Originally posted by: Comdrpopnfresh
I'm using 8 gigs of crucial ballistix tracer @1060mhz, 5-5-5-15-30-2T, 2.01V
So -- I assume this is 2 x (2x2GB) Tracers?
Be cautious with those. Here's my opinion.
We jumped on these Tracers and Ballistix during 2007 -- lifetime warranty, very over-clockable. At that time, the memory spec was 2.2V. I -- and others -- would push these to settings around 2.175V -- some pushed them above the spec. But even "at-spec," they'd often "blink out" after several months or a year's time. I picked up two sets of rebadged Tracers (NewEgg "LanFest") in late '07, and put one kit in my system. They ran for exactly one year at 2.125V (2.2V spec) and 4,4,4,12 at around DDR=835 Mhz. Those blinked out, and I stuck in the second kit.
I'm guessing that Crucial/Micron was too optimistic with their voltage spec. Maybe the new 2x2GB kits use different parts, but obviously, in your case specifically, the voltage spec has been dropped to 2.0V.
Be careful. If you push the voltage a tad, just remember what I said. Maybe they've been manufacturing these with the same parts and design, and they tightened the voltage spec to reduce RMA's. Maybe you could push them as far as 2.1V if that's the case.
Even so, you're filling all four slots with 'em, so I'd recommend keeping the relatively loose spec latency settings, and running them at spec voltage.