G.Skill 4 GB DDR2-1066 RAM $49.99 @ Newegg

[kimchee411]

Linkaroni

Nice RAM. 5-5-5-15 @ 2.0 - 2.1 V.

NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

 

[SunRey]

Thank You!

 

[jjmIII]

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

 

[kimchee411]

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

I don't quite understand. If you're saying you need to install in pairs of DIMMs then yeah, that's true because they are dual channel.

 

[F1N3ST]

Lol, some guy managed to get a 5.1 vista rating with these, mine are at 800mhz 5-5-5-15 and I hit 5.9.....lol. He must have an outdated chipset or something, I am on 650i and got 5.9 >_<

 

[Kwint Sommer]

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

I don't quite understand. If you're saying you need to install in pairs of DIMMs then yeah, that's true because they are dual channel.

Because of the higher voltage requirements, your computer may not work with them straight out of the box. You may have to acquire a separate stick of ram, boot off of that and adjust the settings before these will work.

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

I don't quite understand. If you're saying you need to install in pairs of DIMMs then yeah, that's true because they are dual channel.

😕

A single stick will work just fine.

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: Kwint Sommer

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

I don't quite understand. If you're saying you need to install in pairs of DIMMs then yeah, that's true because they are dual channel.

Because of the higher voltage requirements, your computer may not work with them straight out of the box. You may have to acquire a separate stick of ram, boot off of that and adjust the settings before these will work.

I realize overvolting ram for a brief period is not all that bad, but how does this work? YOu go to bios, you up the voltage. I've never seen a bios that goes straight to shut down computer. So you exit, and you need to shut down. Won't some boards reset on a failed reboot, meaning ALL your cpu settings, including overclocks, are gone?

 

[Bozo Galora]

GSkill PC2 8000 and 8500 are the best all round DDR2 available. Thats all I buy, dont even think about Crucial or Corsair anymore.
$50 for 4GB is a big winner
I like low latency, not high FSB
So I get high fsb ram and run it at 400 1:1 - its just cruising, not hot and GSkill defaults to 4-4-4-10 (with my DFI P965 DFI P35 and Giga P45 UD3P mobo bios)
Will boot @266 at this speed @1.8V all bios RAM settings on auto WITH volatges upped on NB SB VTT CPU

e8600 10X multi @400 = 4GHz, RAM @ !:! 444 10 - plenty for me

If your PC doesnt successful boot @ 2.1V 400FSB, its your NB SB VTT CPU associated voltages too low.
Even at 400 I'm defaulting to 4-4-4-10 (and thats with 4GB)
http://i41.tinypic.com/30ae7sw.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/fxurg5.jpg
I used to spend hours tweaking every bios setting, but computers are so fast now - who cares anymore?

"Overvolting RAM" to 2.1 is nothing - 2.4-2.45 is getting a bit much for 24/7 without a fan


i4memory.com (forums) has bios templates for all the popular mobo that tell you what to set and expect for various FSB speeds
He IS the memory man (eva2000 - George from down under)

 

[kimchee411]

Originally posted by: Kwint Sommer

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

I don't quite understand. If you're saying you need to install in pairs of DIMMs then yeah, that's true because they are dual channel.

Because of the higher voltage requirements, your computer may not work with them straight out of the box. You may have to acquire a separate stick of ram, boot off of that and adjust the settings before these will work.

Have you seen this happen? Usually under-volted RAM will run, but will result in instability.

 

[kimchee411]

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

I don't quite understand. If you're saying you need to install in pairs of DIMMs then yeah, that's true because they are dual channel.

😕

A single stick will work just fine.

No. Dual channel memory needs to be installed in pairs.

 

[Stoneburner]

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

I don't quite understand. If you're saying you need to install in pairs of DIMMs then yeah, that's true because they are dual channel.

😕

A single stick will work just fine.

No. Dual channel memory needs to be installed in pairs.

I thought it just runs in single channel mode if there's 1 stick.

 

[kimchee411]

Originally posted by: Stoneburner

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

I don't quite understand. If you're saying you need to install in pairs of DIMMs then yeah, that's true because they are dual channel.

