Originally posted by: Atheus
What kind of software are you running that uses 8GB of memory? Must be something pretty damn intensive - I can't imagine breaking through 4GB (or even 2GB) in any normal workstation tasks, except maybe rendering, but it would have to be a lot of huge files and then I'd probably be looking at a cluster...
I don't have any app that will use 8GB of RAM. The most RAM that one app (among what I have) could use is probably 2GB, and that's under the worst case scenario. Those apps being games and Virtual PC. The reason why I decided to make the trade (sold Crucial sticks and use the money towards bigger capacity) is, however, Vista's SuperFetch. SuperFetch, in its current state, is by no means perfect, but I surely think the trade was worth it.
Originally posted by: Acidbath31
i have the patriot memory 1gb stcks and 512 sticks ( dual channel kits) but i bought the cas4 version which are made with the new micron "fatbodys". the cas5 sticks use the Elpida IC's and Powerchip IC's. those IC's are terrible and are not overclocking friendly at all. unless you get the higher end sticks like 9200's, you'll get handpicked micron IC's for those. from what ive seen in other forums from people that have bought sticks like A-data and corsairs that use Infineons IC's, they had nothing but burnt up sticks on the 6xx chipsets. glad to see its working out for ya, just tryin to give ya a heads up about those though. keep us informed cause i would love to see how long they last and especially if you start overclockin them!! good luck and hope they work out. ----------- ACID ----------
I've had enough experience of memory overclocking on C2D platform and it was time to settle down and make the machine for actual work (and play). As a matter of fact, while I fiddle with C2D (and now C2Q) my main rig has still been the trusty DFI LanParty board. Although fast, various C2D platform I experienced in the past wasn't just stable enough. But I think now is time to comfortably switch my main rig.
I've finished a 12-hour session of Memtest with 8GB RAM @800MHz/4-3-3-9-2T/1.95V without a single error. I appreciate your advice - I won't abuse these sticks or overclock any higher.
Originally posted by: Tegeril
I've been having ridiculous problems with very high speed memory occupying all four banks in my P5W. As soon as I can get my hands on a P35 I'm sticking my new 4x2GB Patriot PC2-6400 in and going to enjoy this just as you.
What kind of problem did you experience? Notice my sticks aren't meant for overclocking. Indeed I am glad that these are doing 800MHz/4-3-3 with a minimal voltage increase. I tested one of them just to see what they're like and the max frequency it did with CL4 was somewhere around 880MHz.