OCZ Ram + Venice

[peleejosh]

Originally posted by: mpgros02
This is some disturbing news as I am currently building a new A64 system and was planning on using the OCZ pc3200 gold-vx memory I am using in my current AXP system. I already have a DFI Lanparty nForce 4 Ultra-D mobo, A64 3500+ (winchester), and 2 WD caviar SATA150 80GB 7200/8mb for raid 0. I bought the mobo and cpu specifically for getting clock speeds over 2.6ghz and up till this article have had no problems with the memory I have. Should I just buy different memory or sacrifice the 1T for 2T and try to stick it out? I'm not exactly sure if my OCZ Gold-VX is TCCD or not and I've read that the Ultra-D insists on it. How do I find out? Also, I know the Gold-VX memory is incredibly stable at higher voltages, but to achieve the 2.6Ghz I'm looking for would it be better to upgrade to PC-4000 dimms (as far as the stress my current memory would go through)? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I havn't started putting my rig together yet.

Desired Specs:
A64 3500+ Winchester @ 2.6Ghz
DFI Lanparty nForce 4 Ultra-D
1GB OCZ PC-3200 Gold-VX
80GB (40GB Raptors X2 in Raid-0)
160GB (80GB WD Caviar 7200/8mb X2 in Raid-0)
geForce 6600GT PCI-E
Case: Thermaltake Tsunami (black) PS: Rosewill 550W

The OCZ gold vx is not tccd.

 

[mpgros02]

I'm building it more for the new features. A64 from athlon xp for improved memory access. Currently my board doesn't support SATA150 and I'd like the improved speed of SATA150 matched with raid0 (I also am a graphic artist so saving/loading 100mb photoshop files happens about 50 times a day). Plus, I don't plan on going back to AGP, so spending the money on a 6800GT agp is pointless. Really I'm doing it more because my current computer was thrown together over time as my knowledge increased and I want to do it right this time (better quality parts all around). Other than that I feel the gains experienced in gaming will be worth it, the agp 6xxx series is not ideal because the chipset was built for pci-e as well. Although my XFX 6600GT AGP kicks ass @ 1GHz stock!

So definately go with different memory? has anyone had a really great o/c experience using the lanparty nforce4 ultra-d mobo with a certain brand/type of memory?

thanks for the response

 

[Painman]

OCZ Plat rev. 1 if I'm not mistaken is Winbond CH5 based. The people at DFI-Street seem to believe that in the 2 latest trios of beta BIOS (414-x and 510-x) the -2 version is best for Winbond, -1 for TCCD and -3 is supposedly compatible with both but not optimized for either. Head to DFI-Street and read up

 

[mpgros02]

Thanks for the information Painman. After careful consideration I think I might opt for some corsair twinx pc3200 or crucial ballistix pc3200. I've had great luck with corsair in the past but havn't had a chance to try ballistix sticks. I'm still wondering if I should go with pc3200 or faster? Too bad the OCZ Gold-VX is so jacked up with the lanparty nforce 4 ultra-d mobo, I thought I had found a new brand I might try it anyway with the -2 bios just because I have them already.

since the memory controller on winchester cores is on die, with theoretical 1600mhz fsb, does this mean it is relatively safe to o/c the fsb after dropping the multiplier? given the memory supports it?

i.e. ddr510/fsb @ 255 while keeping memory timings stock

nforce4 is supposed to run fairly hot so I guess the mobo would heat up quite a bit... hmm

 

[Painman]

mpgros02, I'm petty sure your Gold VX is Winbond too (UTT). It's definitely not TCCD. TCCD would fry if you put 3.5 volts through it!! I would keep it and try to work with it though, DFI and Winbond seem to work together well from what I've read. I would definitely not buy Ballistix to run with the DFI board. I have a gig of the stuff and I've basically decided to swap it out... it ran alright with a Winchester after some wrestling, but my current CPU/mobo combo HATES Ballistix. Avoid that headache.

 

[LostInLine]

mpgros02

Fair enough reason to upgrade.

The interesting thing about OCZ is that they have a presense on the forums and offer very good support.