OC troubles

[Riddlinkidstoner]

I had a set of DDR2 800 G.skill which I was able to push to 860 max, leaving me at a fsb of 450. I decided to sell it and I picked up a pair of Crucial Ballistix Tracers DDR2-5300 3-3-3-12 because I heard they are suppose to OC really well...

Highest FSB I can boot into is 350...I pushed the voltage to 2.3v on the memory with cooling and still nothing...loose timings don't work either, I tried 5-5-5-15. Is something wrong with my memory? Should I RMA it?

 

[Riddlinkidstoner]

nothing?

 

[Johnx64]

RMA your ram because it wont overclock as good as your previous ram? Get the fuck out of here.

 

[Riddlinkidstoner]

Well I just ran memtest and got a bunch of errors so that explains it.

I PAID the extra money for the overclocking headroom, if you look at crucials site theres a section for overclocking ram and mine is listed there. Go read instead of flaming, fucktard.

 

[Johnx64]

Well I just ran memtest and got a bunch of errors so that explains it.

I PAID the extra money for the overclocking headroom, if you look at crucials site theres a section for overclocking ram and mine is listed there. Go read instead of flaming, fucktard.

"We put great effort into testing our Ballistix modules in the configurations detailed above, but keep in mind that some system configurations may not operate at the published Crucial Ballistix memory speed and timing settings. Actual performance may vary based on configuration, usage, and manufacturing variability. Overclocking, running your system faster than published speed, or otherwise modifying your system timing may result in damage to computer components. If you plan to operate your hardware outside of specifications, do so at your own risk."


Guess I should read better? Oh wait no maybe you should. If intel started saying "Our processor are great for overclocking (No guarentees\performance based on configuration, usgae, and manufacturing variability, do it at your own risk)" Wtf do you think that means? Just because alot of people have good luck overclocking them doesn't mean you will.

Is that a memtest at stock speeds\voltage. Cause I wouldn't be surprised if you ruined the ram by sticking it in there without setting the bios back to default before you took your old sticks out and running it out of spec then slowly dropping the speed down trying to figure out why the ram you "heard" was great for overclocking wont work right.