E6300, P5b-D and XMS2 Ram, Does my RAM SUCK?

[n19htmare]

Alright fellas..
Here is my rig:

E6300 L626
P5B-D WiFi
Xms2 Twin2x1024-5400C4 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145539

Seagate 320GB
evga 7800GT
Enermax 465W

Ok the problem i think is with my ram. I can't get Orthos stable over 400FSB 1:1 when doing the blend test.

At 460FSB I did the CPU stress test without errors for 10 hours... so I know my CPU can handle it.

But when i did the blend test, orthos failed in a minute....
I lowered it to 430FSB and same thing

Vcore 1.35
NB was at 1.65
Vdimm was at 2.1 and 2.25, both fail.

Can my memory not handle it? it's running at 5-5-5-15 Stable DDR-800 but nothing more .

IF someone can help me get atleast 440 stable, i'll be happy. Otherwise...
suggestions for around $220 budget.

Thanks in advance guys...

 

[myocardia]

That's not the way that DDR2 works. Just give it 1.9-2.0v, and start raising the timings when overclocking. See how far you can go with 6-6-6-18 timings, for instance.

 

[n19htmare]

no post with 6-6-6-18 🙁

 

[myocardia]

Well, you've reached the limit on how high your RAM will overclock, then. Which BIOS are you running, by the way?

 

[n19htmare]

0614 Bios.

Any recomendations on ram at about $220 tag?

 

[cmdrdredd]

try this http://www.tankguys.biz/ddr2-44410-800m...sCsid=314cb4301e4e19526d05e13ed048111c

It's a bit over your $220 budget, but only by a little bit. They're super. I built a system using them and they ran 4-5-5-12 at DDR2-1000. Almost as good as the G.Skill HZ that I got to DDR2-1200 at 4-4-4-15

 

[n19htmare]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146565

well im thinking about this ram..... Pretty good sale but is it good memory...
There are so many options and i don't know what to freakin get.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: n19htmare
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146565

well im thinking about this ram..... Pretty good sale but is it good memory...
There are so many options and i don't know what to freakin get.

That's a dead link. What memory are you talking about?

 

[n19htmare]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146565

sorry about that...here.
Crucial Technology Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

 

[Shimmishim]

yeah. i ordered me a set of these after seeing the $100 rebate. these are micron base d9 modules so they should overclock pretty well.

it's strange though that your mem won't do 400 1:1 though.

 

[n19htmare]

It will do 400 1:1, but that only gives me about 2800mhz on my e6300. My e6300 can do about 3300 on air at Low voltage...
but that mem is OOS now 🙁

 

[theteamaqua]

i would get GSKILL 2GB PHU HZ RAM its like the best DDR2 800 i can think of,

my OCZ is doing OK 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 PC6400 4-5-4-15 , doing DDR2 1066 5-4-4-12 ... heh cant go lower than CAS5 for DDR2 1000 or above

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/1010/shot0014dw2.jpg


P5B DLX is the best conroe board if u dont want multi GPU like crossfire or SLI

 

[n19htmare]

Thanks for the suggestion. that was my next choice...
Considering ram prices to be as high as they are, i've decided instead to purchase couple of 20.1" Samsung 204B.

I think i'll wait out on the ram... E6300 at 2.8 is plenty fast 🙂