A-Data 4GB (2x2GB) 800MHz DDR2 $69 Shipped

[SirKronan]

IN STOCK AGAIN!! Still in my system running strong, too!!! A GREAT BUY!

No more free shipping, but it's only $6.


At Fry's.com. I have two sticks of this in my 680i. Got it overclocked to 960MHz at 1.9v. Very stable and still cool to the touch. Well-built heat sinks. I really like them, and I haven't seen a better deal than this anywhere without a rebate. $69 bucks for 4gb shipped. If your mobo supports it, there's not reason not to get 4GB!! Vista 64-bit really flies for me. Fast load times, boot time, better gaming performance. I notice an improvement even over 3 gigs with my setup, so... enjoy. Should post fine in most new intel boards, as it's CAS 5 800MHz at 1.8 volts. It's not the most overclockable stuff out there, but it's fine for that price, and pretty decent for 2GB chips.

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5475029


PERFORMANCE UPDATE:

I have a total of 8GB now running on my 680i board at 1000MHz, only at 1.95v, too. I am also testing a tad tighter timings, too. So far so good running 5-5-5-15 (vs. stock 5-5-5-18). This ram has been fantastic, so far. I've got the OCZ memory cooler on it.

UPDATE #2:
Passed all testing at 5-5-5-15 just fine. Also, they got some more in today, but it's already OOS AGAIN!! BAH!

UPDATE #3:
Back in stock, but no longer shipped for free. Sorry. Still a hot deal!

UPDATE #4:
It's also available from Newegg for $76.99 shipped. Same price, basically, but better for those of you that prefer to order from the egg.

Link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188

[SirKronan]

I have a question though... Is DDR2 going to keep dropping?? Should I wait even longer?? Or has it reached its bottom. DDR isn't dropping anymore, it seems like now, in fact, almost seems as if price is slowly going back up... Will this happen to DDR2 soon? Or not until DDR3 is way cheaper than it is now? I am just curious.

[tpfaff]

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5475029
what are the timings?

[SirKronan]

http://shop1.outpost.com/product/5475029
what are the timings?

If they are like the sticks I have, and they look identical - 5-5-5-18 stock timings. When I only had one stick in I could run it at CAS 4 with stock 1.8 voltage. With two sticks I can't seem to run lower latency, but I can run higher MHz with just a slight increase to 1.9.

[Patrick Bateman]

It's these then?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188

Hmm. Tough decision. I'm planning to OC an E8400 to 4ghz if I can manage it at a good temp -- requires the bus speed at 445. Though that's only a 11% OC so it should be manageable.

[SirKronan]

It's these then?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188

Hmm. Tough decision. I'm planning to OC an E8400 to 4ghz if I can manage it at a good temp -- requires the bus speed at 445. Though that's only a 11% OC so it should be manageable.

Yeah, looks like them anyways. It doesn't matter if you can run them unlinked, you should be fine.

[Grimlaking]

Soo tempting to order two kits and max out my mobo... so very very tempting!

[loccdawg123]

is this a good buy? or should i wait for a better company to release 2x2 sticks?

[loccdawg123]

nvm i jumped lol

[xp3nd4bl3]

Craaaaaap!! Do I need 8GB? I know I want 8GB, but do I need it? Hmm....

[cesium666]

I have a question though... Is DDR2 going to keep dropping?? Should I wait even longer?? Or has it reached its bottom. DDR isn't dropping anymore, it seems like now, in fact, almost seems as if price is slowly going back up... Will this happen to DDR2 soon? Or not until DDR3 is way cheaper than it is now? I am just curious.

DDR prices stopped dropping AGES ago.

DDR2 is at its bottom. There have been recent reports that the DRAM manufacturers are pushing to significantly increase the price of the chips, due to all the money they are losing.

[SirKronan]

DDR prices stopped dropping AGES ago.

DDR2 is at its bottom. There have been recent reports that the DRAM manufacturers are pushing to significantly increase the price of the chips, due to all the money they are losing.

Gee whiz... I guess I'll go for my second set today then.... thanks for the tip, cesium. These are good sticks. I would put them over PNY and they have responded to tech support emails I've sent them. I just had general product/performance questions. (they need to work on their website a tad, though. I get javascript errors in any web browser other than IE.)

[NemesisBLK]

Jumped on this on Wednesday when they restocked. This A-Data RAM is selling fast so if you want 4GB for cheap I would go for it. I got free shipping with my order also. Reviews on NewEgg are extremely positive for this RAM last time I checked. Great deal.

[ir0nw0lf]

I have been using this brand of DDR2-800 in all my new builds at work for the last year or so. Of all the 2x1GB kits (>200) I have used, only one was DOA/bad. For a normally running system, they are good modules. I wouldn't know anything about overclocking them or trying to run them with tighter/faster timings.

[blairellis]

I've currently got a 1GB kit in my rig now. They are very nice for what they are. Not the best overclockers by any means but if you are just looking to load up on memory, don't hesitate.

Also didn't see anyone post it, but these are the specs from newegg.com (who btw is at 89.99 to give you a comparison - 20 bucks more than this):

Model
Brand A-DATA
Model ADQVE1B16K
Type 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM

Tech Spec
Capacity 4GB(2 x 2GB)
Speed DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Cas Latency 5
Timing 5-5-5-18
Voltage 1.8V
Heat Spreader Yes
Recommend Use High Performance or Gaming Memory

[annaconda]

Good to see prices are coming down fast. Now we need to bring down DDR3 under $100 :D

[poopy]

With A-Data, is it true that you have to send your memory to Taiwan if it fails?

[JohnnyNapalm]

Not the cheapest I've seen it, but still a great deal on great ram.

[SirKronan]

With A-Data, is it true that you have to send your memory to Taiwan if it fails?

I'll check on that one and get back to you...

[SirKronan]

Not the cheapest I've seen it, but still a great deal on great ram.

You've seen a 2x2GB kit cheaper than $69 with free shipping without having to use a mail in rebate? And at these speeds & timings (at least) with metal heat spreaders included? I'm just curious.

[SirKronan]

Just ordered my set today. I'll let you know as soon as I get it whether they really are the same sticks as newegg and the ones I already have.

[SirKronan]

Still $69.99!! Get 'em while they're hot ...:D

[SirKronan]

BUMP just in case anyone still needs 4 or 8 GB of good, inexpensive ram without the hassle of mail in rebates, AND with free shipping.

[eddie500]

The timings say 5-5-5-18, What is that 18?

I see most other memory 5-5-5-15.

[NTJedi]

The timings say 5-5-5-18, What is that 18?

I see most other memory 5-5-5-15.

For only $10 more the patriot ram is a great deal, with lower timings, and more friendly OC. Toms hardware also recommends patriot ram compared to others.


http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1031941340#post1031941340

[SirKronan]

2nd set arrived today. Way early. GJ, Fry's on shipping! It is in fact the same memory I bought on newegg. Same color, same heatsink, same exact product numbers on chips. Identical... I'm installing it right now... booting windows... we'll see how it works in the 680i ...

[SirKronan]

2nd set appears to work fine... 3D mark score went down by like 5 points... what the heck!!! I'll look into that. Shoulda stayed the same, if not a tad higher. Timings, voltages, MHz all the same. Might be a teenie stability issue ... more volts perhaps? I'm only at 1.9v right now overclocked to 888MHz at stock 5 5 5 18 timings - manually set, as auto throws them all over the place for some reason... Will bump up to 1.95v when memory cooler gets here. Anyhoo, so far so good. Now to look into that ramdisk for photoshop....

[chaikovski2002]

Let me know how thats going with 680i, I have evga680i and this is tempting to go for 8 gigs and finally install vista ultimate 64 bit thats been sitting here since last summer.

[Blazestorm]

2nd set appears to work fine... 3D mark score went down by like 5 points... what the heck!!! I'll look into that. Shoulda stayed the same, if not a tad higher. Timings, voltages, MHz all the same. Might be a teenie stability issue ... more volts perhaps? I'm only at 1.9v right now overclocked to 888MHz at stock 5 5 5 18 timings - manually set, as auto throws them all over the place for some reason... Will bump up to 1.95v when memory cooler gets here. Anyhoo, so far so good. Now to look into that ramdisk for photoshop....

I've never had a 3D mark score bench exactly the same every time... :rolleyes: Don't worry about it :)

[SirKronan]

Let me know how thats going with 680i, I have evga680i and this is tempting to go for 8 gigs and finally install vista ultimate 64 bit thats been sitting here since last summer.

Just got done playing 2 hrs straight of BF2142 w/very high graphics settings. No problems, glitches, BSOD's or the like. Everything seems to work fine with all 8GB installed with my slight overclockage... I'll have you know that once I get my ram cooler installed, I'm gonna push these a little harder and see what they're made of... (probably won't go over 2.1v - max 24/7 voltage will be 2.0, just gonna raise a little for benchmarking purposes)

So far no heat issues at my current settings, either. Passed orthos just fine. Haven't ran prime yet. I'll keep you all posted.

About the 3Dmark ... I would imagine that you'd expect a margin of error of +/- 50 to 100 when your scores are in the 10,000's. I just hoped it would go UP a tad with the extra memory to play with. I know most apps won't utilize half that, but I figured if windows has everything it needs, all other processes have all the RAM they need, plus full video card memory is still enabled thanks to 64-bit environment .... 3D mark would have free reign of all the RAM it could possibly need without having to clear any old pagefiles or buffers... Anyhoo. Still a respectable score. I'll keep you all posted with more overclocking volts. I don't recommend overclocking any RAM that you care about without a nice fan or cooler for it.

[ZoNtO]

So here's my question:

On the fry's website it says that they are a (512 mbit) configuration 64 x8 right? Here on the Intel site (http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dg33tl/sb/CS-026654.htm) for my motherboard memory configuration under Supported DIMM Configuration, for 512 mbit it says that the maximum size DIMM it can take is 1GB.

I'm thinking bout ordering this set to replace 4 1GB corsair sticks that only do 5-5-5-18 @ 1.9v, but this has me worried! Any ideas?

[SirKronan]

So here's my question:

On the fry's website it says that they are a (512 mbit) configuration 64 x8 right? Here on the Intel site (http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dg33tl/sb/CS-026654.htm) for my motherboard memory configuration under Supported DIMM Configuration, for 512 mbit it says that the maximum size DIMM it can take is 1GB.

