OCZ DDR Booster + BH-5 oc'ing

eva2000

eva2000

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My first benchies with OCZ DDR Booster :D

2.8C SL6Z5
Asus P4C800-E rev2.0 1016 bios
256MB Gecube X800Pro @ stock
2x 256MB Kingston HyperX PC3200 KHX3200K2/512 BH-5
80GB WD 800JB
550W Antec TrueControl
WinXP Pro SP1

1:1 cpu/ram ratio
@ 257mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.4v (LED)

vAGP = 1.6v
PAM = AUTO
DDR Idle Timer = Infinite
DDR Refresh Rate = 64usec
PM = Turbo
Spread spectrum = Disabled
AGP Aperture = 64MB
AGP/PCI = 66.66/33.33

prime95_1.jpg


CTIAW Bandwidth = 7235.2 MB/s

Sandra 2004 STD SP2
CPU = 10,739 / 4563/8001
CPU Multimedia = 27,741 / 39,502

Buffered = 6418 / 6350
Unbuffered = 3677 / 3681

Aida32 3.93
Read = 6134 MB/s
Write = 1959 MB/s

SuperPi
1M = 38s
2M = 1min 27s
8M = 6min 58s
16M = 15min 28s
32M = 33min 58s

Hexus Pifast = 54.28s
TheLab Pifast = 36.47s

with same ram above on P4C800-E I tried a lower more acceptable 3.1v vdimm (LED) and easily get 245mhz 2-2-2-6 and at 3.3v (LED) get stable 250mhz 2-2-2-6 which is spot on for what average BH-5 can do :)

FYI, trying a single 256MB KHX3200K2/512 BH-5 stick and it's doing memtest fine at

255mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.1v
260mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.3v
265mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.4v
270mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.5v

Piccies for your viewing pleasure :)

 
Now to see what 1 stick in single channel will do :)

2.8C SL6Z5
Asus P4C800-E rev2.0 1016 bios
256MB Gecube X800Pro @ stock
1x 256MB Kingston HyperX PC3200 KHX3200K2/512 BH-5
80GB WD 800JB
550W Antec TrueControl
WinXP Pro SP1

vAGP = 1.6v
PAM = AUTO
DDR Idle Timer = Infinite
DDR Refresh Rate = 64usec
PM = Turbo
Spread spectrum = Disabled
AGP Aperture = 64MB
AGP/PCI = 66.66/33.33

1:1 cpu/ram ratio
@ 270mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.5v (LED)

Buffered
mem-buff-inf-64u-Turbo1.jpg


Unbuffered
mem-unbuff-inf-64u-Turbo.jpg


superpi-1m-inf-64u-Turbo.jpg


3dmark2001_475-450_23537.jpg
 
these KHX3200K2/512 BH-5 did 240-245mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.18v on AI7, now i have XMS3500C2 BH-5 that can do 252mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.18v, so imagine what they'd do with 3.5v! Maybe 280mhz 2-2-2-6 ? lol :D
 
eva2000 said:
these KHX3200K2/512 BH-5 did 240-245mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.18v on AI7, now i have XMS3500C2 BH-5 that can do 252mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.18v, so imagine what they'd do with 3.5v! Maybe 280mhz 2-2-2-6 ? lol :D
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omg that's f*n sick! oh i wonder how the booster would do on my corsair twinx1024-3200ll bh-5. how much voltage can bh-5 safely take? lol how hot are your sticks?

holy crap i was thinking about buying new pc4000 but now maybe i dont have to

eva2000: i read your post at bleedinedge. how did you mount your fans above the ram?
 
