Asus Striker Extreme

[rt182]

yip got it no windows =P lol i should be able to go the EZ-Flash it doesnt seem to hard
thanx for your help BonzaiDuck

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Although you're using those Corsair Dominators and I'm running these DDr2-1000 Crucial Ballistix, you may want to look at my recent thread on the Memory forum.

My two favorite OC settings had been made with a single 2x1GB memory kit. I added a 2x512 kit boosting it to 3GB.

In about an hour or two, I'll be able to confirm that timings need loosening when you do this.

There was some skinny around these forums that the 680i chipset didn't play nice with all four slots filled. It seems to be "almost OK" with these Crucials, but I hadn't thought to recertify stability with the double-ORTHOS Blend-Test. I only re-tested with "small-FFTs" and "Large FFTs."

So I'm testing with the 3 Ghz over-clock settings, with the timings loosened from 3,3,3,6 to the 3,4,4,8 timings I had for the 3.2 Ghz settng. This will mean (probably) that I'll need to loosen the timings for the 3.2 setting to something like 4,4,3,8.

I can always drop back to the 2GB kit leaving the other two slots vacant. It's really a catch-22: XP-Pro 32 doesn't recognize more than 3GB, but with 3GB I may need to loosen timings. And if I "wanted to go all the way" and still keep two slots vacant, I could buy that new GSKILL 4GB 2x2GB kit for something like $130 at NewEgg. So I'm x-ing my fingers that i just need to loosen the timings and learn to live with just a tad less performance.

You didn't say whether these Dominators are filling four slots or two . . .

 

[rt182]

oh sorry yeh ive actualy got a bit of a predicament there.... u see i had to RMA my first set cause they had some errors..... while they were away i bought another pair... hoping that i would recieve the same vers back.... basicly playing my luck.... and guess what .... when i get my ram back its different vers = ( one is rated @ 2.1 v and the other is 2.2.... they are both Dominators C5D but differents revs u could say... anyway currently i have them set to 2.1 v in the bios and the pc works but i cant run them @ 1067 currently i have them @ 5-4-4-12..... and 1000 mhz which seems to be going ok.... but yeh the voltages are a bit anoying i think i might sell one and buy another cause i will definitly get the same rev then.... this means im using four slots

 

[rt182]

this works on my GA-N680 board not sure if the striker will enjoy it

 

[rt182]

sorry one more question anyone out there with a Striker xtremem and a Zalman CNPS 9700 nt or LEd im sure its the same size will it fit on this board