I'm thinking bout ordering this set to replace 4 1GB corsair sticks that only do 5-5-5-18 @ 1.9v, but this has me worried! Any ideas?

That ram should work on that board. It meets the requirements, anyways. It supports 2GB double sided dimms. You'll be fine. It meets the stock voltage, timings, and MHz recommendations of that board too. So far my 8 gigs are working good on my board, even though it's the 680i, which is finicky about 8GB of ram...

Edit:

I just ran memtest all last night and this morning - 4 total passes - all with no failures. All four sticks installed - total of 8 usable gigabytes, and that was with a slight overclock to 888MHz. This is good ram. I haven't ran memtest at my higher 1000MHz overclock yet, though. I'm a little nervous because memtest really stresses the ram a bunch, but I probably will when I get my voltages tuned a little better...

[ZoNtO]

So I suppose now my question is this:

I'm running these 4 1gb sticks of corsair and they pass memtest with flying colors, but occasionally I'll get explorer.exe crashes in windows vista, and when I shut down or restart sometimes there will be referenced memory errors. Does that point towards the RAM? I've disabled all non-microsoft shell extensions except iTunes, SP1 rc refresh 1 installed, etc...

I'm thinking it's that 1.9v bullcrap on the XMS. They probably stuck heatspreaders on some pc5400 and called it 6400...

[SirKronan]

So I suppose now my question is this:

I'm running these 4 1gb sticks of corsair and they pass memtest with flying colors, but occasionally I'll get explorer.exe crashes in windows vista, and when I shut down or restart sometimes there will be referenced memory errors. Does that point towards the RAM? I've disabled all non-microsoft shell extensions except iTunes, SP1 rc refresh 1 installed, etc...

I'm thinking it's that 1.9v bullcrap on the XMS. They probably stuck heatspreaders on some pc5400 and called it 6400...

I really doubt it's memory related. I'm having some minor issues and an occasional Prime95 error running all four slots on my Vista machine too. I'm working on tracing it though. I'm going to adjust voltages and other settings and see if it's a CPU problem, NB, SB problem, voltage problem, or Vista problem with addressing the 8 gigs, even though it's 64 bit ultimate. Although the latter might be hard to track down...

[mickster]

I'm running these with a Q6600, IP35-Pro and Vista Business 64 bit at 340 stable...probably get higher but I've got other projects working now so fine tuning will come later.
I did nudge the voltage up to 1.90 and using loose timings.

This is a great deal!
...and no damned rebates!

[SirKronan]

I'm running these with a Q6600, IP35-Pro and Vista Business 64 bit at 340 stable...probably get higher but I've got other projects working now so fine tuning will come later.
I did nudge the voltage up to 1.90 and using loose timings.

This is a great deal!
...and no damned rebates!

That's the best part. Free shipping and no rebate to have to send in.

[j0j081]

A-DATA's ram with better timings is actually even faster than Crucial Ballistix and more reliable to. Too bad these sticks are only the reg ones but still a good deal.

[SirKronan]

Yeah, but for $69 and no rebate hassle... a nice buy. By the way. WHAT THE CRAP??? At 1.9v I was stable at 888MHz on this ram with all eight gigs. Passed memtest and all that crap for hours! I tried to push it back up to 1000MHz still linked. I tried it at 2.0 and it threw a few errors. I tried it at 2.1v, and it threw more errors, but still few. I set it to 2.2v and it started throwing HUNDREDS of errors. So I was thinking, what is going on with this ram??? I set voltage to 1.85v just for fun, it only threw 4 errors in the test, but I want ZERO errors. So I tried one last setting last night - 1.95v. WOW. Magic number!!! 3 passes of all 9 tests and not one single error! Can't wait to see if this improves benches at all..... I can't believe I've got this stuff at 1000MHz, still at stock 5-5-5-18 timings on only 1.95v. This is truly power efficient memory, and I'm running all eight gigs on my 680i right now as I post this.

[mickster]

Gr8 info!
Thanks SirKronan!!!
Which OS are you running?

[SirKronan]

Gr8 info!
Thanks SirKronan!!!
Which OS are you running?

Vista 64-bit Ultimate. Runs great.


Also, I decided to post a little narrative about my overclocking experience with this memory that I had posted on the 8GB thread:

"I've had fun overclocking mine. Just so you know, I pulled some late hours to see if I could pull 1000MHz with these A-Data 800 sticks. First I tried 2.0v. I figured since it ran good at 888MHz with 1.9 volts, 2.0 would give it even more voltage overhead to run faster. Ran memtest and on the 4th test, 1st pass it threw like 4 or 5 errors. Figured maybe it needed 2.1v, so I changed it, ran memtest again, and it threw like 8 or 9 errors. I thought to myself, "Man this is some power-hungry memory.... " But I have my nice ram cooler installed so I figured it was safe to give 2.2v a try! Big mistake. Ran memtest and in like 6 seconds it was already up to 1300+ ERRORS!!! I screamed, "NO NO!! I'm frying my RAM!! RESET RESET AARGGHH!!! CRAP!!"

I decided that maybe by some freak of nature less might be more.... So I tried 1.85v. Ran memtest, threw like 3 errors. I thought to myself, "not too bad...BUT I WANT ZERO ERRORS!" So I tried 1.95v. My motherboard and BIOS have precise memory voltage increments, which helped give me more specific settings to try. Turns out that 1.95v is a real sweet spot! After 4 passes of memtest and ZERO errors on any of the tests, I set a new speed/stability record with my rig. Ran Prime95 with memory and cpu intensive tests, again NO errors, even with hours of runtime. YAY!!

This is the memory I have:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1264468

I have two sets of it and it's been a blast so far. This is the memory cooler I use to keep it cool:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835202003

Works great and looks sexy, but a little too much shiny brightness for me. I'm going to spray paint it black. It'll match my mobo's black PCB that way.

1.95v isn't that far above the stock 1.8v. And I'm still running it at stock 5-5-5-18 timings. 1.95v is quite low and good for a 25% MHz overclock, and I don't even have to sacrifice my timings. Now the test will be time. How long will it hold up at those speeds/voltages? And how will my 680i handle the higher voltage output to the ram? I think I'll be fine, because the 680i is known to have problems more in the 2.3v to 2.4v range from what I've read. And my ram is still cool to the touch, especially under the memory cooler which is quiet, and pushes a lot of air. Kinda hard to mount, but does a great job. (I put a makeshift clear plastic shield under it, not because I think it will fall, but just in case it does I don't want it to fry my 8800GT right underneath it.)"

[mickster]

More goodness!
The link for the mem cooler doesn't work.
I'll give the 1.95V a shot and see what hoppins.

[SirKronan]

More goodness!
The link for the mem cooler doesn't work.
I'll give the 1.95V a shot and see what hoppins.

Fixed:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835202003

How's it going with 1.95?

[ZoNtO]

The title says 69 shipped but shipping wasn't included when I added it to the cart. Did that change or was it always like that? 7 for ground, 10 for 2nd day.

[ajacy]

I ordered on Monday and it was free shipping.

Doesn't seem to be the case as of today.

[SirKronan]

The title says 69 shipped but shipping wasn't included when I added it to the cart. Did that change or was it always like that? 7 for ground, 10 for 2nd day.

I dunno what's up. For some reason it's not letting me use my login credentials today...

[ZoNtO]

Dangit that sucks, I really wanted to get for 70...

[Danny Bui]

Still a good deal at $80 shipped (For Californians)

[Invalid]

I just put it in my computer and its only showing I have 3580MB of ram...is this right?

[Danny Bui]

I just put it in my computer and its only showing I have 3580MB of ram...is this right?

Yes. You have a 32bit OS and a 32bit OS can only address/use 4GB of RAM minus what the system uses (VRAM, etc). So that reading is right.

If you want to use all 4GB of RAM, switch to a 64bit OS like Vista 64bit or Linux 64bit or XP 64bit.

[BURNTOIL3372]

how well does this ram overclock?

[kingj]

Yes. You have a 32bit OS and a 32bit OS can only address/use 4GB of RAM minus what the system uses (VRAM, etc). So that reading is right.

If you want to use all 4GB of RAM, switch to a 64bit OS like Vista 64bit or Linux 64bit or XP 64bit.

Exactly what he said. I went ahead and tossed one stick to my friend who was in need of a 2 gig upgrade while keeping the other 2gig stick to myself for Windows XP. I just can't stand the bugs and glitches with Windows Vista at the moment so I'll wait until microsoft releases a SP2 of Vista to see if at least most of its issues are tweaked. ;)

[SirKronan]

how well does this ram overclock?

Here is my overclocking experience, as quoted earlier:

"I've had fun overclocking mine. Just so you know, I pulled some late hours to see if I could pull 1000MHz with these A-Data 800 sticks. First I tried 2.0v. I figured since it ran good at 888MHz with 1.9 volts, 2.0 would give it even more voltage overhead to run faster. Ran memtest and on the 4th test, 1st pass it threw like 4 or 5 errors. Figured maybe it needed 2.1v, so I changed it, ran memtest again, and it threw like 8 or 9 errors. I thought to myself, "Man this is some power-hungry memory.... " But I have my nice ram cooler installed so I figured it was safe to give 2.2v a try! Big mistake. Ran memtest and in like 6 seconds it was already up to 1300+ ERRORS!!! I screamed, "NO NO!! I'm frying my RAM!! RESET RESET AARGGHH!!! CRAP!!"

I decided that maybe by some freak of nature less might be more.... So I tried 1.85v. Ran memtest, threw like 3 errors. I thought to myself, "not too bad...BUT I WANT ZERO ERRORS!" So I tried 1.95v. My motherboard and BIOS have precise memory voltage increments, which helped give me more specific settings to try. Turns out that 1.95v is a real sweet spot! After 4 passes of memtest and ZERO errors on any of the tests, I set a new speed/stability record with my rig. Ran Prime95 with memory and cpu intensive tests, again NO errors, even with hours of runtime. YAY!!

This is the memory I have:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1264468

I have two sets of it and it's been a blast so far. This is the memory cooler I use to keep it cool:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835202003

Works great and looks sexy, but a little too much shiny brightness for me. I'm going to spray paint it black. It'll match my mobo's black PCB that way.