ForeverUnknown said:
omg that's f*n sick! oh i wonder how the booster would do on my corsair twinx1024-3200ll bh-5. how much voltage can bh-5 safely take? lol how hot are your sticks?

holy crap i was thinking about buying new pc4000 but now maybe i dont have to

eva2000: i read your post at bleedinedge. how did you mount your fans above the ram?
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BH-5 pdf specs technical state max 3.6v vdimm at 70C operating temps LOL... of course that would shorten the ram's life

my ram with the 2x 40x25mm fans over ram only get to 23-27C in temp in 21C room temps at 270mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.5v measured using infra-red thermometer from all angles :D

my P4C800-E is horizontally placed so the fans just sit on top of the ram heatspreaders and i have a little metal wire which hooks into the booster's cable so it doesn't move :)

You can see more pictures of the fan mount at http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=1 :)
 
Nice. I shoulda get that shit and pump my probable Bh-5 to those speeds. Doing 230mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.1 atm after a good burn-in.
 
lol ok. i'll have to figure another way to mount fans since i dont have my case horizontal

yeah by the time the ram dies from the voltage, it'll about time to upgrade the system anyway :p

ok thanks dude
 
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indeed...that's just awesome, i really need to get me one of those :D

i told that tard in the other thread the thing worked :p
 
PureBooYah said:
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indeed...that's just awesome, i really need to get me one of those :D

i told that tard in the other thread the thing worked :p
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thanks guys definitely drool worthy results :)
 
Hey I'm not quite the expert on ram, as I now notice I'm barily more than a n00b to it...

What the heck is going on here!... I see that what this person has done is good (only because everyone is all hyped up about it)... but what exactly is going on here.

Are we trying to prove the OCZ DDR Booster is very good? What did it change and how does it work?...

I know about BH-5 RAM, does anyone know a good place to get some for a good price... I was looking for some RAM for my newly overclocked system... AMD Mobile 2200+(OC-3500+) w/ 400fsb... My current RAM Corsair 3200 CL2 2x256 has met its limit but my CPU can go farther on my Asus A7N8X Deluxe.

I'd most definently appreciate some light on this subject...
 
it increases the vdimm. most boards only have an option up to 2.8v but this allows it to go up to 3.9v (depending on board). this also gives clean power directly from the psu instead of using power that goes through the board first

most of the time more voltage will allow more speed and tighter timings, but things will get hot
 
if you're like me and can't volt mod if you life depended on it, then OCZ DDR Booster ideal as it allows me to give stock motherboards more voltage and/or cleaner or a top of vdimm if your board undervolts...

i.e. Abit IS7 or IC7 undervolts it's max 2.8v vdimm option to around 2.7v ish which might cause problems for some ram which need 2.8v. OCZ DDR Booster would allow you to give that extra 0.1v vdimm so you don't have to volt mod your board or sell it
 
Those are some impressive numbers. My mobo isn't on the OCZ compatibility chart, but I'm willing to give this product a try.
 
makes me want to check my OCZ ram and see if its bh-5. ALso makes me think about that booster, it just seems to be a complicated thing to use. I mean "clean" power? The volts run through your board still first.
 
SportyGuy220 said:
makes me want to check my OCZ ram and see if its bh-5. ALso makes me think about that booster, it just seems to be a complicated thing to use. I mean "clean" power? The volts run through your board still first.
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It's simple to use. You pop it and plug in the two wires. Then you use the LED on the booster and the little knob to adjust the voltage. The voltage doesn't come from the mother board, but rather from the booster. It has 4 mosfets and some caps on it to smooth out the power its giving the ram
 
okay I did a few changes swapped Gecube X800Pro out for Albatron MX480EL card and put 80GB WD 800JB Hdd on Promise 32bit/66mhz controller instead of board's primary IDE channel and can manage to scrape in a few benchies @ 265mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.6v :D

2.8C @ 265fsb
Asus P4C800-E rev2.0 1016 bios
Albatron MX480EL @ stock 275/266
80GB WD 800JB on Promise ATA133 32bit/66mhz controller
550W Antec TrueControl PSU

1:1
2x 256MB XMS3500C2v1.1 BH-5 @265mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.6v

vAGP = 1.7v for clockgen benched superpi/aida32 and 1.8v for sandra bandwidth benchies
PM = Standard
PAM = Auto
DDR Idle Timer = Infinite
DDR Refresh Rate = 64uSec
Spread spectrum = Disabled
AGP Aperture = 64MB
AGP/PCI = 66.66/33.33
USB Legacy = Disabled

