Cheap Crucial RAM with very good OC potential

[mdg900]

Based on the review at http://www.pcpro.co.uk/custompc/labs/96655/crucial-ct2kit12864aa53e.html I purchased the Crucial CT2KIT12864AA53E PC4200 2GB kit with the intention of overclocking it.

In the review they get it to 850 MHz with the voltage increased to 2V.

At the moment mine is running at 730 MHz at stock voltage. (1.8V). Memory timings are 4-4-4-12.

I need to do some more stability testing but at the moment Orthos and Memtest86+ were both stable for 3.5 hours each.

I'm planning on overclocking further but so far I'm impressed!

 

[tool_462]

Thanks for the heads up. Wonder which chips they use? Crucial has been putting out some wicked OCing memory lately, hopefully they don't jump on the OCZ bandwagon and put their stock speeds with no headroom.

 

[rwaritsdario]

Let's us not forget that Crucial is owned by Micron, so youll be getting D9s in every module (sometimes you get crapped out ones but oh well). I am sure you can go past 500Mhz on those modules.
And at $245 I wouldnt call it presicely "cheap".