1.95v isn't that far above the stock 1.8v. And I'm still running it at stock 5-5-5-18 timings. 1.95v is quite low and good for a 25% MHz overclock, and I don't even have to sacrifice my timings. Now the test will be time. How long will it hold up at those speeds/voltages? And how will my 680i handle the higher voltage output to the ram? I think I'll be fine, because the 680i is known to have problems more in the 2.3v to 2.4v range from what I've read. And my ram is still cool to the touch, especially under the memory cooler which is quiet, and pushes a lot of air. Kinda hard to mount, but does a great job. (I put a makeshift clear plastic shield under it, not because I think it will fall, but just in case it does I don't want it to fry my 8800GT right underneath it.)"

[Dataman]

Newegg has it lots higher. DDR2 has hit rock bottom and on the way back up. I got my 2 sets for Future Build (Month or so when E8400 drops).

DM

[future145]

awesome deal
bought a pair for e8400 build

was like $7 shipping tho but still a steal

[Tyro!]

Just ordered mine, $80 shipped+tax still seems pretty reasonable to me.

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Corsair 2x2GB TwinX DDR2-800 @ 1.8V :

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0274412

$59.99 + shipping (~$5) after MIR. Just ordered one kit to replace my TwinX 4x1GB (going to FS/FT).

[SirKronan]

Corsair 2x2GB TwinX DDR2-800 @ 1.8V :

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0274412

$59.99 + shipping (~$5) after MIR. Just ordered one kit to replace my TwinX 4x1GB (going to FS/FT).

That's a good deal, but requires a mail-in-rebate. Fortunately corsair has been more faithful to me in rebates than EVGA has... You should be fine. They're a good company. (not that EVGA isn't, I just have no faith in EVGA rebates. I still do in corsair.)

[piratepress]

I just picked up a set. I'm interested to bench the 2x2GB A-Data modules against the 4x1GB G.Skill I have in my system. Whichever is better I'll keep and sell the other. :D

[PaHick]

I ordered a set saturday. I always had good luck with Adata so im sure these will work out ok. Im a little po'd about the shipping though. Ordered second day, and DHL just picked them up today :mad:. I wont see them til thursday at the soonest :(

[oboyco]

Just ordered a pair, I think ddr2 ram has reached the lowest price point now

[SirKronan]

I ordered a set saturday. I always had good luck with Adata so im sure these will work out ok. Im a little po'd about the shipping though. Ordered second day, and DHL just picked them up today :mad:. I wont see them til thursday at the soonest :(

I just did standard shipping and they got here in 2 business days!! I wouldn't pay for extra shipping, unless it's an emergency or something. Fry's shipping is good. I don't even have one in my state. This ram is still being rock solid for me, even with 8GB in a 680i mobo, and with a 25% overclock! I couldn't be happier for 70 bucks.... (x2 of course! 8 GB of memory bliss!)

[ZoNtO]

Ordered mine on Monday, was shipped on Monday. I look forward to installing it, and the nice red heatsinks will go nicely with my HD3850 card! :) Thanks for the heads up on the deal OP, and for your help SirKronan!

[SirKronan]

Ordered mine on Monday, was shipped on Monday. I look forward to installing it, and the nice red heatsinks will go nicely with my HD3850 card! :) Thanks for the heads up on the deal OP, and for your help SirKronan!

You're welcome. I hope they work good for you. Are you going to overclock them? What motherboard do you have? I'm thinking of trying to push them just a little harder - for benchmarking, not for my 24/7. I think I've found my stable 24/7 settings. I want to see if they'll run at 1066. That would be insanely impressive for a 4GB $70 set to run at 1066. Especially two of them at the same time. And on the finicky 680i to boot! Honestly I couldn't be much happier than I am now, though. They are running so good linked at 1000MHz, and I only had to give them 1.95 volts. That's still low voltage. I doubt they'll ever get hot with the memory cooler I have on them.

[ZoNtO]

I'm just going to put these in my Intel DG33TL motherboard that came with my Retail Edge bundle this year. I have some Corsair stuff in there now that is running without errors, but it's rated at 1.9v and I have 4 1GB sticks. I figure I can get this now and run 2x2GB, and then later if I want/need to upgrade RAM for Vista x64 then I can. I'm not losing any money selling the Corsair stuff so I figured I might as well. It will also match my 3850 since it's red so that's a plus, especially since I don't have a case window and will never see it! :)

No overclocking allowed on Intel boards, but if I ever upgrade to an Asus micro-atx board for my HTPC I would consider it. The quad core's already running a tad warm in the HTPC case though...

[SirKronan]

I'm just going to put these in my Intel DG33TL motherboard that came with my Retail Edge bundle this year. I have some Corsair stuff in there now that is running without errors, but it's rated at 1.9v and I have 4 1GB sticks. I figure I can get this now and run 2x2GB, and then later if I want/need to upgrade RAM for Vista x64 then I can. I'm not losing any money selling the Corsair stuff so I figured I might as well. It will also match my 3850 since it's red so that's a plus, especially since I don't have a case window and will never see it! :)

No overclocking allowed on Intel boards, but if I ever upgrade to an Asus micro-atx board for my HTPC I would consider it. The quad core's already running a tad warm in the HTPC case though...

Oh, it should run great in that board. That board natively supports 1.8v, 800MHz, AND 8GB in the 4x2GB configuration. It should be very happy with that memory, which seems to be very power efficient. I've seen more expensive 2x2GB kits that require 2.0 volts to run at 1000MHz with CAS 5. Make sure you test each stick individually in memtest if you have time. It's just good practice, even if everything is at stock settings. Then test both sticks together. I hope you like that ram a lot! When you put in four sticks someday I would also put in the OCZ ore Corsair memory cooler just to extend the life of your memory. I think that's a good idea whenever you're running all four sticks, especially with the density of 2GB per stick.

[[H]'er]

I bit, no free shipping :(

[SirKronan]

'er;1032027083"]I bit, no free shipping :(

How much have you guys been paying for shipping? It's still the best 2x2GB deal that I know of that comes without having to send in a mail in rebate. (@800MHz w/CAS 5 and 1.8v + heat spreaders & Lifetime warranty).

[ThatDood]

How much have you guys been paying for shipping? It's still the best 2x2GB deal that I know of that comes without having to send in a mail in rebate. (@800MHz w/CAS 5 and 1.8v + heat spreaders & Lifetime warranty).

Ordered monday shipping to texas $6.66

[ZoNtO]

Got my ram today, I paid for the 2 day shipping. I figure 3 bucks is worth it so I can ship the stuff it's replacing to the man that bought it quicker. So far it's run 800% on memtest at stock voltages and clocks with 0 errors. Nice. The Intel DG33TL picked it right up, installed it in dual channel mode (mental note: match the DIMM colors) and it gets the same 5.7 score as my Corsair stuff at the same settings. Plenty happy, and have the flexibility to upgrade the board to 8GB if the need ever arises.

Awesome!

[SirKronan]

Got my ram today, I paid for the 2 day shipping. I figure 3 bucks is worth it so I can ship the stuff it's replacing to the man that bought it quicker. So far it's run 800% on memtest at stock voltages and clocks with 0 errors. Nice. The Intel DG33TL picked it right up, installed it in dual channel mode (mental note: match the DIMM colors) and it gets the same 5.7 score as my Corsair stuff at the same settings. Plenty happy, and have the flexibility to upgrade the board to 8GB if the need ever arises.

Awesome!

Sweet! Glad it's working solid for you. Please update when you bump up to 8GB....

[gramarye]

How are these in comparison with the other 4gb deals going around, for example:

Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB PC-6400 DDR2 Memory Kit [TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX]
5-5-5-18, 1.8v

mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) [996557]
5-5-5-18, 1.8v

mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 [996587]
5-4-4-12, 1.8v

Patriot DDR2 4GB PC6400 DUAL LLK PATRIOT [PDC24G6400LLK]
4-4-4-12

Patriot DDR2 4GB PC6400 DUAL PATRIOT [PDC24G6400ELK]
5-5-5-12

OCZ 4GB PC6400 DUAL C4 OCZ [OCZ2N800SR4GK]
5-4-4-15, 2.1v

OCZ 4GB DDR2 PC2-6400 DUAL CHANNEL KIT/ (2X2GB)
5-6-6-15, 1.8-2.0 Volts


They're all around the general price range...

[ZoNtO]

Just remember rebates of course. I've never been a fan of OCZ memory, other people swear by it, I find it rather ridiculous that their stuff requires so much voltage. Out of what you listed, I like the Corsair DHX c5 stuff myself,

[nilepez]

How are these in comparison with the other 4gb deals going around, for example:

mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 [996587]
5-4-4-12, 1.8v

Patriot DDR2 4GB PC6400 DUAL LLK PATRIOT [PDC24G6400LLK]
4-4-4-12

They're all around the general price range...

Where can you the patriot PDC24G6400LLK for anything close to 70 bucks?

[SirKronan]

The Mushkin stuff:

mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 [996587]
5-4-4-12, 1.8v

Sounds fast and voltage efficient, which is important. Timings are a tad tighter than the A-Data. But where are you going to find it for $70 without mail-in-rebates? Those mushkin sticks (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731) are $95 AFTER a $30 mail in rebate on newegg vs $70 and no rebates for the A-Data. Your extra $55 you spend (25 a.r.) is not going to give you a justifiable speed increase in my opinion. And this A-Data ram seems to overclock with very little voltage increase. The more expensive G-Skill kit (newegg has it on sale right now for $89) requires 2.0 volts to run at 1000MHz with CAS 5. The A-Data pulls that off with only 1.95 volts. So far it's been fantastic memory for me. Memtest after memtest it refuses to throw a single error.

On a side note, for those of you that fancy mail in rebates, newegg now has this memory on sale for $63 with free shipping after a $20 mail in rebate.

