Who says Corsair VS can't overclock?

[KoolDrew]

I recently built a budget Sempron rig and bought some Corsair VS. Well, I started overclocking the RAM and was shocked at how well they were doing. It got up to 240MHz @ 2.5-3-3 w/ 2.6v. I pulled my RAM out of my system after Metesting fro a couple hours and it turned out they had UCCC chips.

When I upped the voltage to 2.7v it got to 256MHz. 2.8v it got 258. Then I loosened the timings up to 3-4-4-8 and it could do 260MHz.

I know these results aren't the greatest, but you have to remember this is Corsair Value Select. I wasn't even expecting it to get much past stock speeds. I guess I was wrong.

 

[Budman]

:thumbsup:

I got my 3 year old Crucial pc3200 to 250mhz here with 2.8v.

 

[F1shF4t]

If u figure out how to overclock it on a dfi board give me a yell. lol
But yea i had the chips running on my asus board at 216mhz easy and i bet i could have gone higher.

 

[ExtremePVDman]

Originally posted by: Budman
:thumbsup:

I got my 3 year old Crucial pc3200 to 250mhz here with 2.8v.

wow

 

[essasin]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew
I recently built a budget Sempron rig and bought some Corsair VS. Well, I started overclocking the RAM and was shocked at how well they were doing. It got up to 240MHz @ 2.5-3-3 w/ 2.6v. I pulled my RAM out of my system after Metesting fro a couple hours and it turned out they had UCCC chips.

When I upped the voltage to 2.7v it got to 256MHz. 2.8v it got 258. Then I loosened the timings up to 3-4-4-8 and it could do 260MHz.

I know these results aren't the greatest, but you have to remember this is Corsair Value Select. I wasn't even expecting it to get much past stock speeds. I guess I was wrong.

1gb kit or 2gb kit?

 

[Sentinel]

I couldn't post with anything except auto voltage on the VS. That's a sweet OC though for it.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: ExtremePVDman

Originally posted by: Budman
:thumbsup:

I got my 3 year old Crucial pc3200 to 250mhz here with 2.8v.

wow

pics for you. pic1 pic2

I said wow too when i fist reached 250mhz and tested with memtest+

This ram has been with me since p4 1.6@ 2.1 ,
amd mobile 2500+@3200+ ,
p4 2.4 @ 3ghz,
2800+@ 2250 (a64 754)
and now 3000+ venice at 2.250mhz sometimes 2.4ghz .

it's been quite a few upgrades since 2003.

 

[KoolDrew]

1gb kit or 2gb kit?

It's just a single 1GB stick.

 

[essasin]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew

1gb kit or 2gb kit?

It's just a single 1GB stick.

Nice overlclock and what makes it even better its on a budget board

 

[mazeroth]

I have the 2x512 Corsair Value Select PC3200 running at 9x267mhz on my Opteron 165. Stock voltage.

 

[LED]

As with most any VS RAM...it will do the min as advertised but anything on top/added/+ accomplished is the luck of the draw...

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: LED
As with most any VS RAM...it will do the min as advertised but anything on top/added/+ accomplished is the luck of the draw...

I know. I'm just suprised that it had UCCC chips.

 

[furballi]

How do you know that those were UCCC? Don't Corsair put their own emblem on the chip?

Have 2 x 512MB VS for $56 out-the-door. These were able to run at 232MHz at 2.5-3-3-5-1T at stock Vdimm. Said assemble in Taiwan on the box.

 

[KoolDrew]

How do you know that those were UCCC? Don't Corsair put their own emblem on the chip?

No, It says Samsung..a bunch of stuff...UCCC. They are definitely UCCC chips.

 

[tomt4535]

I had a pair that had some similar preformance to yours. It was a 2x512mb set, and I didnt have it for long so I couldnt do much with them. I actually was using the system to test out some faulty ram from another system, and I forgot to lower the FSB back down after putting the VS in, and it booted right up, 240mhz, no sweat. If I had some more time with those I probably would have gotten them much higher. They did better than the PC4000 Crucial ballistix I was testing(turned out to be faulty). I too am suprised that there are UCCC chips on there. Im guessing thats a 2x1gb kit? I have UCCC chips on my G.Skill PC4000 in my main rig, and I love em. Ive seen lots of Corsair VS overclocking really well recently.

 

[furballi]

Then those are UCCC. May pickup a stick if it goes for less than $60.

 

[joanknn]

My VS 512 X 2 oc easily to about 250 as well no prob great value!

 

[chocoruacal]

For a while there Corsair was sending UCCC chips back with RMA'd VS. The UCCC was impressive, but on my A64 system the timings pretty much negated any performance the increased memory speed gave so I sold em all

 

[orangat]

The VS modules could just as likely be using bog standard chips. You just got the luck of the draw.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: KoolDrew
I recently built a budget Sempron rig and bought some Corsair VS. Well, I started overclocking the RAM and was shocked at how well they were doing. It got up to 240MHz @ 2.5-3-3 w/ 2.6v. I pulled my RAM out of my system after Metesting fro a couple hours and it turned out they had UCCC chips.

When I upped the voltage to 2.7v it got to 256MHz. 2.8v it got 258. Then I loosened the timings up to 3-4-4-8 and it could do 260MHz.

I know these results aren't the greatest, but you have to remember this is Corsair Value Select. I wasn't even expecting it to get much past stock speeds. I guess I was wrong.

My older corsair set poops the bed around 215 even with loosened timing at 2.7v. My new set purchased last september though is running stock timings is doing fine at 221 @ 2.7v and was at 225 stock timings 10 passes of memtest86. Not that impressive, but I never even tried to push them beyond that...they might have more in them for all I know. I think they've just improved the quality of their yields in the past year or so.

 

[GamerExpress]

WOW, I know you can overclock Corsair VS, but wow, didn't think you would get that much out of them.

 

[furballi]

The 512MB sticks have the Corsair logo, so I have no idea about the source of the chip. Show up as Corsair VS512MB400 in Everest.

 

[alimoalem]

so basically, stick with VS ram ....just pointing this out but i didn't find one post that said corsair VS can't OC well unless you count that one poster that got a 17MHz OC

 

[fire400]

it's called "value select" for a reason, if you want to oc better, get the XMS series or a different brand or RAM.