how far should this Mushkin go?

[WINDSHEAR]

I have a 512MB Mushkin Enhanced PC3500 DDR434 (rated 2-3-3-?) and I'm wondering how far I should push it. (runs at DDR444 at 2-3-3-8 2.7volts, as I type this) I was running it at DDR454 @ 2-4-4-8 with 2.8volts... it doesn't seem to be stable at DDR464, even with 2-5-5-9 2.8volts. From my experience, RAM does not like anything other than the CAS latency it is rated for. So if it's rated 2 I leave it at 2 no matter what, and raise the others for more overclocking room. (that was from experience with a Corsair Valueselect PC3200 stick.) I was wondering if from others experiences, easing CAS latency helps any?

I'm trying to run it at DDR464... and so I was wondering if it would be safe to try 2.9volts on it.

 

[WINDSHEAR]

nobody knows if it's safe to try 2.9volts?

lolz anyways, this evening I tried overclocking until I got bored and my eyeballs fell out :lol:

got 2-2-2-6 timings at DDR440, but not for long. For a while it seems SuperPi stable at 2-3-2-6 but that didn't work out either. Neither did 2-3-3-6 surprisingly. Ran it for an hour before Firefox crashed, suddenly (from my experience, that is a memory error). Had to knock the Mhz back slightly to DDR436.

During testing, I ran it at DDR444 @2-3-3-6. I doubt it's stable, given what happened at DDR440 :roll: I also tried DDR448 @ 2-3-3-6, but it soon crashed. At that point I started clocking things back down a bit.

I also learned that timings make a difference in SuperPi scores... and that's why I was reluctant to loosen timings and increase Mhz, because the increase in Mhz would be minor, and the hit from loosened timings would be bad....

 

[RichPLS]

2.9 volts is safe, yes...
I think that ram can take 3.0 volts with no problems.

 

[WINDSHEAR]

reading an article by THG, RAM doesn't last near as long the higher voltage you use. I was wondering how much shorter... :? it was the article about Geil 1.5 CL DDR600 RAM,... they had to use 3.0volts, which they said wasn't good, and the RAM wouldn't last near as long that way.