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Hey Y'all, just kinda browsing through newegg to help some people out with their builds, and I was astonished to see that G.Skill now offers ram that run at 4-4-3-5 800mhz with only 2-2.1 volts. They have to be pretty damn binned to achieve that with only 2 volts. Any thoughts? Should offer pretty good results, brand new, so no worthwhile reviews I've seen yet

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Weren't the Corsair DDR2-800 CL4 from some months ago spec'd at 1.9V?

Reply to Mondoman

big difference. Corsair runs at 4-4-4-12, there's a big difference between that and 4-4-3-5. Takes a far more binned IC to run 4-4-3-5 with only 2 volts (corsair got promos IC to run 4-4-4-12 with 2.1 volts with their dominator)

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

talk to prozac i believe he has the g-skill with an e6300.

he should be able to help you.

Reply to sirheck

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231099

^ I have that with an e6300.... the first one they sent me was DoA though, and I just received the replacement today.

Reply to xyzunit

Ohh, you think I need help, no, I already have some super talent 4-4-3-8 memory that I'm in love with, just wanted to show something I thought was a good deal

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

i always thought the g-skill was cheaper brand.

but apperently not :lol:

Reply to sirheck

well, see they do offer veyr cheap ram with heatspreaders, kinda like ocz, but since it is run by gamers, they also offer high quality ram (like their 4-4-4-5 1000 ram, the higher binned version of this). I think this ram should turn out pretty good, if not, just run it 1:1 with those timings and your set that way too with a high ht/fsb

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

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well, see they do offer veyr cheap ram with heatspreaders, kinda like ocz, but since it is run by gamers, they also offer high quality ram (like their 4-4-4-5 1000 ram, the higher binned version of this). I think this ram should turn out pretty good, if not, just run it 1:1 with those timings and your set that way too with a high ht/fsb




I love my 10yr anniversary crucial DDR2 memory! that stuff was only sold in limited quantities so im glad that I bought 4gigs of it. It was only $219 for 2 gigs when I bought it from the Egg.

Specs were ddr2 667mhz 3 3 3 12 I have it running at ddr2 1000mhz 4 4 4 5 with 2.25 vcore :D

Reply to RobsX2

your one lucky sonofabitch aren't you :lol: Most people couldn't get that to 1000mhz with 4-4-4-12, and youhave a gtx and a tuniq tower, everything I ever wanted :wink:

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

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your one lucky sonofabitch aren't you :lol: Most people couldn't get that to 1000mhz with 4-4-4-12, and youhave a gtx and a tuniq tower, everything I ever wanted :wink:



Well actually its 4 4 4 5. Just had to add that! hehehe! yeah im lucky!

Reply to RobsX2

right, my bad, but still, your pretty lucky

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

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talk to prozac i believe he has the g-skill with an e6300.

he should be able to help you.


I don't have G Skill.

I'm getting OCZ Platinum within next few days. :?

geil :oops:

well it starts with a g, i was close :lol:

Reply to sirheck

ocz platinum is a nice choice, but something that some others and I have found is that super talent is the real dime right now, people are getting it to go to speeds previously only achieveable with 1066 ram (some one got hit to over 1200mhz) and the timings are usually great because of the D9GKX IC

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

Hey I was mistaken with the other wide heat spreader Ram G.Skill offer. Any idea on what are the IC in those?

I thought you needed this one to have Micron D9GMH. Anyway nice find for the price!

I still like my Buffalo Firestix, 4-4-4-12 @ 900 2.1V right now, can probably do a lot better didn't have all that much time lately to test it, yet for 240$ it's a good buy. Only thing is that I am unsure it is D9GMH afterall! gotta pop the spreader soon see whats under!

Reply to Anonymous

well, you could always come to detroit michigan, mug a random guy, blame it on some other guy and go buy the ram with that money (I live in Michigan and can telll you crime is very common in detroit)

And labby, that's not true, plenty of ram use D9MGH, but that is the only G.Skill that uses it except their 1066 4-4-4-5 ram. I believe this one uses D9GKX, because that is what my amazing super talent uses, and it has simular timings. If you can call the buffalo sticks a good deal, then what do you call super talent? Plenty of people have gotten a minum of 500mhz with stock 4-4-3-8 timings with 2.3 volts or less, and some got it above 1200 mhz. That's $250 ram we're talking about, pretty good deal if you ask me

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

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I would get Super Talent, but I can't get it here in Canada for a "decent" price.