😕

A single stick will work just fine.

No. Dual channel memory needs to be installed in pairs.

I thought it just runs in single channel mode if there's 1 stick.

I think you're right. Nevermind.

 

[Kwint Sommer]

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: Kwint Sommer

Originally posted by: kimchee411

Originally posted by: jjmIII

Originally posted by: kimchee411
NOTE: You may need to manually adjust the voltage in your BIOS. My mobo tried to run it at 1.85 V out of the box and some others have reported the same.

Sometimes this requires seperate sticks to even get into the bios and make the change.

I don't quite understand. If you're saying you need to install in pairs of DIMMs then yeah, that's true because they are dual channel.

Because of the higher voltage requirements, your computer may not work with them straight out of the box. You may have to acquire a separate stick of ram, boot off of that and adjust the settings before these will work.

Have you seen this happen? Usually under-volted RAM will run, but will result in instability.

I have indeed seen it happen but the first and only time was right around the time Core 2 Duo launched so I don't think it's terribly common.

 

[SunnyD]

LOL @ the comments in this thread. Sounds like a lot of folks don't understand RAM.

Anyway, this is kickass stuff. What kimchee411 said does hold true about voltages - however this RAM is generally good enough that it will boot into the BIOS at stock SPD settings @ 1.85v. If you intend on running it stably at 1066MHz though, you're going to want the voltage at 2.0v or higher (it's rated 1066MHz 5-5-5-15 @ 2.0v).

 

[Phew]

I have this RAM, and for some reason it won't do the stock timings at stock speeds, even with only 1 stick installed in my UD3P. It will run really fast FSB, but if I set the timings faster than 5-7-7-20, I can't even POST. Not a big deal, because timings aren't very important in real-world apps, but be warned if you are running this Gigabyte board. And I'm running at 2.1V with dedicated RAM fans.

It must be a limitation of the board, because on my old ASUS P5Q, it would do better than the stock timings at most FSB settings. Then again, the ASUS would crap out at 420 MHz FSB with a quad-core. All mobos have their limitations

 

[kimchee411]

Originally posted by: Phew
I have this RAM, and for some reason it won't do the stock timings at stock speeds, even with only 1 stick installed in my UD3P. It will run really fast FSB, but if I set the timings faster than 5-7-7-20, I can't even POST. Not a big deal, because timings aren't very important in real-world apps, but be warned if you are running this Gigabyte board. And I'm running at 2.1V with dedicated RAM fans.

It must be a limitation of the board, because on my old ASUS P5Q, it would do better than the stock timings at most FSB settings. Then again, the ASUS would crap out at 420 MHz FSB with a quad-core. All mobos have their limitations

I had the same board and it ran fine at 5-5-5-15. GA-EP45-UD3P yeah?

 

[tranceport]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora

i4memory.com (forums) has bios templates for all the popular mobo that tell you what to set and expect for various FSB speeds
He IS the memory man (eva2000 - George from down under)

Can you tell me where those templates are? I have a p5k that I am looking for this on.

 

[arkcom]

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...p?ProductCode=10008035
2x2gb OCZ pc2-8500, 5-5-5-15 $32 shipped after $20 rebate.

 

[WT]

^^ Nice price !! I want to pair up the OCZ Reapers I have with a matching set but I cannot seem to find mine available anywhere. Failing that, I still want to buy more RAM while the price is relatively low, and this OCZ stuff is quality stuff and fits the bill. Thanks for the link, arkcom !

 

[arkcom]

Originally posted by: WT
^^ Nice price !! I want to pair up the OCZ Reapers I have with a matching set but I cannot seem to find mine available anywhere. Failing that, I still want to buy more RAM while the price is relatively low, and this OCZ stuff is quality stuff and fits the bill. Thanks for the link, arkcom !

Found this rebate elsewhere on zzf. It's good for a $25 rebate on the ram I linked.

edit: buy 2 sets and get both rebates (different offer codes)

 

[Gambitz]

Thank you!