Darklord
Galvanizer
Was thinking of starting this thread for quite some time now.I guess its high time i did so.
The time has come when everyone is seriously thinking of upgrading to C2D platform.This indirectly means transition to DDR2.
Although many senior members @ TE have already moved to C2D or DDR2 in general some time back,i think it is important for others to know the crucial facts before jumping to DDR2 bandwagon and start OC'ing the shit outta their New PCs.
Ok without wasting much time,let me get to the main thing here.
Well many who visit XS regularly must have already read this, so if you read this,don't start bashing me up with, 'Bleh its already discussed on XS' or 'yeah yeah we know' kinda stuff.This stuff is not for the Gurus n Pros @ TE lol :bleh:
Its for the General Member.
Anyways many of you are aware that DDR2 chips are getting better day by day,clocking insane speeds with extreme voltages etc.
What we dont know is that when we get adventurous and push volts through the RAM to make it clock higher or run at tight timings, there is something that happens which MIGHT not be a good thing.
Consider this Scenario,
You just purchased Transcend DDR2 667 2GB Kit and luckily its Micron D9 based chips,yaaay ! lol
it runs rock solid @ 533MHz 4-4-4-12 or 667 @ 5-5-5-15 or something at stock volts.
Now everyone knows Micron D9 is THE thing for DDR2, so you get greedy and start pushing volts to clock it
It clocks 800 @ 5-4-4-8 @ 2.2V or so,you get excited, push 2.3-2.4V through it,add a fan over the stick to cool them, they do 900 @ 5-5-5-15, awesome !
BUT
what happens is,
The same RAM which ran @ 533 @ 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8V happily n merrily isnt stable at these settings !
you are like WTF ! what happened ? Is my RAM dead,no your RAM isnt dead,just that NOW that it has tasted some insane volts,it has developed liking for it,meaning it will need like say, 1.9 or 1.85V to run stably.
Nothing to be scared of but definitely a thing to think about.
So be careful while pushing volts through the sticks and Happy Clocking,
below i have attached some important statements made by people like Tony etc..
Tony,
Dumo,
Tony,
Kunaak,
And many more here,
DDR2 and Extreme Voltages thread by Tony aka Bigtoe @ XS
The time has come when everyone is seriously thinking of upgrading to C2D platform.This indirectly means transition to DDR2.
Although many senior members @ TE have already moved to C2D or DDR2 in general some time back,i think it is important for others to know the crucial facts before jumping to DDR2 bandwagon and start OC'ing the shit outta their New PCs.
Ok without wasting much time,let me get to the main thing here.
Well many who visit XS regularly must have already read this, so if you read this,don't start bashing me up with, 'Bleh its already discussed on XS' or 'yeah yeah we know' kinda stuff.This stuff is not for the Gurus n Pros @ TE lol :bleh:
Its for the General Member.
Anyways many of you are aware that DDR2 chips are getting better day by day,clocking insane speeds with extreme voltages etc.
What we dont know is that when we get adventurous and push volts through the RAM to make it clock higher or run at tight timings, there is something that happens which MIGHT not be a good thing.
Consider this Scenario,
You just purchased Transcend DDR2 667 2GB Kit and luckily its Micron D9 based chips,yaaay ! lol
it runs rock solid @ 533MHz 4-4-4-12 or 667 @ 5-5-5-15 or something at stock volts.
Now everyone knows Micron D9 is THE thing for DDR2, so you get greedy and start pushing volts to clock it
It clocks 800 @ 5-4-4-8 @ 2.2V or so,you get excited, push 2.3-2.4V through it,add a fan over the stick to cool them, they do 900 @ 5-5-5-15, awesome !
BUT
what happens is,
The same RAM which ran @ 533 @ 4-4-4-12 @ 1.8V happily n merrily isnt stable at these settings !
you are like WTF ! what happened ? Is my RAM dead,no your RAM isnt dead,just that NOW that it has tasted some insane volts,it has developed liking for it,meaning it will need like say, 1.9 or 1.85V to run stably.
Nothing to be scared of but definitely a thing to think about.
So be careful while pushing volts through the sticks and Happy Clocking,
below i have attached some important statements made by people like Tony etc..
Tony,
Dumo,
Tony,
Kunaak,
And many more here,
DDR2 and Extreme Voltages thread by Tony aka Bigtoe @ XS
Tech onboard or No Tech... and I still remember I saying Intel got killed when AMD & On-Board Mem-Controler thing came out... but they did it again with a better performing CPU and tweaked chipset!!