ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Memory Compatibility List (Unofficial)

[xtknight]

Sorry for the lack of updates. Original post updated again.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: FastEddie

Originally posted by: Insomniak
Fedex just dropped off my A8N-SLI Deluxe. I'll be putting Mushkin Basic Green into it (512x2) so we'll see how that does. Further reports to come this evening.

Now don't hurt yourself Insomniak! Wear a seat belt at all times.

All I can afford right now

Anyway, the basic green works fine, although the board wants to feed it a ton of juice. On Auto, it gives it 2.75, even though the ram is meant for 2.5 according to specs. So far it's been taking it...gonna prime it tomorrow and see how everything is.

The board was a great buy though - easy install, not a single hitch booting up. As a matter of fact, I only have one thing to toubleshoot at the moment...according to Nvidia's driver screen, my PEG link is only at 8x. I know this has no impact on real world performance, as it's pretty much the same as AGP8X in terms of bandwidth, but I would like to know why the card isn't getting the full 16 lanes...

And before anyone mentions it, yes the selector is set to single video card.

System:
A64 3000+ Winchester
1GB Mushkin Basic Green PC3200
Leadtek PCIe GeForce 6600GT

Preliminary 3dmark03 (have not tweaked OS, started OCing, etc.):
8368

 

[FastEddie]

And that was pretty fast on the build. :thumbsup:

 

[atom519]

1b (512x2) Crucial Ballistix Tracer pc4000 DDR500 works here.

Default of 2.5/3/3/8 at 200mhz 1.8v 2t
and
overclock 220x10 4x HT ~ 2.2ghz at same settings working perfect here. know I could higher but waiting on HSF.

3200+ Winchester
Ultra X-Connect 500wt
2 eVGA 6600Gt in SLI

 

[Nate7out]

512 x 2 Kingston HyperX PC3000 BH-5, Default timings, A64 3000+, 6600gt

will update when i do some overclocking.

 

[AlexBmur]

Kingston HyperX PC3200 (512 x 2) at stock timings (2-3-2-6-1T) works great on my A8N-SLI. I haven't done any overclocking.

Here is a link to the ram.

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Mine seem to be working OK, although I haven't run an official test yet.

 

[mofrack]

2x Corsair CMX256A-3200C2PT, 2-3-3-6 1T timings, 2.7 vdimm

havent overclocked, but this RAM works at stock with the A8N SLI Deluxe for sure.

 

[Muhadib]

Name: Corsair TWINX1024-4400C25
CPU: Winchester 3000+
Speed: PC4400
Timings: Default from spd 2.5-4-4-8 (I run 240X9 2.5 3 3 8 t1, haven't tinkerd to much with low timeings)
Voltage: Default 2.75
Chip: TCCD
Dual: Yes
Size: 512MB
Quantity: 2

Can't seem to go over 240mhz with T1 times and 1:1 ratio on this a8n, just like everybody else. I'm praying that it's a bios fix, If not. Hello ebay, goodbye a8n. I need a SLI board that can handle 295mhz with good memory settings.

 

[el burninator dapeoples]

having issues with my rig (a8n-sli-d,3500,corsair xms pro 3200s

ran fine for a week after setup, but this was due to not utilizing system and pressing a full load. weekend came and after loading doom3 and prince of persia, and ut2004. all games crashed with BSOD, mem dumps.

checked bios...
system is set on quiet and cool, running 32-34c idle temps. no oc'ing done. bios set to auto. tried manually configuring dram setup to 2.2.2.5 @1t... noticed mem was set to 200mhz on auto??? changed to 400mhz. games now sort of play, but game integrity is comprimised: sluggish motion, flickering and motion clipping going on. still occasionally crashes. while games are in play windows task manager is showing cpu usage at 100% constant.

bought another video card to test, swapped... and same problem.

pulled mem channel a, same problem. swapped b out with other ddr module, same problem.

i am assuming this is a memory issue, and thanks to this article i see it isnt a compatibility issue, but if anyone has a suggestion or similar problems plz chime in.

***also, my ez selector card was dual card side in slot, even though the manual says it comes factory for single use. to make it more confusing the dumb bastard in charge of the user manual used a picture of the dual card side in the selector right next to where it says "the factory sets ez-selector card for single use"

maybe im just going nuts with these problems but single side should be facing the blue pci-e, right?

 

[Mr. Lennon]

anyone tried 2x 512 of kingston hyper x pc4000 ram?

 

[Shaga]

or kingston hyper x pc3500 ram? DDR433, I have ordered it. At least Kingston Value Ram Kit(1gig) CL2.5 works, manual tells only about CL3 support, I'm traiding this to that hyper x.

 

[simonwh]

Add Geil Value 512mb PC3200. Great list.

 

[wgoblin]

EDIT/UPDATE

One of the modules was defective i can now confirm that TakeMS (MemorySolutioN Gmbh) modules BD512500TEC are working hapilly in dual channel mode...

 

[dworley]

I have successfully tested the following memory with my A8N-SLI:

Corsair XMS 3200C2 2x512 2-3-3-6
Kingston DDR 500 PC4000 2x512 3-4-4-8 and 2.5-3-3-7
PQI Turbo PC3200 2x1024 3-4-4-8 and 2.5-3-3-7

 

[onelung]

My Auto settings for Ram make my stystem totally unstable with 2 sticks at DDR400 - largely to do with Voltage - Auto is 2.6v I needed to put it to 2.65V and everything seems fine now.

