Question about OCZ Mem Timings

[PCKid777]

Well, I have been helping my friend order parts for his new gaming/video editing rig. At this moment, I believe that his timings for his memory are not at their best setting.

His Rig:
AMD Athlon X2 4400+
1Gb OCZ EL Platinum Rev. 2 PC3200RAM (2 x 512Mb)
ASUS A8N-Sli Premium
BFG 6800GT
Thermaltake Purepower 680 Watt

I forgot his current timings (something like 2.5-2-3-8...DRAM Timings are set to AUTO in the BIOS), but the OCZ site and Newegg advertise this memory at 2-2-2-5 timings. However, do the timings ALWAYS relax to 2.5 in dual channel mode (my PC3200 C2PTs in dual channel are at 2.5-3-3-6)? Also, then why is there a "3" showing up in the timings? Will Memtest86 run on his 64-bit machine so that he can test the lower timings? Any help is appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Ok 1st Memtest will run on any machine with a floppy/cdrom. Yiou have too boot form it...And its a good way to test it.
The timming are probably "relaxing" automatically to ensure compatibility.
You should be able to run this ram at 2-2-2-5 no problemo, you might need to increase voltage a little bit to keep it stable but no sweat OCZ covers this with their warranty!

So set them manually to 2-2-2-5, if it crashes, raise the vDDR or whatevr its called(memory voltage) a little bit until its memetest stable!

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0

 

[PCKid777]

Ok, thanks. I will tell my friend to manually set those timings and I'll post later IF any problems arise.

 

[Guest]

You cana ctually tell him to set he memory voltage at 2.8, that shouldnt pose problem and make it stable...

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0

 

[jmwpom3]

Thx Labby,
That actually answered a question I had on a different thread about these OCZ settings. I'm just wondering if you can get the value ones down to those timings safely or not?

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