Poor Man's RAM Thread

Post by **KillerByte** » 21 Apr 2006, 11:25

Are you running on a budget?

Can you only afford Value RAM?

Shame...

Let the world see what awesome timings you are getting when you OC your RAM.

My RAM is Corsair Value Select DDR400, I have 2x 512 (Dual). At its stock speed of 400 i'm able to get these amazing timings 2.5-3-3-5-2

At 420 I get 2.5-3-3-6-3

Lets compare

Post by **maxxis** » 21 Apr 2006, 11:41

Wow. With 4 sticks @ 416 I get 2.5|3|3|8

Post by **KillerByte** » 21 Apr 2006, 11:49

i enjoy OCing with my Asus mobo. If i go too far then it justs sits there. Flick off the power leave it for 5 minutes, turn it back on a presto, a nice on screen error message, Then back into the BIOS change a few things and my pc is back up and running.

Post by **maxxis** » 21 Apr 2006, 11:54

I love that. Never need to reset the bios. I did that once. Crap place to put a reset jumper. Have to take out the bottom card.

johankirsten · Post by **johankirsten** » 21 Apr 2006, 11:55

Yeah, that's a great feature...

Only problem is, my Asus mobo resets all settings in the BIOS, so I have to go and reset everything to what it should be!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 21 Apr 2006, 11:56

Wow, those are REALLY good timings for value RAM, really really good timings.

Post by **KillerByte** » 21 Apr 2006, 12:15

i had seriously good luck with my chips.

They are so no name is not even funny. Usually the chips have smaung written on them. Mine are blank.

*Me hopes me got the chips intended for the XMS Range* he he he

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 21 Apr 2006, 12:21

Yea dude, be greatful. Those timings on Value RAM are very very rare. What voltage are you giving that RAM?

Post by **KillerByte** » 21 Apr 2006, 12:25

wait for it...

I have left the voltage at the stock setting.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 21 Apr 2006, 12:26

Sick, and at what speed is the RAM running?

Post by **KillerByte** » 21 Apr 2006, 12:34

i have it running at 400. It was late last night so I never had a chance to OC the speed, just the timings.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 21 Apr 2006, 12:36

Well, up the speed and see how far you can get it...

cYcLIc · Post by **cYcLIc** » 21 Apr 2006, 13:28

Corsair Value ram overclocks like a beast. I recommend it to all.

http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showt ... hp?t=46085

Edit: Scroll down and read the posts. 1 guy has DDR510 @ 2.5-3-3-7 1T on the 512mb modules.

My stick is also great. 450mhz (DDR441) @ 2.5-3-3-8 2T on a budget mobo. I definately think it can go much further but I'll do that whenI have time to buy heat spreaders.

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 21 Apr 2006, 14:35

I run my 2GBs of Kingston KVR (value RAM) at DDR460 3-4-4-8 1T. Haven't even tried to tweak them or play with the timings yet. My 3 year old Samsung 256MB sticks could do DDR480 with relaxed timings so I'm sure these could do a bit more.

Post by **KillerByte** » 21 Apr 2006, 14:51

i don't even have heat spreaders. I wonder what my temps of my RAM is.

cYcLIc · Post by **cYcLIc** » 21 Apr 2006, 15:03

Ya. I also don't wanna know.

johankirsten · Post by **johankirsten** » 23 Apr 2006, 10:50

Corsair ValueSelect 2 * 512MB DDR400:
2.5-3-3-6 running at standard volts

johankirsten · Post by **johankirsten** » 26 Apr 2006, 00:37

johankirsten wrote:Corsair ValueSelect 2 * 512MB DDR400:
2.5-3-3-6 running at standard volts

UPDATE:
2-3-3-6

Post by **KillerByte** » 26 Apr 2006, 09:03

congrats

johankirsten · Post by **johankirsten** » 26 Apr 2006, 16:19

KillerByte wrote:congrats

Thanx, I'm really impressed with this memory. No problem at all so far...

DarkStar · Post by **DarkStar** » 26 Apr 2006, 19:54

Oh you lucky sun of guns.

My mobo doesn't let me change the timings (and I'm too scared to OC)

cYcLIc · Post by **cYcLIc** » 26 Apr 2006, 20:15

johankirsten wrote:
johankirsten wrote:Corsair ValueSelect 2 * 512MB DDR400:
2.5-3-3-6 running at standard volts
UPDATE:
2-3-3-6

1 more for Corsair VS 512mb. Keep pushing baby. I don't wanna push mine to much as I have a Value mobo. Is it memtest86+ stable for at least 8 hours.

johankirsten · Post by **johankirsten** » 26 Apr 2006, 21:37

cYcLIc wrote:
johankirsten wrote:
johankirsten wrote:Corsair ValueSelect 2 * 512MB DDR400:
2.5-3-3-6 running at standard volts
UPDATE:
2-3-3-6
1 more for Corsair VS 512mb. Keep pushing baby. I don't wanna push mine to much as I have a Value mobo. Is it memtest86+ stable for at least 8 hours.

I've used the machine as it is with the timings for a day now but I'm also OC'ing my CPU from 2500+ to 3200+. So I have to either clock my RAM to 2.5 or clock my CPU to 2500+ to run it stable when playing games, else for working in Windows, the PC runs fine. Haven't played with the RAM volts yet, so I think if I can do that, it should run fine at 3200+ and 2-3-3-6. I'll try it tomorrow cause I haven't got the time now, then I'll run memtest and post the valid results...

Post by **KillerByte** » 28 Apr 2006, 10:00

i have successfully got my corsair ram to be

2-3-3-5-2

yeah!!!

VoodooProphetII · Post by **VoodooProphetII** » 28 Apr 2006, 10:52

I still havemy two sticks Trancend (which most ppl will say is crap) with Samsung UCCC chips on AFAIK.... I got the memory up to 2.5 3 3 8 T1 @ 233 (DDR466).