my mushkin 3500 is underperforming...

[nick1985]

rig in sig

the best my ram will do is 223Mhz at 2.5-3-3-10...what gives? (2.8V)

i assumed this stuff would overclock like crazy...do i just have duds?

 

[Thermalrock]

need more v.

 

[nick1985]

its at the max my board allows...2.8

 

[Sc4freak]

It would seem to be hitting specified speeds already (PC3500). Over that is not gaurenteed.

 

[Thermalrock]

that ram sucks at low v. rocks at 3+v tho.

 

[Duvie]

Nick newer bioses offer more...Ihave 2.85 as an option...I think there is also some potential hacks or mods to get up to 3.1v....

maybe try 2.5,4,4,10...maybe the 3's are too low...

 

[Toro 45]

Originally posted by: nick1985
rig in sig

the best my ram will do is 223Mhz at 2.5-3-3-10...what gives? (2.8V)

i assumed this stuff would overclock like crazy...do i just have duds?

Don't feel bad, I have a pair of level II that would only do 213 @2-3-3-10 on my Shuttle. After switching to an Abit NF7 I got them up to 215 @2-3-3-10. Now after buying a new psu I think they might be stable at 216 @ 2-3-3-10. Funny thing is extra voltage is no help at all for me 2.9v is the max on my Abit so maybe they like 3.0v and up. Relaxing the timings makes little if no difference, I'm thinking they might like Intel systems better

 

[Tiamat]

I have those. I even got replacements from Mushkin. I cant get anything over 200mhz at 222 stable out of them 🙁

They dont run stock speeds with rated voltage at any time. Thus, Im stuck with using "only" 200mhz fsb. This is on an ABIT NF7-S ver. 2

And Toro 45, I have experienced the same as you. No amount of voltage up through 2.9 and relaxing timings seems to help at all.