Upgrading dual channel memory to 2GB what make would be best?

tedgram · 09-05-2005, 06:18 PM

Trying to chose between Patriot PDCG3200LLK and OCZ Platinum PC3200. They are both rated at 2-3-2-5 at 2.6 volts. They will be going into a Asus A8V deluxe board. Have a 1GB kit Patriot set in there now that is rated 2-3-2-5 over clocked to 480.

h20-ski · 09-05-2005, 10:56 PM

One question, are you going to pull the old stuff out and run 2 1GB sticks pr run 4 512MB sticks? If you are going to run 4 sticks then I would chose the Patriot. If you are going to run 2 1GB sticks, the Crucial Ballistix is some good stuff.

tedgram · 09-05-2005, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by h20-ski

One question, are you going to pull the old stuff out and run 2 1GB sticks pr run 4 512MB sticks? If you are going to run 4 sticks then I would chose the Patriot. If you are going to run 2 1GB sticks, the Crucial Ballistix is some good stuff.

Going to run 2 1GB sticks dual channel.

webanrchy · 09-06-2005, 02:18 AM

Well if your going for 2 Gb, This would be the best deal

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227210

Underwater Mike · 09-06-2005, 09:52 AM

Some folks have had luck with the OCZ up to 220-230, but mine would not run a bit over spec. So if you're counting on OC, I'd recommend against it. Don;t get me wrong -- it's great at stock, but so is the Patriot.

The OCZ Perf kit is what I switched to instead of the Plat, but that's not real impressive either. Gaspar posted on BE about the Patriot 2G kit, so you might want to either search that or PM him for his impressions -- although it seems that his experience may be due to a good bit of luck.

If OC'ing performance at 2G is the goal, the OCZ or Crucial 4000 is prolly your best bet. But you might want to sell a kidney first, as neither is inexpensive.

Sierra_abx · 09-06-2005, 11:57 AM

The Ballistix are $314 if you buy two individual sticks at Newegg which doesn't sell pairs. That works out to $157 per GB which isn't really bad if you think about it.

The Patriots are a good bargain. Corsair CMX1024-3200C2 v1.2 is also pretty good. I've seen people do 250 @ 2.5-3-2 with the Corsairs.

The Asus A8V is a little quirky about RAM, so I don't know how well any of the above will do in that board.

bikendad · 09-06-2005, 05:26 PM

I'm with webanarchy, I bougth the OCZ platinum and love it.

Arutha_abx · 09-06-2005, 05:39 PM

I have a gig of Musking DDR433 which is running@ 2.75 volts. I'm looking at throwing in another Gig of memory and I am not seeing any of the voltages that run near 2.75. It is either higher or lower, so if that is the case which is the best to use? I wouldn't mind getting the same memory I have now, but I can not find it on newegg anylonger. They have some Redline memory for $169 but that required 3.1-3.2 volts so I don't want to bump my old stuff up (it would void the warranty on it).

PCBruiser · 09-06-2005, 06:02 PM

I have been testing those 2x1gb OCZ PC3200 Platinum sticks in my system for a few days now. While I am certainly not finished here's where the system seems to max out with my FX-55:

Using a 13x mnultiplier, I can get to about FSB225 stable at 2.5 3 3 7 1T with bandwidth around 7200.

Using a 14x multiplier I can get to about FSB208 stable at 2 3 2 5 1T with bandwidth around 6800.

In both cases I was using 2.8v of vDimm. Frankly, I think the CPU is more maxed out than the RAM and I do think that the RAM could go a bit higher. All in all, the performace of those sticks, considering their size, is pretty good. I guess the bottom line is what CPU you are pairing it up with. If you have a "hot" 3200+ Venice core, they probably aren't the best choice. With a faster CPU, they present a good quality alternative to other brands given my limited testing of them.

Gaspar · 09-06-2005, 06:09 PM

Id recomend the Patriots myself, though as its been said many times before I did get really lucky. It seems thoghu folks are getting good clocks now out of the latest batches of these. 250@cas 2.5 is nothing to shake a stick at. I managed 560@ 3,3,3,8 at 2.6v effortlessly.

wallijonn · 09-06-2005, 07:09 PM

Since it's an AMD the memory should be single sided. So while most DDR2 512MB sticks are SS, many DDRI 512MB mem sticks are DS, double sided. (The Patriot site just went down for maintenance, so I can't look at the spec sheets.)

