northwoods + rambus

[DBandit]

everybody seems to be going ddr, and most have been getting their FSB up super high.

in some other threads I know i said i was going AMD (mainly cause i got a spare chip lying around), but a have another month before i finalize this rig i'm building.

i know ddr can get up there but how high can rambus go?

anyone with rdram care to post there overclocks?

 

[LarryJoe]

Well, if you get a quality mobo, like the TH7II, then you can always turn your memory down to 3X and go up from there. I can run mine at 520mhz, it can't do 533mhz, but most genuine Samsung can. I have Corsair with Samsung chips.

So at 2.667, I run the memory at default speed of 400mhz.

 

[Jumpem]

I have a 1.8A @ 2.4GHz with a pair of 256MBdouble sided(16 chip) Samsung sticks. The ram runs at 533 with 4x and turbo enabled just fine.

 

[jbond04]

Jumpem, does your P4T-E have the clock generator that can hit 133MHz? (I can't remember it's name)

 

[timmer]

I've built three different systems that consisted of p4 1.6a, Abit TH7II, and RDRAM. Two were built with Samsung and one was Corsair. The ones with Samsung would reach 2133 @ 1.60 (or less) core voltage. The one with the Corsair would only hit 2133 (@ 1.60 v) with the memory @ 3x; the others were @ 4x. The Samsung was 8 device and the Corsair was 4 device. All had 256 MB (two sticks) installed. I have no idea what the upper limit on these systems are as I was shooting for an easy OC with stock HSF.

 

[LarryJoe]

That kind of confirms why my Corsair can't do 533🙁 There is always at least one bad decision in building a system. I wish I got pure Samsung.

 

[Jumpem]

jbond04, my P4T-E has the ICS chips that are rated to work up to 600mhz. I got it from Atacom if you're interested.