Sandra 2004 STD SP2
Buffered = 6555 / 6550
Unbuffered = 3782 / 3793

Aida32 v3.93
Read = 6468 MB/s
Write = 2026 MB/s
Ram SPD settings

SuperPi
1M = 36s
2M = 1min 25s

notes:
- this ain't 100% stable but working on it :D
- vAGP of 1.6 was fine if i booted into windows at 233fsb and used clockgen to reach 265mhz 2-2-2-6 and managed run off aida and superpi benchies but trying to boot into windows at 265mhz 2-2-2-6 froze at winxp welcome screen
- vAGP of 1.7v allowed me to boot into windows at 265mhz 2-2-2-6 but mouse and keyboard didn't respond
- vAGP of 1.8v allowed my mouse and keyboard to work fine and run sandra buff/unbuffered benchmarks :)
 
more OCZ DDR Booster powered results with Prime95 v23.8 tests too :)

2.8C SL6Z5
Asus P4C800-E rev2.0 1014 bios
64MB Albatron MX480EL
80GB WD 800JB
550W Antec TrueControl
WinXP Pro SP1

2x 256MB Corsair XMS3500C2v1.1 winbond BH-5
1:1 cpu/ram ratio
@ 255mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.4v (LED)
OCZ DDR Booster Powered

vAGP = 1.8v
PAM = AUTO
DDR Idle Timer = 16T
DDR Refresh Rate = 15.8 usec
PM = Standard
Spread spectrum = Disabled
AGP Aperture = 64MB
AGP/PCI = 66.66/33.33

prime95_1.jpg


mem-buff1.jpg


mem-unbuff1.jpg


superpi-2m.jpg


superpi-32m.jpg
 
Now with 2x 512MB OCZ PC3500 Plat LE winbond BH-5 :)

2.8C SL6Z5
Asus P4C800-E rev2.0 1014 bios
64MB Albatron MX480EL
80GB WD 800JB
550W Antec TrueControl
WinXP Pro SP1

2x 512MB OCZ PC3500 Plat LE winbond BH-5
1:1 cpu/ram ratio
@ 255mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.5v (LED) - needs a bit more vdimm for double sided sticks + using tighter settings for DDR Idle Timer and Refresh Rate and Performance Mode of Turbo
OCZ DDR Booster Powered

vAGP = 1.8v
PAM = AUTO
DDR Idle Timer = Infinite
DDR Refresh Rate = 64 usec
PM = Turbo
Spread spectrum = Disabled
AGP Aperture = 64MB
AGP/PCI = 66.66/33.33

mem-buff1.jpg


mem-unbuff1.jpg
 
yup :cool:

Time to break out the old Winbond BH-6 modules in my 2x 512MB Corsair XMS3200C2v1.1 BH-6 :D They seem to need 0.1-0.2v more vdimm to achieve the same overclocks as BH-5 and under 3.0v will overclock ~5mhz less than BH-5. Also had to loosen the bios settings.

2.8C SL6Z5
Asus P4C800-E rev2.0 1016 bios
64MB Albatron MX480EL @ stock
2x 512MB Corsair XMS3200C2v1.1 BH-6
80GB WD 800JB
550W Antec TrueControl
WinXP Pro SP1

1:1 cpu/ram ratio
@ 250mhz 2-2-2-6 at 3.4v (LED)

vAGP = 1.8v
PAM = AUTO
DDR Idle Timer = AUTO
DDR Refresh Rate = AUTO
PM = Standard
Spread spectrum = Disabled
AGP Aperture = 64MB
AGP/PCI = 66.66/33.33

Sandra 2004 STD SP2
Buffered = 6173/6163
Unbuffered = 3750/3756

Aida32 v3.93
Read = 6087 MB/s
Write = 2187 MB/s
Aida32 SPD Info

CTIAW Bandwidth = 7039.9 MB/s

SuperPi
1M = 38s
2M = 1min 29s
8M = 7min 05s
16M = 15min 44s
32M = 34min 42s

Hexus Pifast = 55.59s
Thelab Pifast = 37.30s
 
Dammit. I wish I didn't have an Abit board, I'll have to do a VTT mod before I can take advantage of an OCZ booster. And, I reiterate my sig, DAMN YOU ABIT!
 
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