Upgrades

[farlex85]

Those g.skill's are a great deal. They seem to be powerchips, so they won't oc as far as their d9 brethren, but I see a lot of people getting them to 1100+ (or at least claiming to), and at $90 for 4 gigs, thats pretty nice. I vote that + dfi x38.

 

[PaulieG]

Though it's on the pricey side, I find this Mushkin memory very interesting with 1066mhz and only 2 volts! http://www.directron.com/996619.html

Man, I had a terrible experience with a set of Mushkin Redlines a few months ago. I can also tell you for sure, Mushkin is NOT using D9 chips in those sticks.

 

[Cold Storm]

Man, I had a terrible experience with a set of Mushkin Redlines a few months ago. I can also tell you for sure, Mushkin is NOT using D9 chips in those sticks.

Thats what made you go Buffalo! I remember that quite to well.. Where trying to find out what the hell the chips where! They didn't and wouldn't say!

 

[dark2099]

So since everyone seems to think the X38 board is fine, I will go with that, which leaves a little play room for ram, max being those 2x2gb ballistix reds.

Obviously with slower load times and things similar to that, since I only use my rig for benching, surfing the web, chatting, and media stuff, would I be fine going with 2x1GB?

 

[PaulieG]

Yup, and what information I did receive, I just about had to sign an NDA to get the information. With Buffalo, the tech answered the phone and told me as soon as I asked. Now, he did say that there was no promise that they wouldn't change chips in the future, if D9 inventory dried up or became too expensive, but this was only like 3-4 months ago.

 

[PaulieG]

One more set of sticks I forgot about....Super Talent. I sold Infrared a set of of these, which were about the same price as my firestix. See for yourself how these sticks performed:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=58371

 

[dark2099]

I will be placing the order on wednesday, so we have a bit to converse.

 

[PaulieG]

I will be placing the order on wednesday, so we have a bit to converse.

Always willing to help...

 

[Cold Storm]

Always willing to help...

we might be able to find some buffalo ram by then!!!! lol

 

[dark2099]

Just out of curiosity, how would I find out what chips a set of ram is running, and if it involves removing a heatsink, how would I reapply the heatsink?

 

[PaulieG]

Removing a heatsink is always a gamble. You void your warranty, and it is possible you'll pull the chips off trying to remove it. I generally try to avoid it. You can try to email the manufacturer, and ask what chips they use, but often they won't tell people. Use google, and see if anyone has confirmed the chips. I will tell you, that MOST higher end DDR2 800/1066 sticks are now using high binned Promos or Elpidia chips. This is not necessarily a bad thing, especially in Elpida's case. Some of their higher binned chips behave just like D9's. This was certainly the case with the Super Talents I sold to Infrared.

 

[dark2099]

Ok, I was kind of curious since I can get my DDR2 667 up to 850MHz, but with the Corsair's (DDR2 800) I am running now, I don't know if it is them or the motherboard that is causing problems with me booting up at over 490 FSB (anything over 470-475 it gets picky with the multiplier).

 

[dark2099]

I just noticed something, both the DFI boards list DDR2 800 as the memory standard, would that be a problem with the G.Skill memory since it is DDR2 1000?

Edit: Checked the DFI site, the X48 supports DDR2 1066 but the X38 doesn't. So does this mean the G.Skill would only run at 800MHz on the X38 board?

 

[Cold Storm]

Thats the start of the ram... you can still use ram that is higher... If you look at the specs all so you will see that it can handle 1333 fsb.. Ram rating... So anything below that will boot just fine

 

[dark2099]

Thanks Cold Storm, I just noticed that and didn't want to buy a board that would have problems with ram.

 

[Cold Storm]

No problems.. Just got to remember that the FSB for Mhz is ram timing also. The rating of how high and low you can go. The low will all ways be the standard.

 

[dark2099]

Ok, since were here, on my ASUS board there are options for DRAM static read control and Transaction booster, any idea what they mean and if I should disable or enable them, both are currently on Auto.

 

[Cold Storm]

This thread can tell you better then I could... lol

 

[dark2099]

So for all of those who care, I am getting the DFI LP DK X48, ram is taken care of thanks to fit and his Ballistix Tracers.

 

[Cold Storm]

You are trying to build my system! lol... I'm glad that you got some great ram and hope to see it kicking everyones butt!

 

[dark2099]

Only copying you in small doses. Now if I could just figure out how to get these Corsair Dominators to boot at 1066MHz like they should.