EDIT
Link here: NO NO ALERT ALERT!!! BAD SIRKRONAN!!! This link is to the slower stuff. Don't buy!!!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211166

DON'T CLICK!!! Go for the 800 instead, unless you have to have the slower stuff. Then it's a fair deal, I suppose!
EDIT

There's a lot to be said for memory that performs well with only tiny increases in voltage. I think A-Data has some real winner sticks here. I know newegg isn't to be cited for technical reviews, but their reviews are a great indicator of DOA's and failure rate. Compared to other ram sticks I've owned and read reviews on, those A-Data sticks (117 reviews and counting) have one of the lowest numbers of DOA and compatibility complaints I've ever seen memory on newegg have (per capita). I think most will be pleased with this ram for Intel boards with stock settings, or for slight overclocks on budget enthusiast systems. Especially those that want 4GB now, but the ability to add more later.

[NTJedi]

Where can you the patriot PDC24G6400LLK for anything close to 70 bucks?

Even the patriot ELK provide better timings, better OC and were given a higher rating at Toms Hardware.... for only $10 extra. I picked up my patriot ram with free shipping from the link below:

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5200607?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

[SirKronan]

Even the patriot ELK provide better timings, better OC and were given a higher rating at Toms Hardware.... for only $10 extra. I picked up my patriot ram with free shipping from the link below:

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5200607?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

I will do some more research, but I believe that memory at Fry's is a little cheaper set than the one sold at newegg and reviewed at tom's. I saw a post about it on another thread. I'm sure it's still fantastic ram though, and if it really performs at better timings than this A-Data ram at the same voltage, it might be worth the 10 dollars extra to some. Again, thank you Fry's for those great ram deals. I'm glad so many people are having good luck with ram from them, including myself.

Correction:

It looks like the same set newegg sells for 100 bucks. But you won't get it to run at those timings and speeds at 1.8v. It's rated at 2.0v. Many boards (Intel especially) won't let you change the voltage by default, and run at 1.8v stock. At that voltage this 10 dollar more expensive ram will not outperform these A-Data sticks. If I crank 2.0v into my A-Data sticks I bet you they'll run even tighter than 5-5-5-12 at 800MHz than the Patriots.... I guess it depends on the individual sticks, too, but you can't compare 2.0v ram directly with 1.8v ram. The A-Data stuff remains a good deal.

[nilepez]

Even the patriot ELK provide better timings, better OC and were given a higher rating at Toms Hardware.... for only $10 extra. I picked up my patriot ram with free shipping from the link below:

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5200607?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Not sure when you bought it from Fry's, but there's currently no free shipping

[gramarye]

Just remember rebates of course. I've never been a fan of OCZ memory, other people swear by it, I find it rather ridiculous that their stuff requires so much voltage. Out of what you listed, I like the Corsair DHX c5 stuff myself,

Thanks for the input, I might take your recommendation.

Where can you the patriot PDC24G6400LLK for anything close to 70 bucks?

It was 79.99 for a few weeks (not to be confused with the other deal going on right now): http://shop4.outpost.com/product/5447899?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

But seems to be back up at 99.99. Not sure if I can recall above price was AR though.

That's a good deal, but requires a mail-in-rebate. Fortunately corsair has been more faithful to me in rebates than EVGA has... You should be fine. They're a good company. (not that EVGA isn't, I just have no faith in EVGA rebates. I still do in corsair.)

Corsair, out of all the experiences I've had, (Antec, Cooler Master, Creative), gets an A+ on rebate returns, they're quick too, and they'll make sure you get it. ;)

I just picked up a set. I'm interested to bench the 2x2GB A-Data modules against the 4x1GB G.Skill I have in my system. Whichever is better I'll keep and sell the other. :D

I'm interested in your bench results, if you could share them with us. I have a 4x1gb set myself, not too sure how it compares, but I think the timings are looser? Either way, let us know how it turns if you ever get around to it, thanks for sharing! :)

Just ordered a pair, I think ddr2 ram has reached the lowest price point now

Could they be even lower?!?! :eek:

[SirKronan]

Still more convenient to buy without having to send in rebates in the first place. I know many of us have had too many bad experiences with mail in rebates, and I just wanted to post a good deal without a rebate. I am glad that the deal (other than free shipping) is still going for those that haven't had a chance to order yet. Newegg has a similar deal, but requires a mail in rebate to get the sale. For $6 more (or 12 if you count shipping) I'd rather never have to deal with a rebate. You pay less up front.

[oboyco]

Sold out now at Frys.

On a side note, when I ordered it I paid for 2 day shipping on the 5th. Still not here, but is supposed to arrive today. Frys refunded my shipping cost, almost $10. DHL really sucks, second problem in a month with them.

[gramarye]

Sold out now at Frys.

On a side note, when I ordered it I paid for 2 day shipping on the 5th. Still not here, but is supposed to arrive today. Frys refunded my shipping cost, almost $10. DHL really sucks, second problem in a month with them.

If I can recall correctly, these A-DATAs have been sold out for quite some time, already since at least the beginning of last week. However, I made a call a day or two ago, these are still available in-store but for $74.99, No Rebate of course, but $5 more doesn't hurt it too much, it cost just as much shipping anyway.

[oboyco]

Still not a bad deal, however the tax can be a bit steep. But with DDR2 ram on the rise........

Just received mine, and I have a question, any benefit or problem with increasing voltage to 1.9v or higher? I have this and another Gskill 4gb kit with almost the same specs in my system, not ocing, but would like a bit of oompph

[jkerr2]

They still had stock up till Friday of last week. I ordered 2 and I just got mine today.
Thanks for the good deal.

[SirKronan]

Still not a bad deal, however the tax can be a bit steep. But with DDR2 ram on the rise........

Just received mine, and I have a question, any benefit or problem with increasing voltage to 1.9v or higher? I have this and another Gskill 4gb kit with almost the same specs in my system, not ocing, but would like a bit of oompph

I've got mine at 1.95v and it seems fine. Running at 1000MHz at stock 5-5-5-18 timings. I'm really impressed with that overclock for the price. And at only 1.95v it's really power efficient, too. I'm currently testing 5-5-5-15 timings as I write this. So far no errors. We'll see how it goes. I tried 1066MHz with 1.95v, and no go. Wouldn't even post. I'll try it with 2.0v when I get more ambitious, but it's really running good now. Everest benchmarks give it excellent scores, too. Fastest read time on the list, and like 5th fastest write time. Decent latency, too for such a high overclock and average timings. Good luck with your ram! If you don't want to overclock it, just see if it will run fine at 1.8v. 800 to 1000 is a substantial overclock, and I'm happy I attained that with this "budget" memory.

[SirKronan]

They still had stock up till Friday of last week. I ordered 2 and I just got mine today.
Thanks for the good deal.

Absolutely welcome. Hope they get more in stock soon. Is DDR2 really on the rise again?? Are our DDR2 heydays over??? awwww :(

[jetjaguar]

back in stock

[WalkedAirplane]

back in stock

Thanks, jumped on it myself. Somehow I ended up buying a 750gb HDD and a new motherboard with it :confused:

Damn you Frys.

[Ruckus]

Im wondering if I should jump on this and give my wife my 4 x 1GB sticks and get rid of the old 512 sticks.

[nilepez]

back in stock

Must have been very few sticks, because it's OOS now :(

[NOL1M1TMAN]

I jumped on a pair for my first venture into vista and so far they're great. No overclocking yet I havn't did that since 1700+ Tbred B's were the shit. But I love my 4GB of ram.

[mickster]

It sucks that it's OOS again!
I was going to jump on another pair but too late.
I received my $30 rebate check from A-DATA with today's mail from the NewEgg deal back in December...$99 w/FS plus a 4GB thumb drive = $69.99. The thumb drive is way small and really sweet...my wife's favorite
More A-DATA goodness

I'll get some more of this ram ASAP.

[oboyco]

Ruckus jump on it if it becomes available again, don't think we'll see ram this cheap.

[jetjaguar]

they have patriot ram with better timings for 10 dollars more

[SirKronan]

they have patriot ram with better timings for 10 dollars more

Are you talking about the $79 stuff? It runs at 2.0v. You run the A-Data at 1.95v and you'll get it just as fast as that patriot, without spending the extra 10 bucks. Some intel boards won't even let you set the voltage above 1.8v, which will not make that patriot ram quite as "happy." The patriot's a good deal, but I think the A-Data is just as good of a deal. The A-Data has almost the same performance with much lower voltage and a little lower price if you run it at stock settings.

[SirKronan]

For the record, I've now got mine running at 5-5-5-15 (instead of stock 5-5-5-18). Still at 1000MHz using 1.95 volts. That Patriot stuff might be able to run at those settings at 1.95 volts, but I doubt it. This A-Data stuff is hella efficient. I plan to test 5-5-5-12 next. I might even experiment with 4-4-4-12 or something while raising the voltage just a tad more ... we'll see if I get that adventurous, though. Runs really nice at 5-5-5-15 now. No erros, no lockups yet, even after hours of gaming and Prime95 testing. Gosh, this stuff is exciting. I can't believe it's only $69 for 4 gigs and runs at 1000MHz :D

[silent-circuit]

To those asking about "a better company" -- A-Data is one of the big OEMs. They're making the sticks you're paying the "better companies" for, and their warranty seems solid, so it's a moot point. If I had more than a few cents to my name right now I'd be pining over these being sold out.

[SirKronan]

To those asking about "a better company" -- A-Data is one of the big OEMs. They're making the sticks you're paying the "better companies" for, and their warranty seems solid, so it's a moot point. If I had more than a few cents to my name right now I'd be pining over these being sold out.

They have sold out now - TWICE. Hopefully they get some more back in stock soon, though. Weeeee!!

[gramarye]

To those asking about "a better company" -- A-Data is one of the big OEMs. They're making the sticks you're paying the "better companies" for, and their warranty seems solid, so it's a moot point. If I had more than a few cents to my name right now I'd be pining over these being sold out.

Thanks for the little info I wanted to know. I now know a bit about the company other than the headquarters I drive by everyday. Warranty is a key fact, do you happen to know which big companies they OEM for specifically?


They have sold out now - TWICE. Hopefully they get some more back in stock soon, though. Weeeee!!

Again, they're $5 more in-store. But yes, I hope they comeback up online, but minus well get 'em in store since there's a shipping cost.


Anyone buy 2 of these sets (4 sticks total)?

[SirKronan]

Thanks for the little info I wanted to know. I now know a bit about the company other than the headquarters I drive by everyday. Warranty is a key fact, do you happen to know which big companies they OEM for specifically?




