Are Micron D9's absolutely necessary?

[PlacidBlueAlien]

I have a p5n-e and a e6300 currently. I think I can run the memory unlinked at the cost of some performance but not 100% sure about how well that works and thus just assume that I'm not. I was wondering to really get over or around the 3ghz mark with the e6300 if micron ics were necessary or could I squeeze by with cheaper RAM like the 2x1gb OCZ platinum rev2 (DDR2 800 though these use Promos so I could get something else at the 200 USD mark.) Had to RMA some cheapo Geil ram and simply decided on a refund since I didn't want to fight with it to get the timings right.

I can stretch my budget a bit and grab 2x1gb d9s for around 300 dollars but it's something I'm hesitant to do at the moment as it stretches the bank a bit too far.

 

[n7]

Sounds like a plan that should work to me.

 

[mroverclocker]

all i can say is firestix d9's. for 249@newegg. Best buy IMO.

 

[memories2002]

Ive got Micron D9DCL, but i dont know how good/bad/average they are...?

 

[csrx]

I thought Micron D9DCL's were as good as Promos.

 

[StopSign]

D9 is not necessary for 3 GHz. See my sig.

 

[Diogenes2]

What do you actually want to accomplish with your PC ? What will you gain by spending $300 on RAM ?

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: mroverclocker
all i can say is firestix d9's. for 249@newegg. Best buy IMO.

Those haven't been Micron for awhile. They switched them to Elpida.

 

[PlacidBlueAlien]

Thanks everyone. I've decided to try on some nond9 memory as the price tag for the micron based memory is about as much as my motherboard and CPU. The only thing I'd gain from spending $300 on RAM is the same anyone else would gain on spending $300 on RAM... OCing without memory dividers (or in my case, having to run async but it's just not worth the entry price for me.) On the flip side, I do get a host of issues which probably could be solved via bios updates (if they ever get around to it.)

I'll probably end up on a 2x1gb corsair xms2 ddr2 800 model (haven't really decided between the EPP (cas4) and non EPP version (cas5).)

 

[PClark99]

Originally posted by: PlacidBlueAlien
Thanks everyone. I've decided to try on some nond9 memory as the price tag for the micron based memory is about as much as my motherboard and CPU. The only thing I'd gain from spending $300 on RAM is the same anyone else would gain on spending $300 on RAM... OCing without memory dividers (or in my case, having to run async but it's just not worth the entry price for me.) On the flip side, I do get a host of issues which probably could be solved via bios updates (if they ever get around to it.)

I'll probably end up on a 2x1gb corsair xms2 ddr2 800 model (haven't really decided between the EPP (cas4) and non EPP version (cas5).)

the non EPP version is pretty good.

I could run mine at 4-4-4-12 in my P5B wifi at 1.9V

The hit DDR860 at 5-5-5-12 at 2.0V.