to run your FSB at 533mhz (2132 effective)
 
I've got my ballistix 800Mhz running at over 1000Mhz @ 2.2v which is 0.1v less than manufactures requirements. There basically the same memory with looser timings to allow fast speeds as far as i can tell. But there cheaper. i've also read of people using the cheaper 667 sticks and running them at 1000Mhz.
 
Running 4 (2x2gb) of OCZ PC-6400C4 ReaperX in my Formula, theyre stable at ~1080Mhz at 5-5-5-12 @ 2.1v (set in bios).. as per sig etc ;)
 
find out what FSB you need for 1:1 and go from there, but generally any decent clocking 5300 will get you where you need to go 400-500fsb.

buying expensive sets of ram is like wiping your a** with the money unless you get a peni extension watching 1/5 of a second shave off super-pi.
 
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