What ram will do 214 mhz?

[jonny13]

I have a 1.6A that will do 2550. I want to keep the mem settings at 4/3, so the memory will be around 214/428. I would like to do the fastest settings, but at that speed, would be happy with lower settings. Does anybody have memory that does this? I am thinking of getting some Samsung PC2700, Kingmax PC3200, or Corsair PC3000.

Jonny

 

[Nutzo]

I don't know about 214 Mhz, but my Samsung 2700 is running at 208.5 Mhz

My 1.6a would only do 139 Mhz, so I' running the memory at 6:4 @ 208.5 Mhz

It did require me to up the memory voltage by .1 volts, but it's rock solid stable at that speed.

You'd be better off running the CPU a little slower & keeping the memory as fast as possible.
Like the CPU at 2480 Mhz with memory @ 207 Mhz.

 

[jonny13]

Is that at the fastest settings or normal?

Jonny

 

[bwass24]

I got excellent performance (Sandra score of 3023) at DEFAULT DIMM voltage with a 256m stick of Mushkin 3200 (Samsung chips under the heat spreader). The Corsair 3000 that I have would only run well up to app. 206mhz. The Kingmax 3200, which I've only tried with a 2.26B CPU will run at its rated speed and CAS timings. It won't do any better though. I have an original Samsung stick that I haven't had a chance to test yet. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[jonny13]

Thanks for all of the replies, that would be great if you could test out your Samsung and reply when your done. I am really looking at that stuff because of the price/quality.

Jonny

 

[Alphazero]

In a round-up I read on a German site a while back, they got the Corsair PC3000 up to 220MHz with fastest timings, and similar other RAM (Samsung, I think) to that speed with relatively fast timings.

 

[bwass24]

Hi...Sorry it took me so long. To answer your question...YES! the Samsung will run at 214mhz. It's doing it now at default voltage with a 1.55 Vcore on the 1.6A CPU. Timings at 2.5/2/2/5. Maybe I'll have time later to push the timing a bit.

 

[jonny13]

Thats what I was hoping for. Those timings would be just fine for running at 214 mhz. Thanks for replying so quickly.

Jonny

 

[THUGSROOK]

my Corsair XMS2700 is running 155fsb 3:4 413DDR on only 2.5v @ Cas 2.5/3/3/7. im about to try higher 160fsb 3:4 426DDR. (again)

 

[Rythan]

My Corsair XMS3200 has hit 214 on the slowest settings (2.5-3-3-7) at 2.7V, mem scores of 3264/3263 with a 2.26B. That was after trying two different modules in all 3 slots on a BD7II.

 

[jonny13]

Well, since Samsung is so much cheaper than the rest and I should be able to at least do 200/400 with it, I think I will go with that. Should I get the 512 MB stick or 2 - 256 MB sticks. And also, does the 512 ram have 4 banks. I have the 845 chipset and it only allows for 4 banks of memory, so that would max it out. I don't think I would want more than 512 before I upgrade this system, but its still nice to know. Anyone?

Jonny

 

[oldfart]

Get (1) 512 meg stick of Samsung original PC2700. Mine does DDR400 fine. Never really tried to push it much farther, but it may do a little more. I'm pretty sure its 2 banks.

 

[Bobbyeyes]

ROOK

my Corsair XMS2700 is running 155fsb 3:4 413DDR on only 2.5v @ Cas 2.5/3/3/7. im about to try higher 160fsb 3:4 426DDR. (again)

let us know how your system"feels", after dropping the cpu mhz to gain higher mem speeds..
when i was experimenting w/ the 132 to 133 mhz range and a 1.6a, naturally the 132 3/4 mem ratio
made my sys "feel faster" than 133 1/1 mem... im not talking about benchmarking, i am talking about feel.
my I.E. boards.for example, seemed to come up faster.

 

[THUGSROOK]

it feels the same either way.

as for benches...
166fsb 1:1 is faster than 150fsb 3:4
170fsb 1:1 is faster than 155fsb 3:4

 

[Bobbyeyes]

 

[Bobbyeyes]

interesting!
i am 100% scsi, no ide channels ,
i dunno if it makes a difference.
i would love to run at 169 mhz, and 3/4 mem

this means i need ddr that can run @225mhz,
and i need to know what the jummper settings are for
169 mhz.
corsair3200 seems to be the only ticket right now

or wait to see how the b533vm pans out.