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TPU's Core i7 Overclocking and Feedback

Looks to me like a set of 3x4GB sticks that my search engine marks at $1200??? You son of a gun :toast:
 
very nice kit indeed, 4gb sticks are way cool man.

When they can get 4gb sticks of 1600 to around cas 7-8 that would be awesome.

1600 @ cas 9 seems just a scooch high for me, my personal optimal would be;

1333mhz @ 7-7-7-18, 1600mhz @ 8-8-8-20 and 2000mhz @ 9-9-9-24, and naturally if you have a better speed to timings ratio, even more win.
 
wolf did you ever see my comparison? Cas 6 1600MHz is on par with Cas 8 2000MHz. That's the basic summary, but cas 8 1600MHz is just too loose for my taste :D
 
I haven't been able to tweak my ram to CAs 6 timings..maby you could teach me how Binge :wtf:
 
mudkip said:
I haven't been able to tweak my ram to CAs 6 timings..maby you could teach me how Binge :wtf:
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You need pretty high binned sticks until someone manufactures better chips. Otherwise you can try to up the voltage, but most of the time sticks won't go very low if they're D9 microns, low binned Elpida, or Samsungs. The Samsungs usually OC to higher frequencies and don't need you to loosen the timings any more than they are. Microns have the highest flexability in both catagories (frequency and timings), but aren't impressive to play with. The Elpida chips are usually all binned strictly. If you get a type that is known to hit cas 6 or 2000MHz then you can do it with all sticks with the same model IC.
 
Fitseries3 said:
what ICs on them? how much you pay? can i has some?
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They are Elpida Hyper IC's. I have a 3x1gb set of the same. I'm fairly sure I know where he got them. ;) Hopefully those sticks won't die on us. Kingston is also stopping production of sticks with Hyper IC's. Too many sticks dying.
 
Paulieg said:
They are Elpida Hyper IC's. I have a 3x1gb set of the same. I'm fairly sure I know where he got them. ;) Hopefully those sticks won't die on us. Kingston is also stopping production of sticks with Hyper IC's. Too many sticks dying.
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If they do they have a lifetime warranty, and in that warranty it actually has a clause for a refund lol
 
Binge said:
You need pretty high binned sticks until someone manufactures better chips. Otherwise you can try to up the voltage, but most of the time sticks won't go very low if they're D9 microns, low binned Elpida, or Samsungs. The Samsungs usually OC to higher frequencies and don't need you to loosen the timings any more than they are. Microns have the highest flexability in both catagories (frequency and timings), but aren't impressive to play with. The Elpida chips are usually all binned strictly. If you get a type that is known to hit cas 6 or 2000MHz then you can do it with all sticks with the same model IC.
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Hmm all I know is that my memory is rated 1600Mhz 7-7-7-20 1.65v but i've overclocked them to 1870 Mhz 8-8-8-20 @ 1.80v
 
mudkip said:
Hmm all I know is that my memory is rated 1600Mhz 7-7-7-20 1.65v but i've overclocked them to 1870 Mhz 8-8-8-20 @ 1.80v
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The sticks might tighten to cas 6 at 1600MHz, but it would take a lot of tweaking. Are you sure 8-8-8-20 is the best timing set for your memory OC? Usually it's wise to step up the timings in incriment. You might have a more smooth feeling with 8-8-8-24 than 8-8-8-20. Food for thought.
 
I just discovered nVidia's ''Dawn'' :laugh:
 
qua?
 
Fitseries3 said:
what ICs on them? how much you pay? can i has some?
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1. Don't know.

2. I got them in a generous trade for some high end hardware I had.

3. Probably not :laugh:
 
Yep
 
he offered me that package but my wallet hid from me.
 
who's SP?
 
You know Fit - you're always welcome to come over and tweak the crap out of them
 
tits? ooohhh!!! wrong thread.

yeah... you live in IL still?

how close to chi town? im going to make it up there sometime to visit dark2099 and i could probably make way to your house as well.
 
about 200 miles south
 
How does Cas 7 1600 mhz compare to Cas 6 1600mhz? I have not been able to get my OCZ cas 9 1866 kit to hit cas 6 yet, but I have not given them much voltage either, only about 1.68V, so 1.664V real and that works well for the cas 7 timings. I didn't think that voltage will really help timings, only frequency, that sound like it has any truth? lol. I dont remember where I read it from.
 
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