My friend has a PC shop, and says he can order it from US, but it would cost almost $600.



600$ 8O

Reply to sirheck

if i were closer to the boarder of canada you could send me the money
and i would bring it too you.

or if i finished my private pilot training i would fly there.

Reply to sirheck

don't forget, $250 usd equals a lot more canadian alone, so even if you could get away with taxes, its still expensive for a canadian

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

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don't forget, $250 usd equals a lot more canadian alone, so even if you could get away with taxes, its still expensive for a canadian



250$ in the us is 250$.

it can be spent here for a product and that product can be taken elsewere.
:wink:

Reply to sirheck

I called Super Talent last week and spoke with a Rep... Although they still support the timings listed in the specs, the tech informed me they only Randomly use the Micron D9 chips for thier modules... About 20% of them.

***Regarding Model*** PC6400 4.0-3-4-8 T800UX2GC4 DDRII 800

Reply to PCAnalyst

no you don't understand, it will cost you $250, the amount in Canadian he would owe you would be over 300 CAD because the us economy is/was stronger and the USD is still worth more than the CAD

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

What I meant is that I thought the 'lowest' ram with the chip would be the HZ(with G.Skill product), I was actually saying that the price is a steal =)

Anyway I haven't seen many stick using GKX under 400$!

Use to be a retty good list

Anyway I really need to pop my Buffalo spreader see if it has GMH!

Reply to Anonymous

I guess, but I think that ocz platinum for only a bit more is the better deal

As for GKX micron chips, I know that for a while and still going on, Super Talent offers great GKX chips, but that is only for a short whiel, as they don't source only from Micron, but source from everywhere and it just happens that they picked up some highly binned ICs and sell it for a great price (though I think now that the price has dropped, they have switched off the GKX, judging by how a few of the reviews at newegg say it sucks now [yes, I know, never trust newegg reviews, but it still gives you the general idea of the quality most of the time-but not for zalman parts, beware of the hype 8O ])

I think buffalo does currently use GMH though
Edit: Guess not, my bad, just checked your link and looks like buffalo just stopped, maybe you got lucky though (but doesn't taking off the heatspreader void your warranty?)

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

About the buffalo, I bough mine before the shipment they have right now in December. I am very curious as to know if it has GMh or not. Some guy at XS reports pretty much the same performance as me and that his sticks don't use GMH =(

Haven't tryed pushing them further yet.

ABout the warranty, my sticker is not over the metal clip and there's no VOided warranty message but I still think I voided it already heh.
I removed the clips yesterday and scratched the spreader a bit so not that subtile :oops: .
I am trying to get some floss in between the thermal tape and the chips but it had'nt worked so great, so it's on hold right now

Reply to Anonymous

Hmm, I don't know what to say, but good luck. If buffalo stopped using the GMH's, then what have they started using?

Reply to I_Love_Tacos

$270 aint cheap. Cheap Microns are becoming more and more of a myth, the top overcloking market will soon start moving to Hynix and probably Elpida so let love of the Micron love.
Those are either Promos or Hynix, they do up to 600Mhz but will keep their stability up to ~515Mhz, all under 2.5v

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I am trying to get some floss in between the thermal tape and the chips but it had'nt worked so great, so it's on hold right now

I use a flat head screwdriver 8)
Nice to see the kitties going at it in memory a subject :lol:

Reply to rwaritsdario

u should all be happy :( here we give 383 USD for the cheapest 800mhz ram

Reply to bullaRh

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$270 aint cheap. Cheap Microns are becoming more and more of a myth, the top overcloking market will soon start moving to Hynix and probably Elpida so let love of the Micron love.
Those are either Promos or Hynix, they do up to 600Mhz but will keep their stability up to ~515Mhz, all under 2.5v

I am trying to get some floss in between the thermal tape and the chips but it had'nt worked so great, so it's on hold right now

I use a flat head screwdriver 8)
Nice to see the kitties going at it in memory a subject :lol:

True, but a difference of only $10-20 USD and that and ocz are the only ram the site features for 2gb 6400, I think it was the best deal considering how much more the ocz was even though I think crucial is better

Reply to I_Love_Tacos
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