Again, they're $5 more in-store. But yes, I hope they comeback up online, but minus well get 'em in store since there's a shipping cost.


Anyone buy 2 of these sets (4 sticks total)?

Yep. Running all four of them at 1000MHz at 1.95v and better than stock timings: 5-5-5-15 (vs. 5-5-5-18). Linked to overclocked CPU (3.33GHz Q6700) on a 680i abit 32x-Max motherboard. No errors, very stable, all 8GB recognized in Vista 64-bit. (I recommend an active memory cooler if you're going to overclock your memory above spec, though)

(see my sig in other posts if you want complete details of my build)

[SirKronan]

Because of the fantastic stability my system has had recently, I've decided I'm not pushing it hard enough yet! :p (And because I'm currently trading video cards and don't have the replacement yet, so no fun playing games on the 7600 after having an 8800 - hence, I'm spending time doing things other than gaming!)

I have climbed my system up to 3.4GHz still linked, thus memory is now at 1021MHz. I also inched voltage up to 1.975v (from 1.95). Currently running memtest to see if it throws any errors. Once I get the ram checked out ok, I'll hit up the processor stability tests again. I'll let you know if this stuff is stable anywhere above 1000MHz as soon as I know. I tried going straight to 1066 once, but had so much trouble even getting back into bios to tweak voltages that I've decided just to climb up incrementally. Slow and tedius, but so far it's going better, and that guarantees the max performance available with less risk. I'll keep you updated.

STILL OUT OF STOCK!! I'm sorry!! I have email notification sent as soon as it's back in, though.

[WalkedAirplane]

Just for all, I am getting 1000mhz out of these, very stable, at +0.1V.

VERY happy with them :)

[SirKronan]

Just for all, I am getting 1000mhz out of these, very stable, at +0.1V.

VERY happy with them :)

Thanks for the feedback! That's awesome. This really is great ram considering price especially. I'm climbing voltages just a tad at a time to see if I can reach 1021 stable (with the linked CPU at 3.4GHz) So far tests at 2.0 and 2.025 have thrown errors, although very few. Trying 2.05 now.

[disneytoy]

Hello!

How are you testing your ram? I bought 4gb A-Data. Never overclocked or tested ram. I tried memtest, but it says it can only test 1gb at a time? I'm running XP pro. Gigabyte GA P35-DS3L + e8400

Any advice

Thanks

max

[silent-circuit]

Memtest86 in DOS doesn't have a limit. That's what most use.

[SirKronan]

Hello!

How are you testing your ram? I bought 4gb A-Data. Never overclocked or tested ram. I tried memtest, but it says it can only test 1gb at a time? I'm running XP pro. Gigabyte GA P35-DS3L + e8400

Any advice

Thanks

max

Yeah, make the bootable CD. Mine tests all 8GB just fine.

[SirKronan]

Back in stock for those of you building 8GB rigs, or who just want the 2x2GB configuration for now. This is great memory, and it's still running solid as a rock in my system with a generous overclock, while only requiring 1.95v to do so!!! Don't know if it's still free shipping or not, but hit up this great deal if you want some quality DDR2 on the cheap! So far all postings of buyers have been positive, and the reviews on the egg (who sells it for more money currently) are extremely positive as well.

[Justintoxicated]

Tempted to buy these if mem is goign to jump back up, however by the time I build a new rig, it's likely DDR3 will be the standard. (Currently running Reg DDR on my opteron board).. Wish they would just come out with QDR or something already, adding extra numbers on the end is silly :P

[SirKronan]

Tempted to buy these if mem is goign to jump back up, however by the time I build a new rig, it's likely DDR3 will be the standard. (Currently running Reg DDR on my opteron board).. Wish they would just come out with QDR or something already, adding extra numbers on the end is silly :P

silly, but easy. They've got 4,5,6,7,8, and 9 available before they would reach the double digits, so they're good for another 3-5 years, I reckon. :p

[Justintoxicated]

silly, but easy. They've got 4,5,6,7,8, and 9 available before they would reach the double digits, so they're good for another 3-5 years, I reckon. :p

I dont think it shoudl take that long, there would be more to gain going quad data rate I would image than upping the FSB to crazy levels. Time will tell...I'm still happing with my Reg DDR speeds, C3 timings and PC4000 :)

[jetjaguar]

ordered 8gb just now .. no free shipping

[djgizmo]

damnit, these were OOS last week.

[SirKronan]

ordered 8gb just now .. no free shipping

Thank you. I updated the first post to include the shipping costs. Don't know how to update the name of the thread, though, or even if I can. I believe it's between $6 and $7 for most people to ship it.

[nilepez]

For some, it may be cheaper at newegg where it's 76.99 shipped.

If you're buying more than one kit, it's cheaper at frys, so long as you aren't paying taxes to for purchases from them and not to newegg.

I think I'm going to go with frys, because there's some wire routing things I may pick up and there shouldn't be any extra shipping charges over the shippng for ram....probably going to pick up 8GB, but we'll see.

[SirKronan]

For some, it may be cheaper at newegg where it's 76.99 shipped.

If you're buying more than one kit, it's cheaper at frys, so long as you aren't paying taxes to for purchases from them and not to newegg.

I think I'm going to go with frys, because there's some wire routing things I may pick up and there shouldn't be any extra shipping charges over the shippng for ram....probably going to pick up 8GB, but we'll see.

Thanks for the tip! Here's the link for those of you who would rather get it from the egg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188

$76.99 shipped. And I am definitely happy with 8GB and my 64-bit OS. I can convert my DVD collection (which I legally bought and own) into ipod format for my ipod touch and play BF2142 with settings maxxed at the same time, and still have a gig or two to spare. (quad core recommended for such endeavors ... I have two cores dedicated to the video converter and the other two to the game. Works good because many apps are now optimized for dual core, but few for quad core yet...)

[jfuze]

is it possible to overclock decently with ram like this? say an e8400 to 4ghz?

[tuffgong]

I jumped on 8gb...only because I would have hated not getting this and watching prices rise.

[SirKronan]

is it possible to overclock decently with ram like this? say an e8400 to 4ghz?

I don't see why not. Just choose the right ratio. What board are you using? Remember my ram tops out at 1000MHz even. I couldn't get it to go higher, even with more voltage. It could be board related at those higher voltages. I'm getting a new board soon to test it on just to make sure it's the ram that's at its limit and not the motherboard, but until then my reliable/stable max on this ram is 1000MHz at 5-5-5-15 timings at 1.95 volts. I can't vouch for its overclockability any higher than that, but for ram this cheap a 25% overclock with better timings and a paltry .15 extra volts is one HECK of a deal.

[randsom]

better memomry here.
higher shipping though



http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=T8UB2GC5&c=fr&pid=8bce331563a5de6c8ddf72d14488db36efffddfd531b986a8bc0d54b 992fc092

[mickster]

Price finally jumped at NewEgg...$99.99
I went to Frys.com and ordered a set for my stash...still $69.99 plus shipping.
I may go back later and get more.

[SirKronan]

better memomry here.
higher shipping though



http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=T8UB2GC5&c=fr&pid=8bce331563a5de6c8ddf72d14488db36efffddfd531b986a8bc0d54b 992fc092

If you buy two sticks it comes out to about the same with shipping, but who the crap is eWiz? They have a good rating on resellerratings.com. Guess that's all that matters. I like Super Talent, but you can't just come out and say "better memory" here without explaining why. It looks the same to me, and I would never say that super talent was necessarily a "better" brand than A-Data. Look at all the positive reviews that this a-data stuff gets that are overwhelmingly positive, and those supertalent sticks only have five reviews right now. Still, it looks to be as good a deal as this one. Have you tested SuperTalent's support service? I have found A-data to be quite helpful and respond quickly to inquiries. Also, this a-data ram overclocks exceptionally well for its price. Several of us have our running at 1000MHz with stock or better timings with slightly above normal voltage. Can you verify that this super talent is as capable? Thanks for the option. I'm sure it's good ram, I would just have to see more information on it than 5 eWiz reviews to be convinced.

[randsom]

Go over and look at xtremesytems,

this ram is highly recomended

[creedAMD]

Nice ram

[mickster]

If you buy two sticks it comes out to about the same with shipping, but who the crap is eWiz? They have a good rating on resellerratings.com. Guess that's all that matters. I like Super Talent, but you can't just come out and say "better memory" here without explaining why. It looks the same to me, and I would never say that super talent was necessarily a "better" brand than A-Data. Look at all the positive reviews that this a-data stuff gets that are overwhelmingly positive, and those supertalent sticks only have five reviews right now. Still, it looks to be as good a deal as this one. Have you tested SuperTalent's support service? I have found A-data to be quite helpful and respond quickly to inquiries. Also, this a-data ram overclocks exceptionally well for its price. Several of us have our running at 1000MHz with stock or better timings with slightly above normal voltage. Can you verify that this super talent is as capable? Thanks for the option. I'm sure it's good ram, I would just have to see more information on it than 5 eWiz reviews to be convinced.


eWiz is actually the etail outlet for SuperTalent
Ever notice how eWiz ALWAYS has their stuff sooner and cheaper than anybody else?
Look at the address for both companies.
Tried to link to BBB's eWiz search results but no go...
Here's their addie...

ewiz.com
www.ewiz.com
2077 N Capitol Ave
San Jose, CA 95132

SuperTalent headquarters addie (http://www.supertalent.com/home/contact.php)

I upped my Frys.com order to 2- 4GB packs.
Buying commodities is fun!

[silent-circuit]

eWiz is actually the retail outlet for SuperTalent
Ever notice how eWiz ALWAYS has their stuff sooner and cheaper than anybody else?
Look at the address for both companies.

I upped my Frys.com order to 2- 4GB packs.
Buying commodities is fun!

eWiz's shipping charges always kill the deal for me. Every time. They overcharge like mad -- wanted something like $15 to ship a Q6600 5 day, a few weeks back.

[randsom]

I am for 8gb supertalent

total shipped 143,58 priority mail

[jetjaguar]

i love my adata .. booted up with 8gb .. no issues =)

[Gravestone Doji]

Remember my ram tops out at 1000MHz even. I couldn't get it to go higher, even with more voltage. It could be board related at those higher voltages. I'm getting a new board soon to test it on just to make sure it's the ram that's at its limit and not the motherboard, but until then my reliable/stable max on this ram is 1000MHz at 5-5-5-15 timings at 1.95 volts.

