PC5300 Ram is underrated.

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DuffMan72

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I was bored, so i overclocked my e6300 from 3.01 ghz to 3.325ghz (default cooler/voltage) using my apparently crappy ddr2-5300 kingston value memory. DDR2-667 for the win! My friend has an e6600 and can't even get that with ddr2-800. Am I just lucky ^_^

Edit: Will post results when proven stable.
 
Nice i wish i had the gold to build a good gaming computer but im 16 years old livin with my paents without a job they just bought me a lappy i should of told them to just gimme $ to build a desktop.

you could be just lucky or maybe his ram is some shitastic generic ram in wolfs clothing.
 
I think I have the same memory.
Kingston DDR2-667, CAS5 value memory (5-5-5-15), 2x512 mb.
I set the voltage to 2.1v and run it at 800 MHz, 4-4-4-12 timings, perfectly stable.
It can also do 667 Mhz, 3-3-3-9 timings perfectly stable.
I've even tried it at 889 MHz, 4-4-4-15 timings. It was almost stable, booted Windows and ran for about an hour, then my explorer started acting a bit funny and needed to be restarted. At 2.2v it might be stable, or easing up on the timings just a tad.
So yes, it turned out to be great memory. I'm lucky because I only bought it because I had to have DDR2 for my new PC, and the overclocking memory I wanted to buy, was on backorder, and I didn't want to wait any longer.
 
arman01 said:
probably like 10,10,10, 30 :rolleyes:
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Jealous much? :D :p

To the OP: a lot of DDR2-666 overclocks past DDR2-800 speeds, you just have to loosen the timings way up. Shouldn't make a difference, since Core 2's efficiency doesn't need a horrifically fast FSB or low memory latencies.
 
I used generic Micron CL5 DDR2-667 memory with the E6300 I built and it was another beast.

By bumping the voltage from 1.8v to 2.1v I was able to get it to run Orthos stable at DDR2-946 speed with CL4-4-4 timings. Great stuff.

It used the same D9GMH Micron chips that many DDR2-800 manufacturers are using. Great performance and a lot cheaper than the Crucial Ballistix series.
 
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