What is better? - Page 3

Dread · October 17th, 2007

I can't say anything about Kingston and over clocking, but have had numerous kits before (think about 5-6 dual-channel) that had no problems running on Abit, ASUS and MSI boards at stock speeds. This
for a lack of trying rather than a problem with the RAM kits.

I've had excellent results OC'ing OCZ and Corsair kits running with C2D and C2Q Gigabyte Boards.

Yellowhello · October 17th, 2007

The G.Skill kit is great at OCing, thanks to the Micron D9 IC's... I love the G.Skill I have now. The Crucial kits are great because Crucial is part of the Micron company, so all of the Crucial Ballistix kits have the famed Micron D9 IC's... perfect for OCing!

BrokenHalo83 · October 17th, 2007

I don't have a set budget. my motherboard doesnt take any higher than 667 so that's as high as i can go for now. so anything that really works well im open to trying

Stormcrow · October 18th, 2007

Take a look on the Asus website for a new BIOS version for your board. You may be able to flash it and gain support for DDR2-800 or up.

_WBaS_ · October 18th, 2007

Not to mention the fact that if you overclock, you may have set your ram to be 667 but that doesn't mean it's what it's going to be running at. It will actually be running higher so if you get some 800 then your ram should handle whatever overclock you might do.

codepath · November 15th, 2007

You could always get 800 speed RAM now (it will work in your mobo but run @ 667).

Then when you upgrade your mobo or build a new system later, you won't need to buy more RAM.

codepath

drevsdre · February 21st, 2008

you guys are awesome...

azianai · February 21st, 2008

this a post to get the 10 min to get the IC Diamond7? lol

October 17th, 2007	#21
Dread Jumpmaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lansing, KS Posts: 620	Re: What is better? I can't say anything about Kingston and over clocking, but have had numerous kits before (think about 5-6 dual-channel) that had no problems running on Abit, ASUS and MSI boards at stock speeds. This for a lack of trying rather than a problem with the RAM kits. I've had excellent results OC'ing OCZ and Corsair kits running with C2D and C2Q Gigabyte Boards. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo @2211.3 MHz MS-7125 Rev 1.0 nForce4 K8N-Neo4 Plat Phoenix 6.00 PG 05/22/2006 BIOS 2 x OCZ4001024PF 1 GB PC3200/400 3-3-3-8 2T nVidia XFX GF8800GT 512 DX9c Samsung SyncMaster 930B 1 x WD800JB / 2 x WD2000JD HP DVD640 OCZ 520ADJ SLI PSU

October 17th, 2007	#22
Yellowhello Stoopid Head Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,254	Re: What is better? The G.Skill kit is great at OCing, thanks to the Micron D9 IC's... I love the G.Skill I have now. The Crucial kits are great because Crucial is part of the Micron company, so all of the Crucial Ballistix kits have the famed Micron D9 IC's... perfect for OCing! Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II

October 17th, 2007	#23
BrokenHalo83 Got Boost? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 226	Re: What is better? I don't have a set budget. my motherboard doesnt take any higher than 667 so that's as high as i can go for now. so anything that really works well im open to trying E8400 @ 3.2Ghz Asus Maximus Formula 4GB OCZ Platinum PC-6400 EVGA Akimbo 8800GT - 1024MB WD Caviar SE 320GB 16MB Seagate Barracuda 320GB 16MB Antec 900 Case OCZ GameXstream 600w XP Pro Logitech z-5300e 5.1

October 18th, 2007	#24
Stormcrow HL's Technomancer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Frozen North Posts: 1,168 Blog Entries: 1	Re: What is better? Take a look on the Asus website for a new BIOS version for your board. You may be able to flash it and gain support for DDR2-800 or up.

October 18th, 2007	#25
_WBaS_ Overclocker and Gamer Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York, USA Posts: 122	Re: What is better? Not to mention the fact that if you overclock, you may have set your ram to be 667 but that doesn't mean it's what it's going to be running at. It will actually be running higher so if you get some 800 then your ram should handle whatever overclock you might do. AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+@3.16Ghz 1.4v Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 @904Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.2v XFX 7900GS@550Mhz core 870Mhz memory Corsair HX520 PSU X-Fi Xtreme Gamer sound card Cooler Master RC-690 Stock HSF Accelero S1+Turbo Module

November 15th, 2007	#26
codepath .Net Web Developer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 9	Re: What is better? You could always get 800 speed RAM now (it will work in your mobo but run @ 667). Then when you upgrade your mobo or build a new system later, you won't need to buy more RAM. codepath PIII 1GHz Slot 1 256MB RDRAM nVidia GeForce2 32MB Maxtor 20GB IDE Hard Drive

February 21st, 2008	#27
drevsdre Ctrl-Alt-Delete Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 115	Re: What is better? you guys are awesome... Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 3.2 G0 ASUS P5K3 Deluxe OCZ Reaper X 2x 1GB DDR3 - 1333 GeForce 8800GT OC 512MB Western Digital 200 GB 7200 Raptor 120GB HD - 10000RPM Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Antec Nine Hundred Mid-Tower

February 21st, 2008	#28
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,363	Re: What is better? this a post to get the 10 min to get the IC Diamond7? lol (thanks blake!)