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If you actually find CAS2 2x1gig PC4000 ram please let me know Id definitly be interested. I just replaced 4x512megs of Kingston HyperX pc3200 @ 2-3-2-6-2t with a pair of 1gig OCZ Gold PC4000 @ 3-3-3-4-8-1t. Its not much of an upgrade really I guess but I can run 1T and 1:1 at 250mhz bus speed with the OCZ, the HyperX needed a divider and 2t when running the bus at 250mhz. SO on paper I have more bandwith and a 1t command rate with the OCZ so I guess its an upgrade, but in the real world I dont really feel a differance. Im guessing if I could run the OCZ at tightertimings the differance would be more noticeable? What do you guys think is the best 2x1gig OC memory out there right now?? I like the OCZ Gold for the price which was $200 on sale at newegg. How does the OCZ Platinum compare??
 
The pricey OCZ Platinum 3-3-2-8 2gb kit uses Infineon Rev-C chips, simliar as Mushkin Redlines but don't overclock at all. After being a memory whore going thru six different sets of memory last year, I decided to get a set of the OCZ Gold XTC which uses the Samsung UCCC chips at 3-4-3-8 @ 250(Outpost.com for $164 AR). In real world apps, you won't notice any real difference between the different 2gb kits. Getting a refund for my Crucial Ballistix made me realize that it was silly to spend $300 for memory.

From what I've been able to see for results, imho, the current G.Skill HZ's appear to be using a good batch of Samsung UCCC chips and I've seen folks get up to 280mhz. I haven't really tried playing around w/ my sticks too much but have been able to get them to 265 w/ a little tweaking.
 
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
The pricey OCZ Platinum 3-3-2-8 2gb kit uses Infineon Rev-C chips, simliar as Mushkin Redlines but don't overclock at all. After being a memory whore going thru six different sets of memory last year, I decided to get a set of the OCZ Gold XTC which uses the Samsung UCCC chips at 3-4-3-8 @ 250(Outpost.com for $164 AR). In real world apps, you won't notice any real difference between the different 2gb kits. Getting a refund for my Crucial Ballistix made me realize that it was silly to spend $300 for memory.

From what I've been able to see for results, imho, the current G.Skill HZ's appear to be using a good batch of Samsung UCCC chips and I've seen folks get up to 280mhz. I haven't really tried playing around w/ my sticks too much but have been able to get them to 265 w/ a little tweaking.
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This is what I went with. I bought second day shipping, so I should have these on Tuesday. Coincidently, this coincides with the beginning of a 3 day off period so I'll have time to play. :beer:

Thanks for all the feedback guys.
 
G.Skill HZ, like the ZX, seem to be hit or miss with overclocking. There's been a few success stories written in the forums but a few sob stories too. Mine have been disappointing so far, I cant get stable at or above 270MHz with 3-4-4-8 timings, nor at 2.5-3-3-6 at 229MHz. They are solid at 229MHz 3-3-3-6. I'm going to have another bash overclocking them this week. Good luck with yours.
 
I have now used 2 sets of GIGARAM from Newegg in my MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum.

GR1DD8T-K1GB/466/TCD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820221024
Had them running at at DDR500 250FSB 4x 1:1 timings were around 2.5-5-4-7 @2.85v (don't exactly remember the last 3 timings)

GR1DD8T-K2GB/500
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820221137
These were a bit tricky to get going at DDR as they use SAMSUNG UCC chips and DO NOT like high volts. I tried everything between 2.6v-2.8v and coudn't even get them running at DDR480 at stock 3-4-3-8. Would seem to pass MEMTEST only to fail STRESS PRIME. I was all but ready to return them when on a whim I tried a mear 2.5v and now they are running 3-4-3-8-3-3-10-16 in the BIOS DRAM settings.

These are with everything running that I normally have running at startup.
SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 5932 MB/s
RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 5856 MB/s
Results Interpretation : Higher index values are better.

Int Buff'd iSSE2 (Integer STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 6131MB/s
Scaling : 5973MB/s
Addition : 5807MB/s
Triad : 5817MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 74% (estimated)

Float Buff'd iSSE2 (Float STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 6076MB/s
Scaling : 5949MB/s
Addition : 5726MB/s
Triad : 5676MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 73% (estimated)

Just remember low volts if you get 2GB set with the SAMSUNG chips.
 
Without taking off the heat spreader, how did you find out which particular ICs were on your RAM modules?

I know I can ask the OCZ support guys here on AT forums, hopefully they'll answer.
 
I had a pair of OCZ Value VX sticks. One did DDR 576@2-2-2-7 w/3.4v. I burned out one stick doing that, though, RMA'd in the hope of receiving the same thing, but instead, I got regular gold. So if you can find a pair of those, they might do well for you.

EDIT: I'm stupid, you want 2x1GB. Well, good luck.
 
The OCZ Gold XTC DDR500 worked out great for me. I got my 250MHz running at 3-4-3-8-1T with 2.8V. Thanks for the discussion and the suggestions guys. :beer:
 
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