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Corsair PC4000 in MSI Neo2 Platn.?

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imported_Krypto

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Hi, I got some of this ram in a trade and my mobo only supports any 400mhz stick. I believe PC4000 runs at 533 mhz? Is it worth it to put it into my mobo and maybe bump my FSB up? I have a gig of kingston pc3200 in it right now. I have the CM Stacker case with adequet cooling I believe for bumping the FSB up. Soo, to make this simple:

Is it worth it or should I just sell it?
Should I mess with my FSB just for this?
Will I see any improvement if I do this?
Will it cause problems?

I really have no problem turning around and selling the pc4000. I just want to know what you guys think. Thanks!
 
well, that runs at 2.2ghz.. so if you were to put in that ram, and change fsb to 230, the HTT Multiplier to 3x, and cpu voltage to 1.525v, you will get your cpu to 2530mhz, like mine, and will be also putting your ram to good use 🙂
 
Ok, now if I do that (all that is done in the BIOS correct? treat me like a noob in the o/c department) and I have the 7000b Zalman Alcu that should suffice correct? It should, seeing as yours is running on the stock HSF. What temps are you getting with the stock HSF right now? Occording to CoreCenter that came with the mobo I am running at 40* C / 102ish *F on the Zalman HSF without hardly and load. I haven't seen what it gets up to under load yet.

OFF THE TOPIC QUESTION:

When I installed the Zalman cooler, I didn't use any of the hardware that came with it becuase this mobo seems to be already setup for it. Everything went fine, it just seems that the Zalman doesn't really sit on there very tight, compared to the stock HSF. Is this normal or is there a problem with this? The mobo alreayd has mounting holes for the cross beam on the Zalman cooler, and they lined right up... I just hope that this is normal. I used the heat dissaption goo and after installing it and tightening the Zalman down I could twist it a little each way. So I took it off and checked the goo again, it was fine, so I just put it back on again. I haven't had any problems with it though. I'm just getting the same temps as I was with the stock HSF.
 
Originally posted by: Azzy64
well, that runs at 2.2ghz.. so if you were to put in that ram, and change fsb to 230, the HTT Multiplier to 3x, and cpu voltage to 1.525v, you will get your cpu to 2530mhz, like mine, and will be also putting your ram to good use 🙂
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Also, you have a different mobo, will this affect mine at all with those changes?
 
Anyone? Also, does anyone know of a motherboard monitor that will work with my msi neo2 platn. board or is it still too soon for that? MBM5 doesn't support MSI yet.
 
well... MSI's corecentre is as good as any temp reading software is going to be. I would just try it, and then see what corecentre reports at idle (if it is over 45C idle, dont push voltage higher)
 
Originally posted by: Krypto

OFF THE TOPIC QUESTION:

When I installed the Zalman cooler, I didn't use any of the hardware that came with it becuase this mobo seems to be already setup for it. Everything went fine, it just seems that the Zalman doesn't really sit on there very tight, compared to the stock HSF. Is this normal or is there a problem with this? The mobo alreayd has mounting holes for the cross beam on the Zalman cooler, and they lined right up... I just hope that this is normal. I used the heat dissaption goo and after installing it and tightening the Zalman down I could twist it a little each way. So I took it off and checked the goo again, it was fine, so I just put it back on again. I haven't had any problems with it though. I'm just getting the same temps as I was with the stock HSF.
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The default under-plate on the Neo2 Plat is NOT 100% compatible with the zalman cooler, at least not as far as I know. You need to use the underplate provided with the cooler.

The PC4000 is fine. If you've got the heart, OC. There are plenty of guides in this forum to help.
 
Yep, I'm running OCZ PC4000, and all is well although since I'm running 4 stix I'm not running it at its full potential. I've run two PC4000 sticks up to 250 FSB (spec) with not a whisper of a problem
 
Ok, now can anyone explain to me what I have to do to take advantage of this RAM with MY mobo? In english also please... Thanks!

Also, before taking out my mobo to take off the backplate is there some special way to take it off? I've heard ppl having problems taking it off. Any tips/instructions?
 
The back plate is stuck on with some adhesive, but it's removeble. I personally used a knife to wedge it out, but that is not recommended. You could scrape into the layers of the mobo. Get something thin, plastic and strong to wedge it out.
 
Originally posted by: Krypto
Ok, now can anyone explain to me what I have to do to take advantage of this RAM with MY mobo? In english also please... Thanks!

Also, before taking out my mobo to take off the backplate is there some special way to take it off? I've heard ppl having problems taking it off. Any tips/instructions?
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Actually not much... Zebo has proven that even cheap Value PC3200 memory works great with Athlon-64's and that using PC4700 doesn't increase performance more than a few percentage points in real world applications. If I were you I'd keep the timings low, make sure you're using 1T rather than 2T, and use memory divideres to keep the RAM stable.
 
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