Well what if you have a mobo that has FSB rated @ 1333/1066MHz ? is this still the ram to get? I was kind of leaning towards some 4GB (2x2GB 1066 (PC2 8500) DDR2 kits. Then I seen this A-Data stuff on-sale a little over a week ago for $79.99 w/$20 rebate and free ship. The rebate says its good for two purchases per household so I bought two kits for a Vista 64-bit system build. I've yet to install it though as I'm waiting for E8400's to come back in stock (and for the prices to come back to Earth). I figure by then 9800 cards should be out too. So I'm not really in a big rush to get the parts to build my system. Still, wondering if I got the right RAM stick for my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L since it has a FSB rated @ 1333/1066MHz.

[SirKronan]

Well what if you have a mobo that has FSB rated @ 1333/1066MHz ? is this still the ram to get? I was kind of leaning towards some 4GB (2x2GB 1066 (PC2 8500) DDR2 kits. Then I seen this A-Data stuff on-sale a little over a week ago for $79.99 w/$20 rebate and free ship. The rebate says its good for two purchases per household so I bought two kits for a Vista 64-bit system build. I've yet to install it though as I'm waiting for E8400's to come back in stock (and for the prices to come back to Earth). I figure by then 9800 cards should be out too. So I'm not really in a big rush to get the parts to build my system. Still, wondering if I got the right RAM stick for my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L since it has a FSB rated @ 1333/1066MHz.

My board is rated at 1333/1066 too, but in my BIOS it lets me pick different ratios so that I can still run linked with the CPU but not at clock speeds too high for my ram. I haven't been able to hit 1066 with my current mobo, but it is solid as a flippin rock at 1000MHz, and it's linked at a 2:3 ratio with my CPU. Performance in Everest is outstanding, and system stability and performance in Windows Vista 64 bit reflects that. I'm very pleased. It also requires very little voltage to perform at those levels. This ram should work fine with your board, and you may even get it to hit 1066, I don't know. I'm getting a new board next week, and I'll see if it pushes it any higher. (i'm certainly going to be angry if it can't run at least as good as it's running now with the new board, because I'm selling my current board!)

I know of no compatibility issues with P35 boards and this ram. Should work like a charm, just set the right ratio. My mobo even lets you run unlinked so you can push your ram to its highest overclock independently, then push the CPU to its highest overclock as well, just for maximum tweaking potential, but my system seems way happier and more stable when everything is linked at a common ratio. I have my N/B strap at 1333, and it still hasn't affected anything ram-related adversely, so you should be fine.

[Big Lar]

My board is rated at 1333/1066 too, but in my BIOS it lets me pick different ratios so that I can still run linked with the CPU but not at clock speeds too high for my ram. I haven't been able to hit 1066 with my current mobo, but it is solid as a flippin rock at 1000MHz, and it's linked at a 2:3 ratio with my CPU. Performance in Everest is outstanding, and system stability and performance in Windows Vista 64 bit reflects that. I'm very pleased. It also requires very little voltage to perform at those levels. This ram should work fine with your board, and you may even get it to hit 1066, I don't know. I'm getting a new board next week, and I'll see if it pushes it any higher. (i'm certainly going to be angry if it can't run at least as good as it's running now with the new board, because I'm selling my current board!)

I know of no compatibility issues with P35 boards and this ram. Should work like a charm, just set the right ratio. My mobo even lets you run unlinked so you can push your ram to its highest overclock independently, then push the CPU to its highest overclock as well, just for maximum tweaking potential, but my system seems way happier and more stable when everything is linked at a common ratio. I have my N/B strap at 1333, and it still hasn't affected anything ram-related adversely, so you should be fine.

Well you must have got different chips on yours, than I did on mine. Been messing with this ram that I just got today, and it won't run 455 fsb at ANY voltage without throwing errors. Any timings as well.

Larry

[SirKronan]

Well you must have got different chips on yours, than I did on mine. Been messing with this ram that I just got today, and it won't run 455 fsb at ANY voltage without throwing errors. Any timings as well.

Larry

What board are you running it on, good sir? The DFI in your sig?

[Big Lar]

What board are you running it on, good sir? The DFI in your sig?

Yes. Could be just bad sticks/s. I sat up last night running memtest at various speeds/configurations, I had what I thought was stable at 450 fsb, tried 455, no go, back to 450 and errors all over the place.

I have not decided if I will keep them, or sell them off cheap, no RMA, as the sticks do what they are sold to do. I had read at XS that some of the new sticks didn't clock well, I must have gotten a set of those.

Larry

[bubbles]

$99 now at newegg.

[SirKronan]

Yes. Could be just bad sticks/s. I sat up last night running memtest at various speeds/configurations, I had what I thought was stable at 450 fsb, tried 455, no go, back to 450 and errors all over the place.

I have not decided if I will keep them, or sell them off cheap, no RMA, as the sticks do what they are sold to do. I had read at XS that some of the new sticks didn't clock well, I must have gotten a set of those.

Larry

What voltages have you tried and what timings?

[Big Lar]

I've tried from 1.8v up to 2.1v, timings, 5/5/5/15, trfc 52, performance level 8/9 and defaults. Won't pass memtest at 5/5/5/18. Got em at 450 fsb, 1.925v with NB of 1.53v right now stable in memtest and windows. 455 fsb I get random errors no matter what. Got any timings on these things?

Larry

[SirKronan]

I've tried from 1.8v up to 2.1v, timings, 5/5/5/15, trfc 52, performance level 8/9 and defaults. Won't pass memtest at 5/5/5/18. Got em at 450 fsb, 1.925v with NB of 1.53v right now stable in memtest and windows. 455 fsb I get random errors no matter what. Got any timings on these things?

Larry


That's so weird. I've got mine at 5-5-5-15, but stock timings are 5-5-5-18, 800MHz at 1.8v. I have mine running at 1000MHz linked to CPU at a 2:3 ratio, with 1.95v. Solid as a rock. Any higher, voltage or MHz and they start throwing errors. It took me a long time to find the sweet spot for this memory, but now that I have it really runs great.

[nilepez]

That's so weird. I've got mine at 5-5-5-15, but stock timings are 5-5-5-18, 800MHz at 1.8v. I have mine running at 1000MHz linked to CPU at a 2:3 ratio, with 1.95v. Solid as a rock. Any higher, voltage or MHz and they start throwing errors. It took me a long time to find the sweet spot for this memory, but now that I have it really runs great.

Could they have changed ICs? I don't actually know what they're using on these anyway, but Fry's was sold out for several weeks.

[gramarye]

Could they have changed ICs? I don't actually know what they're using on these anyway, but Fry's was sold out for several weeks.

Very possible. could be the case.

[SirKronan]

Could they have changed ICs? I don't actually know what they're using on these anyway, but Fry's was sold out for several weeks.

Very possible. could be the case.

I dont really want to pull of the heatsinks to look because it voids the manufacturer's warranty.

[2k2_zx2]

What a rip, $99 Newegg, I was just about to order too.

(Looks like Fry's is still $69.99 so I'm ordering right now.)

[pillagenburn]

i picked up a pair of these, i can attest - great buy.... very stable memory, worked right outta the box. No overclocking experience as of yet, but any reviews I've read indicate these are great overclockers.

just my $0.02

[Big Lar]

I got them running better, changed bios, and have em running Blend at 455 right now. 1.825v, I was giving them too much voltage. I had been starting OC'n with them at 1.85v and at 450 fsb they were fine, and after hearing that they run higher at 1.95v, of course I gave them a tad more juice when I got a few errors at 1.85v with 455. Didn't think to Lower the volts..

Larry

[silent-circuit]

Less volts should pretty much never equal more stable.unless they were overheating, and RAM generally runs pretty cool. I think your success had a lot more to do with your BIOS update than it did messing with the vdimm.

[Big Lar]

Less volts should pretty much never equal more stable.unless they were overheating, and RAM generally runs pretty cool. I think your success had a lot more to do with your BIOS update than it did messing with the vdimm.

Wasn't bios, flashed back to the original and all is fine. Ram does not get hot around here, got 2 x 92mm fans blowing on them, another over the NB. It was 2 much voltage, I made a mistake and started out with too much, shortcuts don't help in OC'n. It is odd that mine do not like volts tho/shrug.

Larry

[SirKronan]

Wasn't bios, flashed back to the original and all is fine. Ram does not get hot around here, got 2 x 92mm fans blowing on them, another over the NB. It was 2 much voltage, I made a mistake and started out with too much, shortcuts don't help in OC'n. It is odd that mine do not like volts tho/shrug.

Larry

Yeah, mine's weird like that, too. It runs fine wherever lower than 1.95, but no matter what speed I try to run at, it throws errors with even a smidgen more than 1.95 volts. Strange ram, but the stuff is great for cheap!

[johnzm]

anyone have any issues with only seeing 3072 on bootup?


i suspect its a bios issue on the cheap piece of junk mobo, its a ECS mobo. but i thought id ask

[SirKronan]

anyone have any issues with only seeing 3072 on bootup?


i suspect its a bios issue on the cheap piece of junk mobo, its a ECS mobo. but i thought id ask

Does it say that amount of ram on the post screen, or is that all the OS recognizes? If it's the OS, then you probably have a 32 bit version. You need 64-bit Windows XP or Vista in order to see all four gigs.

[johnzm]

its the post.

and to make it worse, when i try to run 800 in the bios (which has nonadjustable voltage, but shoes 1.79 on the ram)

it wont even post.

**edit**

lucky me, just had a chance to check the webpage for bios updates, and the latest one

"-Fix memory size will show 3702mb with PCI VGA Card & 4GB RAM are plugged at the same time"

:)

[SirKronan]

its the post.

and to make it worse, when i try to run 800 in the bios (which has nonadjustable voltage, but shoes 1.79 on the ram)

it wont even post.

**edit**

lucky me, just had a chance to check the webpage for bios updates, and the latest one

"-Fix memory size will show 3702mb with PCI VGA Card & 4GB RAM are plugged at the same time"

:)

Oy. There you go, man. Hope that works better now for ya.

[2k2_zx2]

What type of ram chips does A-Data use for these kits?

