OCZ for ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe?

[petachok]

Here in Canada it's hard to find Corsair RAM, which is why I am chosing OCZ. But what worries me is that I've read a lot of comments that OCZ ram is not very compatible with ASUS mobos. Is that true? Also what is the difference between the gold and platinum versions of OCZ. Would OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Gold XTC (CL 5-5-5-12) be a better choice than OCZ 2G (2 x 1G) PC2-6400 Platinum Dual Channel (4-5-4-15)? And is PC-6400 the way to go with my mobo (ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe), or are there better alternatives?

Thanks

 

[floge03]

I was in the same predicament as you. I decided on going with the OCZ Platinum Revision 2 ddr2-800 ram. It is like the Platinum that you stated, but it has been optimized a freed of errors and bugs that the original Platinum edition had (for only 30 bucks more USD). Another person in our situation talked to OCZ and they had just completed the motherboard check (P5W) with OCZ ram, and it seemed to be error free.

I am waiting for my C2D chip which will arrive on Monday. By Tuesday I will have my system complete, and I will try to start it up. Once I do that I will see if in FACT OCZ ram is compatible with the P5W.

 

[vMax]

Should be no problems. I have:

Core 2 Duo E6700
Asus P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard
OCZ Platinum PC2-6400 EL XTC 2048MB Kit, DDR2, 240 Pin, 800Mhz
Hyper R 580w PSU
2 x Western Digital Sata2 250GB Hard Drives setup up in Raid 0
1 x Maxtor Sata Hard drive
Geforce 7900 GTX
Zalman CP 9500
Windows XP SP2

I have the e6700 running at 3.4GHz on air with memory running at 850MHz, absolutly no problems, totaly stable. Temp for cpu 38 degree idle, 45 load. timings 4-5-4-12.

 

[boro169]

has anyone tried to oc that ram im getting mine this week and i'll like to now its limits if anyone nows...

my system would be:
E6600
p5wdh
asus x1900xtx
WD3200ks
silverstone st65zf
and obviously the same ram you have, the OCZ 2x1gb DDR2PC6400 platinium edition

thanks!!

 

[BustedSony]

Let's consider that the P5W DH Deluxe is the reference test bench for Anandtech, along with many other review sites http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2809&p=3
(I think TomsHardware uses a Gigabyte board) and that the P5W is used for memory benchmarks and overclocking tests. There is not a whisper of the mearest mention of any problems with OCZ as compared with anything else. it's in fact among the fastest memory tested on the P5W. I have a P5W DH myself with E6400 and OCZ DDR2-6400 Platinum, and it works flawlessly, though I haven't tried overclocking yet (just built the system.) Having said that, I bought the OCZ three months ago for a Prescott system (which overclocked incredibly well, 200 Mhz more with the new memory) and MIGHT have gone for the Corsair if I knew that some boards, such as the P5B, would be incompatible with OCZ.
The issue IS with the P5B, which Asus says is optimized for Kingston HyperX PC2-8500, and indeed, despite hardware revisions by both Asus and OCZ, the faster OCZ Dimms work badly in the latter board, not in the P5W..

 

[comrade]

I've got 2 gig of OCZ DDR2-800 memory in a P5W DH Deluxe, along with an Intel E6600, and a BFG 7900 GTX video card.

I've got the E6600 running at 2.7 ghz and the memory overclocked to 900 mhz with no problems of any kind. When I get the chance I may play around with higher rates, but so far everything works just fine.