09-05-2005, 06:18 PM	#1
tedgram Eat farm Atlantic Salmon Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 148	Upgrading dual channel memory to 2GB what make would be best? Trying to chose between Patriot PDCG3200LLK and OCZ Platinum PC3200. They are both rated at 2-3-2-5 at 2.6 volts. They will be going into a Asus A8V deluxe board. Have a 1GB kit Patriot set in there now that is rated 2-3-2-5 over clocked to 480. __________________ A8V rev2, Athlon 64 X2 4600, 2 GB OCZ Dual Channel Platinum 2 3 2 5 1T, PNY 6800GT AGP, WD 400BB raid0, Fortron Source FSP400-60PFN, SB Live, Viewsonic VP191b
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09-05-2005, 10:56 PM	#2
h20-ski Forget Wakeboarding Join Date: May 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 2,460	One question, are you going to pull the old stuff out and run 2 1GB sticks pr run 4 512MB sticks? If you are going to run 4 sticks then I would chose the Patriot. If you are going to run 2 1GB sticks, the Crucial Ballistix is some good stuff. __________________
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09-06-2005, 02:18 AM	#4
webanrchy Build it,Know it,Tweak it Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: San diego Posts: 221	Well if your going for 2 Gb, This would be the best deal http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227210 __________________
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09-06-2005, 09:52 AM	#5
Underwater Mike Thoroughly water-cooled Join Date: May 2003 Location: Somewhere, beyond the sea Posts: 2,601	Some folks have had luck with the OCZ up to 220-230, but mine would not run a bit over spec. So if you're counting on OC, I'd recommend against it. Don;t get me wrong -- it's great at stock, but so is the Patriot. The OCZ Perf kit is what I switched to instead of the Plat, but that's not real impressive either. Gaspar posted on BE about the Patriot 2G kit, so you might want to either search that or PM him for his impressions -- although it seems that his experience may be due to a good bit of luck. If OC'ing performance at 2G is the goal, the OCZ or Crucial 4000 is prolly your best bet. But you might want to sell a kidney first, as neither is inexpensive. __________________ Last edited by Underwater Mike : 09-06-2005 at 10:00 AM.
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09-06-2005, 11:57 AM	#6
Sierra_abx Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,880	The Ballistix are $314 if you buy two individual sticks at Newegg which doesn't sell pairs. That works out to $157 per GB which isn't really bad if you think about it. The Patriots are a good bargain. Corsair CMX1024-3200C2 v1.2 is also pretty good. I've seen people do 250 @ 2.5-3-2 with the Corsairs. The Asus A8V is a little quirky about RAM, so I don't know how well any of the above will do in that board.
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09-06-2005, 05:26 PM	#7
bikendad Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 97	I'm with webanarchy, I bougth the OCZ platinum and love it. __________________ P4 2.8C ASUS P4C800 Deluxe 2 gigs OCZ PC3200 Platinum BFG GeForce 6800GT Audigy2 ZS
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09-06-2005, 05:39 PM	#8
Arutha_abx There is no fear... Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,027	I have a gig of Musking DDR433 which is running@ 2.75 volts. I'm looking at throwing in another Gig of memory and I am not seeing any of the voltages that run near 2.75. It is either higher or lower, so if that is the case which is the best to use? I wouldn't mind getting the same memory I have now, but I can not find it on newegg anylonger. They have some Redline memory for $169 but that required 3.1-3.2 volts so I don't want to bump my old stuff up (it would void the warranty on it). __________________ P4C800-E-Deluxe, P4 3.2, 2x512 Mushkin PC3500 Level one(2-3-2-6 timings@200FSB), VisionTek XTASY Radeon X850XT PE,Audigy2 ZS,Aspire Turbo 500W, Aspire X-SuperAlien(blue), 16XDVD(Lite On), 8X NEC2500A ±RW DVD Burner, Dell 20.1" 2005FPW LCD "He who can Destroy a thing, controls a thing" Paul Muad'Dib 3DMark03 Score= 12779
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09-06-2005, 06:02 PM	#9
PCBruiser Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 13,497	I have been testing those 2x1gb OCZ PC3200 Platinum sticks in my system for a few days now. While I am certainly not finished here's where the system seems to max out with my FX-55: Using a 13x mnultiplier, I can get to about FSB225 stable at 2.5 3 3 7 1T with bandwidth around 7200. Using a 14x multiplier I can get to about FSB208 stable at 2 3 2 5 1T with bandwidth around 6800. In both cases I was using 2.8v of vDimm. Frankly, I think the CPU is more maxed out than the RAM and I do think that the RAM could go a bit higher. All in all, the performace of those sticks, considering their size, is pretty good. I guess the bottom line is what CPU you are pairing it up with. If you have a "hot" 3200+ Venice core, they probably aren't the best choice. With a faster CPU, they present a good quality alternative to other brands given my limited testing of them.
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09-06-2005, 06:09 PM	#10
Gaspar Im back... Join Date: May 2003 Location: Taxachusetts!! Posts: 3,238	Id recomend the Patriots myself, though as its been said many times before I did get really lucky. It seems thoghu folks are getting good clocks now out of the latest batches of these. 250@cas 2.5 is nothing to shake a stick at. I managed 560@ 3,3,3,8 at 2.6v effortlessly. __________________ OPTY 144@2.95ghz/DFI NF4 ULTRA D/2GB Patriot pc3200 CE-6 @540mhz/7900GTX 3d01 34k
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09-06-2005, 07:09 PM	#11
wallijonn PHX Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Phoenix Posts: 2,569	Since it's an AMD the memory should be single sided. So while most DDR2 512MB sticks are SS, many DDRI 512MB mem sticks are DS, double sided. (The Patriot site just went down for maintenance, so I can't look at the spec sheets.) __________________ D875PBZLK, MAC G4-933
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