[SirKronan]

What type of ram chips does A-Data use for these kits?

I don't know. I don't think any of us have been brave enough to void the warranty and peel of the heatsinks for a look at the chips yet....:confused:

[jaegertech]

In for two. About $150 shipped for 8 gigs of mem... Does anyone else think about how utterly insane that statement would have been a couple years ago?

[mickster]

:-(

[TypeO]

In for two. About $150 shipped for 8 gigs of mem... Does anyone else think about how utterly insane that statement would have been a couple years ago?


No lie! A couple years ago even 1 GB of ram at $150 and I would have been on it like white on rice. I still haven't made up my mind on ordering. I don't really need them.

[SirKronan]

well, I just put mine in a new (used but new to me!) motherboard. So far so good. I have a much higher overclock on my processor now though with this board, so it's going to take some tweaking and testing to get it to optimal. Currently testing a/memtest @ 995mHz with 5-5-5-15 timings at 1.95v. Only a tad slower than the other board had it at, and unlinked now until I figure out optimum settings. So far no errors. This stuff is really solid ram for cheap.

[nilepez]

No lie! A couple years ago even 1 GB of ram at $150 and I would have been on it like white on rice. I still haven't made up my mind on ordering. I don't really need them.

Not counting last year, I don't recall ram costing that much. I bought 2GB of G.Skill HZ ram (ddr-500) for around 150 2 years ago. A year before that I bought 2GB f Value ram for that price. Not DDR2, but DDR2 is the new DDR.

DDR3 is probably more analogous to DDR2 2 years ago.

[TypeO]

I guess it was maybe just the brands I purchased. I just looked up DDR and DDR2 prices for May 2006 and things were still high.

[SirKronan]

Ok, now I've got it on my EVGA board running linked to a 3.65GHz oc'ed Q6700 at the 3:2 ratio. It's running stable at 5-4-4-14 timings at 973MHz with 1.95v. I might try to see if I can bump the CPU just a tad bit more in order to get closer to 1000MHz with the ram. Something about that four digit number....

[mickster]

Ok, now I've got it on my EVGA board running linked to a 3.65GHz oc'ed Q6700 at the 3:2 ratio. It's running stable at 5-4-4-14 timings at 973MHz with 1.95v. I might try to see if I can bump the CPU just a tad bit more in order to get closer to 1000MHz with the ram. Something about that four digit number....

Rock on dude!
Thanks for all the research and reporting!

[SirKronan]

Rock on dude!
Thanks for all the research and reporting!

Ah, no prob. That's what this forum is all about! When I get some free time I'll run tests in 2x2GB just for fun. see how fast it can fly with only two sticks. Although I have some news. Step up just came up for my EVGA board so now I'm going to be without my mean machine for a week while I wait for the 780i... :( Oh well. Penryn ... hee hee

[nilepez]

Ah, no prob. That's what this forum is all about! When I get some free time I'll run tests in 2x2GB just for fun. see how fast it can fly with only two sticks. Although I have some news. Step up just came up for my EVGA board so now I'm going to be without my mean machine for a week while I wait for the 780i... :( Oh well. Penryn ... hee hee
They don't cross ship for step up? That's kinda lame. If you've only got one computer, or your other computer(s) are much older, that makes the step-up pretty damn inconvenient.

Lucky for me, I only have an EVGA video card and I'm holding onto the old X800XL for at least 3 months....just in case there's a reason to step up....but I'm not expecting too much from the 9800 :(

[SirKronan]

They don't cross ship for step up? That's kinda lame. If you've only got one computer, or your other computer(s) are much older, that makes the step-up pretty damn inconvenient.

Lucky for me, I only have an EVGA video card and I'm holding onto the old X800XL for at least 3 months....just in case there's a reason to step up....but I'm not expecting too much from the 9800 :(

"Please ship all contents including accessories, CD's, manuals and the original packaging as part of the 680i Upgrade terms and conditions. EVGA offers no cross-shipping for this 680i Upgrade Promotion."

Pretty gay. Oh well. New 780i. Can't complain right? And I sure hope the 9800's at least pose a worthy upgrade from my 8800GTS 512. Anyhoo...

[nilepez]

You may or may not have to get their weekly email to qualify, but the price is 79.99 for this ram (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188).

Use EMCADBJBC to get 10.00 off. It may be a one time deal. I managed to get 2 sets for 69.99 (separate orders), but after that it said the coupon was already used.

Of course it's still 69.99 at Frys.com....around 6-7 bucks shipping....doesn't go up if you order more. I wante4d to get 4 sets, since I'm building a rig for my mother, but looks like I'll have to order it from Fry's.

[SirKronan]

You may or may not have to get their weekly email to qualify, but the price is 79.99 for this ram (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188).

Use EMCADBJBC to get 10.00 off. It may be a one time deal. I managed to get 2 sets for 69.99 (separate orders), but after that it said the coupon was already used.

Of course it's still 69.99 at Frys.com....around 6-7 bucks shipping....doesn't go up if you order more. I wante4d to get 4 sets, since I'm building a rig for my mother, but looks like I'll have to order it from Fry's.

Thanks for the link! For those making an order to newegg, this could be very helpful!

[nilepez]

If you're not charged tax, it's the cheapest place to buy it.

Strangely, they have another link for the ram at $74.99, but you can't use the coupon with it, which is rather lame (and dishonest, IMO), because it means they're really only giving you a $5.00 coupon code.

[Apallohadas]

Just an update.

One of my sticks is a dud. Rarely starts now at stock settings and in retrospect, it was the culprit that was giving me hell when I first installed my new proc.

Time to return it.

[delvryboy]

They are $77.99 w/ free shipping now, I just used the above mentioned promo code for a grand total of $67.99 shipped. :D

[nilepez]

Damn those bastards for lowering the price overnight. On the plus side it should be here tomorrow sometime. on the downside, i don't have x64, so I won't be able to use it all till that arrives....

Next up finding a case, MB, HD and other such things for my mothers PC.....we'll call it a dry run for building myself one....though I guess there's not really a reason for me to move from a e4300 to something newer....not really hitting any speed walls...esp since i seem to be at work all the time.

[SirKronan]

...esp since i seem to be at work all the time.

Yeah, I hate that. I'm at work all the time or at school. Oh well. Such is life.

Apallohadas, are you within Newegg (or fry's) return RMA policy? If not, let me know how A-Data handles your replacement. All four of my sticks are still going strong, even with the generous overclock, so I haven't had to test their RMA process yet.

[Apallohadas]

I hope it's easier than Neweggs.

I had to return some memory to Newegg after waging phone combat and walking them through everything I did to confirm that it was the memory as the culprit.

[delvryboy]

FYI - That promo code for newegg only works once :(

[SirKronan]

I hope it's easier than Neweggs.

I had to return some memory to Newegg after waging phone combat and walking them through everything I did to confirm that it was the memory as the culprit.

No way! I guess it was a pain in the neck to get my PSU RMA'd, but it wasn't Newegg's fault. Well, it kind a was... sort of. The RMA number they gave me somehow got mixed up with my order number. I don't know whether I mixed it up or they did, but I kept calling back in with whatever number I thought they gave me and they kept telling me it was processed and went through just fine. I never got the shipping label, though. Turns out, it was going to someone else with the number I was giving them. Multiple chat sessions and emails later, I was finally assigned a correct RMA number. within minutes the shipping label was in my inbox. I printed it, sent in the old power supply. I forgot to mention that they even sent me the new PSU beforehand with free expedited shipping so I wouldn't be without the computer. I got the replacement Antec in, installed it, put the clicking silverstone in its box, and sent it back with the shipping label. Within a few days the money was refunded. They took good care of me. Have you tried doing it via chat?

[kirbyrj]

I'm using this memory right now with no problems. I might pick up another set when I move to 64-bit OS.

[Apallohadas]

I ordered a second set today.

Since I've sold ALL of my old memory, in order to return 1 stick I have to send back both.

since I'm running Vista 64 bit I figure 8 gigs of ram won't hurt in the long run.

[SirKronan]

I ordered a second set today.

Since I've sold ALL of my old memory, in order to return 1 stick I have to send back both.

since I'm running Vista 64 bit I figure 8 gigs of ram won't hurt in the long run.

No surprise since it's a set. But what's their RMA process and how long is it expected to take? Do they cover shipping both ways? etc..

[Apallohadas]

No surprise since it's a set. But what's their RMA process and how long is it expected to take? Do they cover shipping both ways? etc..

I placed the order while doing laundry, so I'm going to have to call them again, but they said they would pay for shipping.

Time estimate, no idea.

On the really good side, they didn't charge me for shipping!

[SirKronan]

I placed the order while doing laundry, so I'm going to have to call them again, but they said they would pay for shipping.

Time estimate, no idea.

On the really good side, they didn't charge me for shipping!

Thanks. that's good to hear. Just let us know how long it takes from the day you mail it off to when you receive the replacements. If they're good on that, we'll see even more of these things sell. If not, then I won't recommend them as much. I'd appreciate knowing how the whole experience goes for you, since I own 4 sticks of this ram and might by more, too.

[skindogg]

BOOSH! I'm in for 4 of 'em. code worked for me too but I do have a login and do get the weekly emails.

I spent almost $500 this week between the microcenter q6600, a ds3r and this. My poor credit card. Good news is I won't need to upgrade for quite awhile

[Apallohadas]

I'll definitely let you guys know.

When you RMA, you have to use a trackable method, so I usually use Priority with tracking.

[tmaxxking1]

Fry's now has a $10.00 Mail in Rebate valid from 2008-03-22 to 2008-03-25

[nilepez]

Fry's now has a $10.00 Mail in Rebate valid from 2008-03-22 to 2008-03-25
well fuck me. That's almost $40.00 I could have saved (assuming that I'm reading the rebate form correctly). Oh it's well....too late now....the ram is sitting at UPS now.

[mickster]

NewEgg is just way too cool.
I've been dicking around with that promo code since I got it and failed to order before it finally expired at midnight last night. When I went back today...their price was $99.99 this morning and then $74.99 w/FS this afternoon. I placed one in my cart and then went to chat with a CSR. After telling them about the expired code and the Frys price, she offered a $10 discount/price adjustment on my next order...which was the set of A-DATA ram...$64.99 w/FS after a bit of whining.
There's a reason I keep going back to the Egg.

and BTW. I scored another Q6600 at MC today. Hence my need for another set of A-DATA.