Maybe this is why alot of people's systems are crashing when they leave everthing stock in Bios + and they use 2 sticks of ram

 

[Thorsson]

2x512 PC3200 Crucial Ballistix running at 2-2-2-5 1T 2.7V [3200+ Winnie running at stock, with HT x5]

Rock solid. Burning in before I try OC'ing.

 

[imported_2x]

Running 2 x 256 Crucial Ballistix @ 2-2-2-6 with 1T/2T set to auto. Solid performance, no hickups with a A64 1.8 Win not overclocked.

 

[Shaga]

Originally posted by: Shaga
or kingston hyper x pc3500 ram? DDR433, I have ordered it. At least Kingston Value Ram Kit(1gig) CL2.5 works, manual tells only about CL3 support, I'm traiding this to that hyper x.

Wohoo! Got Kingston HyperX PC3500 512x2 (CL2.5)-sticks, I had cl2.5 valuerams before. Using now as a CL2 with 220mhzX11.


SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 7621 MB/s
RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 7522 MB/s

Int Buff'd iSSE2 (Integer STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 7679MB/s
Scaling : 7679MB/s
Addition : 7572MB/s
Triad : 7556MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 49% (estimated)

Float Buff'd iSSE2 (Float STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 7668MB/s
Scaling : 7697MB/s
Addition : 7396MB/s
Triad : 7329MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 49% (estimated)

Performance Test Status
Run ID : MAKE on 27. tammikuuta 2005 at 0:40:12
Memory Used by Test : 512MB
NUMA Support : No
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
SMT Test : No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : P0
Page Size : 4kB
Use Large Memory Pages : No

Chipset 1
Model : Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2420MHz (4840MHz data rate)
In/Out Width : 16-bit / 16-bit
Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 19360MB/s (estimated)

Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks
Bank 0 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.0-3-2-2CL 2CMD
Bank 1 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.0-3-2-2CL 2CMD
Channels : 1
Bank Interleave : 2-way
Speed : 2x 484MHz (968MHz data rate)
Width : 128-bit
Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth : 15488MB/s (estimated)

Features
(W)MMX Technology : Yes
SSE Technology : Yes
SSE2 Technology : Yes
SSE3 Technology : No
EMMX - Extended MMX Technology : Yes
HTT - Hyper-Threading Technology : No


==============ADDED================
Sorry, that was with Cool'N'Quiet forced to 1100Mhz because of WINXP64 Unknown device, now without C'N'Q.

SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 6510 MB/s
RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 6452 MB/s

Int Buff'd iSSE2 (Integer STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 6620MB/s
Scaling : 6619MB/s
Addition : 6399MB/s
Triad : 6403MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 92% (estimated)

Float Buff'd iSSE2 (Float STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 6633MB/s
Scaling : 6639MB/s
Addition : 6298MB/s
Triad : 6240MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 92% (estimated)

Performance Test Status
Run ID : MAKE on 27. tammikuuta 2005 at 0:55:15
Memory Used by Test : 512MB
NUMA Support : No
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
SMT Test : No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : P0
Page Size : 4kB
Use Large Memory Pages : No

Chipset 1
Model : Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 1100MHz (2200MHz data rate)
In/Out Width : 16-bit / 16-bit
Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 8800MB/s (estimated)

Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks
Bank 0 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.0-3-2-2CL 2CMD
Bank 1 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.0-3-2-2CL 2CMD
Channels : 1
Bank Interleave : 2-way
Speed : 2x 220MHz (440MHz data rate)
Width : 128-bit
Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth : 7040MB/s (estimated)

Features
(W)MMX Technology : Yes
SSE Technology : Yes
SSE2 Technology : Yes
SSE3 Technology : No
EMMX - Extended MMX Technology : Yes
HTT - Hyper-Threading Technology : No

Performance Tips
Notice 5008 : To change benchmarks, click Options.
Notice 5004 : Synthetic benchmark. May not tally with 'real-life' performance.
Notice 5006 : Only compare the results with ones obtained using the same version!
Warning 5010 : Cannot use Large Memory Pages due to lack of priviledges.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

 

[imported_allanon]

Originally posted by: dworley
I have successfully tested the following memory with my A8N-SLI:

Corsair XMS 3200C2 2x512 2-3-3-6

i have two banks of this memories but one is recognized as 2700 by spd ....the system ran in dual channel but at 333mhz...Not any set on bios to force manually at 400mhz...you have a solution or is impossible to set manually memories frequency?

 

[Aquila76]

The SLI connector should have "Single Video Card" next to the connector, like this (bottom of page):

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2358&p=4

And set your RAM MHZ back to 200MHz (which is DDR400), with CAS etc. as listed on the link below. It sounds like you're doubling the rated speed of the DIMM! That should clear up your crashing/BSOD issues.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2358&p=5

 

[Big Bunny]

Currently running my 2X 512MB Crucial Ballistix PC3200 at 2.5-3-3-8, 3.0 V, 228 MHz using DDR333 divider with system at 275 MHz & HTT multi 3X. I had all sorts of trouble getting the system past 240 MHz until I lowered the HTT multi to 3X AND raised Vcore to 1.6 and Vdimm to 3.0. Running solid now and happy that this memory can take the heat!