Should I still buy XMS?

[KingofFah]

My original plan was replace my memory (bought it generic, turned out to be spectek, which is a division of micron) with Corsair XMS for Cas 2 speed.
When I originally got this memory, I tried setting it to 2-2-2-5 (high expectations for generic memory). Obviously, it failed. I set the CAS to 2.5 and did some trial and error to find out which setting was crashing (I assumed that CAS2 was the main problem), so I found out that 2.5-2-3-5 works fine and never tried 2-2-3-5. It occured to me just today to actually try it. It is working fine at stock voltage and has been running since this morning (I am at a 166FSB overclock). Obviously, the XMS will run 2-2-2-5, but is it really worth it? The only setting difference is the RAS precharge.

Something else I am wondering is: when I am trying to overclock my tbred to 12X166 (seen a lot of 12.5x166, I am just hoping for 12), will this memory become more unstable?
If the memory runs fine at 2-2-3-5 at 166FSB, will it become a factor when I use higher multipliers on the CPU (currently using 10.5)?

Thanks

 

[Soulkeeper]

it shouldn't be a prob as long as you got a good psu and motherboard

also can you up the vmem ??
maybe just a tad more voltage will get you max settings

but yeah the xms is still the best stuff around but i don't think it is worth the upgrade in yur case (the stuff is expensive)

 

[KingofFah]

Sparkle 350 and EPOX 8K3A
I will post here in a second after I try upping the vdimm. EPOX mobos default to 2.6. I am good till 2.8, right?

 

[KingofFah]

Can someone confirm iff the EPOX actually does set it to 2.6v, because in the BIOS it says 2.50 and has the increments and the total after increments. However, in the 'health' stuff at post, it shows it being at 2.6v. I upped by the one in the health display to 2.8, but this might mean I am actually at 2.7. 2-2-2-5 did not work

 

[Thor86]

Wait for Kingson HyperX DDR ram to come to market. They should give Corsair XMS a run for your money.

 

[Soulkeeper]

i've already seen the reveiws
xms is still better
and i don't trust any company that puts the cas latency at 2 but the other timings up at 4
that's evil
it's bad enough that corsair puts it at 3 on some models
ohh well