[SirKronan]

NewEgg is just way too cool.
I've been dicking around with that promo code since I got it and failed to order before it finally expired at midnight last night. When I went back today...their price was $99.99 this morning and then $74.99 w/FS this afternoon. I placed one in my cart and then went to chat with a CSR. After telling them about the expired code and the Frys price, she offered a $10 discount/price adjustment on my next order...which was the set of A-DATA ram...$64.99 w/FS after a bit of whining.
There's a reason I keep going back to the Egg.

and BTW. I scored another Q6600 at MC today. Hence my need for another set of A-DATA.

Yeah, they are very nice to their frequent shoppers. I bought a bunch of stuff from them a month or two back, then the RAM dropped $20 overnight. I called them up and they refunded me the $20 even though the order had already shipped and their site says that they don't pricematch because electronics prices fluctuate every day. I am glad the took care of their customer. Newegg really does try hard for the most part.

[Apallohadas]

Checking back in with the thread.

Ok, got the second set in, threw them in, fired up at stock settings, and everything's fine.

Used the same OC settings to get back to 3.8 ghz, and no-go.

Use 1 stick, gets to 3.8 fine.

Use ANY 2 sticks and won't hit 3.8 on those same settings.

Right now I'm using ALL 4 sticks, including the 1 I thought was a dud, and it's been running ortho for 3 hours now with temps looking spectacular.

My only conclusion is that while the price is great, they are poor overclockers.

If anyone has any tips on OCing these on a 680i board I'm all ears, because I just haven't found the magic combination yet.

[nilepez]

http://image52.webshots.com/652/1/30/93/2223130930067863468XvYWKW_fs.jpg

Image is from this (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2829530&postcount=19) post on xtremesystems (http://www.extremesystems.org)

One thing to keep in mind is that some of these use powerchips and others use elpida. With that said, seems like they both can OC past 500, but the powerchips are considered somewhat better. I haven't done a thing with mine yet....I'll probably do a memtest on 4 sticks at stock tonight....do the same with the others tomorrow or saturday. After that, I'll worry about their OC potential. I'll keep the 4 best let mom have the other 4....I doubt she's going to OC, unless I do it...and even then not anytime soon.

[tmaxxking1]

Now $50.00 shipped after $20.00 mir

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1290050

[Apallohadas]

One thing to keep in mind is that some of these use powerchips and others use elpida. With that said, seems like they both can OC past 500, but the powerchips are considered somewhat better. I haven't done a thing with mine yet....I'll probably do a memtest on 4 sticks at stock tonight....do the same with the others tomorrow or saturday. After that, I'll worry about their OC potential. I'll keep the 4 best let mom have the other 4....I doubt she's going to OC, unless I do it...and even then not anytime soon.

Keep us posted. I've been running Ortho for 6 hours + now and the 4 sticks at stock are purring along happily.

[Apallohadas]

Another follow up.

On my system (in my sig) I can run at stock voltages except for the memory which is at 2.0, and keep a stable 3.6.

Not too shabby, but if anyone has a stable 4.0 I'm interested in your settings.

[nilepez]

busy with other things,but I did mange to put the system together and get vista installed....Vista was a bear at first....mostly because my HD power cable had fallen out. It seems Vista takes much longer to go from screen to screen without an HD. ;) Eventually I got to a screen that clued me in....that would be the screen that asks which HD I want to install on.

I doubt I'll get good OC's on the new rig, since i'm using the stock cooler, but we'll see later this week. I ordered a new monitor, so It'll be easier to do stuff while working on the new build.

[nilepez]

Ok, so I bought 16GB of these (just before the f*cking price dropped).

I did some tests that were mostly short to find the 4 best sticks to keep and the 4 others for Moms build, because she's not going to OC it....well not unless I do it for her...and she probably doesn't want it OCed.

The board I'm testing on is a Asus P5K-E Wifi....haven't tried any in my board, 965 DS3

So the first stick or 2 hit 1066 at 2.2 or 2.25.
Stick 3 couldn't hit 1066.

All three could do 1000 at 1.85v

Next stick could hit 1111 At 2.2v
could do 1066 1.8v and it might have hit 1111 at 2.25, but I don't remember

Anyway, long story short, most couldn't do 1111.

All but one (maybe 2) could handle 1066

4 Could hit 1066 at default voltage and 1 requires 1.85v.

These were all fairly short tests mostly using test 5 in Memtest 86.

I fully expect that the results will not hold over the long haul....especially not with all 4 slots populated.

With that said, I was able to hit PC2-1000 at 1.9v using the 4 worst sticks...so far 12 hours on memtest.

I have not changed any other speeds or voltages other than memory. I did not touch the timings (mostly because I don't understand how to do it without generally breaking everything....and having to reset the bios).

So there you have it. All in all, it's better than I expected...esp the voltage.

[BaronBamboo]

sweet I got 4gb is @ 50 (MIR)

I'm happy can't wait (and first time I'll be using more than 512mb of RAM :eek:)

big jump? I know.

[mpichescs]

My set is comin' some time today. I can't wait to rip this pqi crap outta here and finally be able to overclock.

[BaronBamboo]

aww god dammit does someone have a copy of the rebate available?

I ordered on the 3rd but forgot to save the rebate form. Would appreciate it, thank you

[BaronBamboo]

aww god dammit does someone have a copy of the rebate available?

I ordered on the 3rd but forgot to save the rebate form. Would appreciate it, thank you

help me :(

[ocellaris]

I can email you the rebate form, hit me up with a PM

[BaronBamboo]

I can email you the rebate form, hit me up with a PM

no need, I just got it. But thanks for the offer :)

[MonsterEnergy]

i'd love it too ;)

edit: one of you please hook me up!

[ocellaris]

I just sent it to you Monster. If you do not get it, check your spam mail since I sent it without a subject line for some reason :rolleyes:

[nilepez]

for anyone else looking for the rebate form:

http://images10.newegg.com/uploadfilesfornewegg/rebate/SH/A-Data20-211-188Mar27Apr308tl24.pdf

[mastercheeze]

just wanted to say, this deal rocks my socks. Currently running at ddr2-1000 @ 2.0v.

[SirKronan]

just wanted to say, this deal rocks my socks. Currently running at ddr2-1000 @ 2.0v.

Nice work! Mine threw errors on my 32x-MAX abit 680i board with more voltage than 1.95. It was weird. Even if I didn't increase the speed, just increasing the voltage made it throw errors in memtest. And at 1.95 I haven't been able to pass 1000GHz. But it's really consistent and really stable at that speed, both on the EVGA 680i that I had after. I haven't tried overclocking it on my new 780i because I'm having loads of problems with it, but after I RMA it I'll let you know.

[SFaznSpEEdSTeR]

Fry's has it back on sale for $69.99-$15MIR=$54.99AR
Rebate is good if purchased by 5/5/08

I myself have picked up two sets to grow a bigger e-penis and enjoy faster loading times.
Hoping to reach 1000MHz with 2 sets

P.S. SirKronan...1000GHz, dam you must have a physics defying cooler to OC your RAM that high lol...is that speed even possible on that RAM (LOL J/K)

[SirKronan]

Fry's has it back on sale for $69.99-$15MIR=$54.99AR
Rebate is good if purchased by 5/5/08

I myself have picked up two sets to grow a bigger e-penis and enjoy faster loading times.
Hoping to reach 1000MHz with 2 sets

P.S. SirKronan...1000GHz, dam you must have a physics defying cooler to OC your RAM that high lol...is that speed even possible on that RAM (LOL J/K)

Lolz. What's funny is that it's been running great on those nVidia chipsets that are notorious for not liking all four sticks at stock, let alone overclocked, or not liking 8GB. I've had great luck, and I'm not the only one that's been able to hit 1000MHz with this stuff, either.

For cooling, I just used the OCZ memory cooler that was $15 on newegg. I think my 780i board ruined it though. It runs my fans maxxed randomly. Some of my really nice fans are starting to whine. Fan control is random and unpredictable. It's not overclocking anywhere near what I was able to do with the 680i I "stepped up" from. I downclocked the ram and removed my nice OCZ fan because of the noise. Needless to say, EVGA has the replacement board en route.

With that memory cooler, even while running prime or memtest it never got more than warm to the touch. My fastest performance that was 100% stable was found running all four sticks at 1000MHz with 5-4-4-12 timings (vs stock timings of 5-5-5-18). Absolutely amazing stuff for the price. All 8GB are still kickin' just fine!

[SFaznSpEEdSTeR]

Lolz. What's funny is that it's been running great on those nVidia chipsets that are notorious for not liking all four sticks at stock, let alone overclocked, or not liking 8GB. I've had great luck, and I'm not the only one that's been able to hit 1000MHz with this stuff, either.

For cooling, I just used the OCZ memory cooler that was $15 on newegg. I think my 780i board ruined it though. It runs my fans maxxed randomly. Some of my really nice fans are starting to whine. Fan control is random and unpredictable. It's not overclocking anywhere near what I was able to do with the 680i I "stepped up" from. I downclocked the ram and removed my nice OCZ fan because of the noise. Needless to say, EVGA has the replacement board en route.

With that memory cooler, even while running prime or memtest it never got more than warm to the touch. My fastest performance that was 100% stable was found running all four sticks at 1000MHz with 5-4-4-12 timings (vs stock timings of 5-5-5-18). Absolutely amazing stuff for the price. All 8GB are still kickin' just fine!

If you read real closely to your post before mine and my post, you'll notifce that you put 1000GHz...not MHz...hence my exaggeration and sarcasm...I know what you mean...;)

[SirKronan]

If you read real closely to your post before mine and my post, you'll notifce that you put 1000GHz...not MHz...hence my exaggeration and sarcasm...I know what you mean...;)

Oopsies...:rolleyes:

[mickster]

NewEgg's got 'em for $62.99 with an email specials code

[kush]

code = EMCAFAJAG.

Didn't bite on the PC8000 G.Skill's (don't really need 'em w/ a q6600), but I may given yet another chance again here - pink or not.... Hard to say no to $68 shipped/tax (no MIR!) for 4GB that should do 950-maybe 1000ish.