just to be pedantic wasn't the e6600's launched around august 06?
Dunno off hand - I've had mine for around a year and a half and they'd had theirs longer than me hence my ~ for roughly.
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Dunno off hand - I've had mine for around a year and a half and they'd had theirs longer than me hence my ~ for roughly.
if everybody and their dog put 1.55-1.6v through their c2d's 24/7 they would get a reputation for dying too
I thought everyone and their dog DID put 1.55-1.6 through their C2Ds 24/7
I have yet to hear of a dead one
mine did 3.85 with only 1.4v so i never had a need tbh ...but yeh i can't recall seeing many deaths either even though the general max is considered ~1.6v
seems to be a diff case with 45nm, they are looking to be a bit delicate so far.
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You seem to be the only Ballistix owner in this thread that hasn't encountered a dead set yet
Just stepping in to agree with you!
Both Corsair Dominator TWIN2X2048-6400C3DF and Team PC2-6400C3 use exactly the same D9GMHs and are guaranteed to 2.4v and 2.35v respectively, I originally had 2 pairs of Dominators running at 2.325 , and 2 pairs of Team Xtreem at 2.25 - all with active cooling.
Please note that the memory would not function at any voltage lower than what I had it set to - I used the lowest possible.
So.
1 month use = 1 stick of Corsair dead (memtest errors) = RMA'd the pair
Purchased a new pair to make up my set of 4 again.
1 week later = a second stick of Corsair dead (memtest errors) = RMA'd the pair
Changed the motherboard to a second Striker (thought it might be to blame)
2 weeks later=received first RMA, installed alongside other pair in new motherboard.
3 Weeks later= another stick dead!! Pair RMA'd
Purchased the 2 pairs of Team Xtreem - thought it might run at a lower voltage and thus reduce the risk of failure.
Used these for the 1 1/2 months without issue, then all of a sudden-two weeks ago...string of BSODs and another stick is throwing up errors in memtest!
Oh, by the way...I never overclocked any set my as much as 1mhz.
Interestingly, I have 2 earlier pairs of Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C3 with the same tight timings, but they use D9GKXs. Seven motherboards and 100's of hours use over the past year and a half...still memtest and prime stable! Go figure.
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exactly,heath is not the issue here,problem is the electron migration due to excessive voltage in the Micron D9GMH chip
after my first kit is dead (one stick)
I also used a fan over the second kit,but after two months at 2.25V one of the stick´s is dead again
after that I realised what is happenning,lowered the voltage for 1.9/1.95, and since that the new kit´s I have (after the firts two RMA´s) are running without a glitche,since April last year
and without any cooling on it
and yes is not only crucial Micron d9GMH who suffers from that,but all brands who use it (Corsair, Team Extreem,Cellshock etc)
good thingh is that Lexar/Crucial is great in RMA´s,but it´s annoying
exactly,heath is not the issue here,problem is the electron migration due to excessive voltage in the Micron D9GMH chip
after my first kit is dead (one stick)
I also used a fan over the second kit,but after two months at 2.25V one of the stick´s is dead again
after that I realised what is happenning,lowered the voltage for 1.9/1.95, and since that the new kit´s I have (after the firts two RMA´s) are running without a glitche,since April last year
and without any cooling on it
and yes is not only crucial Micron d9GMH who suffers from that,but all brands who use it (Corsair, Team Extreem,Cellshock etc)
good thingh is that Lexar/Crucial is great in RMA´s,but it´s annoying
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after that I realised what is happenning,lowered the voltage for 1.9/1.95, and since that the new kit´s I have (after the firts two RMA´s) are running without a glitche,since April last year
good thingh is that Lexar/Crucial is great in RMA´s,but it´s annoying
Indeed it is.
Problem is, both my Dominators and Team Xtreems would always generate multiple errors in memtest if any voltage below 2.2 was used, they need that little bit extra due to the lower latencies..so either way you're screwed.
eheh
in my case they work very good at 1.9 /1.95 at 400mhz(PC2 6400) at 12-4-4-4 ( or at 333mhz with 12-3-3-3 timmings)
problem is if I want to push it at 1100 / 1200 mhz at 15-5-5-5 (wich they reach happily) but in that case I need 2.25V/2.3V
and I now for sure that with that overclock they are going to die in a few weeks / months
so I gave up to overclock to these levels, and I´m keeping my sistem at 400 mhz( both cpu and ram of course)
without stress and with low temps
in my case they work very good at 1.9 /1.95 at 400mhz(PC2 6400) at 12-4-4-4 ( or at 333mhz with 12-3-3-3 timmings)
problem is if I want to push it at 1100 / 1200 mhz at 15-5-5-5 (wich they reach happily) but in that case I need 2.25V/2.3V
and I now for sure that with that overclock they are going to die in a few weeks / months
so I gave up to overclock to these levels, and I´m keeping my sistem at 400 mhz( both cpu and ram of course)
without stress and with low temps
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