Cheap 2x512MB DDR1 memory that will do 250MHz at CAS3 ?

Zim

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Can anyone recommend a cheap pair of DDR1 memory sticks (2 x 512MB) that will do 250MHz (DDR500) @ CAS3, preferrably for around $100.
 

Heckler 5th

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:confused: that ocz premier stuff almost certainly won't reach DDR500. and only one model in your second link will, the ocz gold. this is good memory and is a great buy ($128 after MIR at newegg) but probably of no use to you. why? well, it depends on how much voltage (vdimm) you motherboard can provide. the ocz gold doesn't really take off until your give it 3.0V or more. if you motherboard maxes out at less than that, the only way you can get it to DDR500 and above is to buy an OCZ DDR booster (~$50, i think).

any memory that uses BH-5 or UTT chips aren't gonna be viable options for you b/c of this reason.

so your best option is memory with TCCD chips and you're gonna be hard pressed to find a gig of that stuff (new) for a hundred bucks. if you can splurge about $150 you shouldn't have too hard a time finding some TCCD memory like the OCZ platinum rev.2 that can do DDR500 with ease.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146890

if you really can't spend >$100, ebay or similiar option is really your only hope.
 

the cobbler

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in line with what heckler posted,

get either these with an OCZ DDR booster ($30 actually at Newegg):

Geil Ultra BH-5 = $122@ Newegg
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OCZ DDR booster = $30 at Newegg

total ~ $150


best TCCD/TCC5 option would be any of these, all good deals between $148-157:

5 kinds of cheap TCCD

if you really don't plan to exceed 250mhz or so, I would go with the BH-5 and DDR booster as it will give you lower latency than the TCCD. If you are shooting for 300FSB 1:1, then you want TCCD.
 

Zebo

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Originally posted by: the cobbler


I won't be shopping in the future without checking with you first :)

nice deals you dug up there

are the Crucial OEM Micron chips then?
crucial system mem = TCCD for $120? wow

thx


No that crucial has micron G same as ballistix has micron G. Of course thier are no guarantees...
 

BonzaiDuck

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Per HECKLER's remark -- essentially "TRUE."

I have a DDR BOOSTER, and it works. There is nothing empirically robust that I have at the moment that confirms this "belief," but I "believe" it stabilizes voltages to memory even if it's set down to its minimum -- your motherboard's "maximum."

I have another friend who uses it to bump up his OCZ VX modules to 3+V -- maybe higher.

Other friends have said "I'd never put something like that in my system," but they're also afraid to over-clock, even though they have a range of settings under stock VCORE and VDIMM which would allow them to do so.
 

SunnyD

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www.neftastic.com

Zim

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Originally posted by: SunnyD
Here Zim. :beer:

Rebate expires today.
Heh heh! That's the stuff I have (from Outpost) and it can't hit 233 at CAS3. The older HyperX I have (see sig.) is much better, but this new stuff is crap. Either that or my A8N-SLI just doesn't like it... which is a possibility.
 

Zebo

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CH-5 will not do 250Mhz..not even close.. 230 is lucky. But why not keep that and use divider.. prolly faster than 3-3-3 250 if you can run 2-2-2 and maybe even 2-3-2 at 200
 

Zim

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Originally posted by: Zebo
CH-5 will not do 250Mhz..not even close.. 230 is lucky. But why not keep that and use divider.. prolly faster than 3-3-3 250 if you can run 2-2-2 and maybe even 2-3-2 at 200
It won't post with the 266/400 divider, which is the one I need to run the memory at DDR400.
 

Zebo

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Zim maybe you should buy my memory in FS thread in sig?