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Best high performance memory for FX-53

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ryanjg11

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I'm contemplating upgrading to an FX-53 and I want to overclock. Anandtech recommends the OCZ 3700EB (Extended Bandwidth) memory, and I just wanted to get your opinion on this memory speed. (I don't need opinions on OCZ the company...)

I assume it's not necessary to get higher rated RAM because the mutliplier is unlocked on the FX-53? And therefore I can bump up the multiplier without touching the FSB. Would it be worth it to purchase a higher rated memory?
 
the ocz eb stuff is great and would be a good fit for the fx53. also look at the corsair 3200xl as you can get tight latencies cas2 2-2-5 at around 200-210, loosen it up to cas2.5 or 3 3-3-8 and you get pc4000 speeds with the stock voltage of 2.85.

btw heres a review of the corsair http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/corsair_twinx_xl_pro.php

but honestly from what ive seen the ocz3700 is going to overclock past 250fsb better than the corsair xl, but it comes at the expense of loose latencies.
 
I say BH-5; you can get some on eBay, or FT/FS forum.
Some people will swear by FSB overclocking, while others by multiplier overclocking. While either method is fine by itself, a combination of two is the best way to achieve maximum results. As to why BH-5 is good, a simple reason. It has no limits (for our purposes, at least..). As long as you keep increacing the voltage on BH-5, it will enable you to attain higher and higher clock speeds on the same timings of 2-2-2-X. However, for CorsairXL (Samsung TCCD Rev.5), there seems to be a limit. Sure you can do 2-2-2 at 2.7vdimm and 200MHz, and 250MHz with 2.5-3-3-8 at the same voltage, but increasing voltage won't do anything, as it was proven in practice. It won't go much past it's rated 250MHz, even if you give it 4vdimm.

It's generally accepted that the best BH-5 stick ever made was OCZ EL 3500+ Platinum Limited Edition, however those are extrememly hard to come by, especially the 512 sticks. The next best thing is Mushkin lvl 2 sticks, closely followed by the many Kingston variants. Corsair variants also proved to be quite good, however, there are many compatibility issues for those particular sticks, so I would advise to stay away from those.

You can find out more of which memory sticks carried what Winbond chips (BH-5 being a revision of a RAM chip made by Winbond a long time ago in a galaxfy far, far away)..
Anyway, you can look here. The list is a little outdated, so some memory that's still being made doesn't have Winbond chips at all anymore, such as Corsair 3200C2, it uses Infineon crap now; but most of those sticks were discontinued right along with BH-5 chips, so the information stands true.
 
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