DH Review: OCZ DDR 5000 Platinum (DFI special ed)

Zardon · May 21, 2005, 06:35 PM

Having spoken in the past with OCZ staff members Tony and Andy who regularly post on our forums I have been aware of their close affiliation with DFI. Today we are going to take a look at a product that is closely linked with their DFI NF4 range of motherboards, OCZ's EL DDR PC-5000 Platinum (created for DFI NF4). Its quite easy to assume in a passing glance with a rating of "5000" these would be DDR2 modules however this is not the case, its regular DDR rated at a mind numbing 312.5mhz or DDR 625 with timings of 3-4-4-10. This should on paper sate even the most ardent of overclockers.

read the review here

Zelig · May 21, 2005, 06:50 PM

Nice review, I might pick up some of those modules in the not to distant future to replace the crap ram I currently have.

Asmoday · May 21, 2005, 06:56 PM

Another nice review, man that's some kick-ass ram Allan

germanjulian · May 21, 2005, 07:49 PM

... can I have some

***Veridian3*** · May 21, 2005, 10:44 PM

seems like one heck of a product.

bake15 · May 21, 2005, 11:09 PM

nice review Allan.
they look like a great set of sticks, they would be even better if the timings were tighter though

Necrosis · May 22, 2005, 03:24 AM

Hey Zardon,

What did you think of all the different memory settings in the bios? I'm getting one of these boards this up coming week, and am a bit over whelmed /w all the settings.

Zelig · May 22, 2005, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necrosis

Hey Zardon,

What did you think of all the different memory settings in the bios? I'm getting one of these boards this up coming week, and am a bit over whelmed /w all the settings.

See this thread for a plethora of information on the memory settings on the DFI NF4 boards.

I printed off a copy at size 6 font without margins, it was much easier to tweak the BIOS that way, rather than getting up and walking to my other computer every time I wanted to see what exactly a certain timing did.

If you use the new 5/10 BIOS, there are new defaults (not auto anymore) applied to many of the lesser known memory options, which work quite well. Auto works quite well too for that matter.

Also, it can take quite a while to find the best performance of memory settings, but it doesn't necessarily have to be of your time it's taking... since memtest is integrated into the mobo, it's easy to just tweak a timing option every night before you go to bed, and boot to memtest. I actually managed to have it run all the way up to pass 25 before it errored once.

Necrosis · May 22, 2005, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zelig

See this thread for a plethora of information on the memory settings on the DFI NF4 boards.

I printed off a copy at size 6 font without margins, it was much easier to tweak the BIOS that way, rather than getting up and walking to my other computer every time I wanted to see what exactly a certain timing did.

If you use the new 5/10 BIOS, there are new defaults (not auto anymore) applied to many of the lesser known memory options, which work quite well. Auto works quite well too for that matter.

Also, it can take quite a while to find the best performance of memory settings, but it doesn't necessarily have to be of your time it's taking... since memtest is integrated into the mobo, it's easy to just tweak a timing option every night before you go to bed, and boot to memtest. I actually managed to have it run all the way up to pass 25 before it errored once.

I'm currently only interested in running at stock spec. for my ram since my processor blows for overclocking. What memory do you have? I've seen the thread before, and guess will have to try to tweak to get it working properly. I'm running Crucial Ballistix.

Zelig · May 22, 2005, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necrosis

I'm currently only interested in running at stock spec. for my ram since my processor blows for overclocking. What memory do you have? I've seen the thread before, and guess will have to try to tweak to get it working properly. I'm running Crucial Ballistix.

I'm currently running some generic PC2700 ram, since my generic PC3200 ram died and is on an RMA trip.

If you're running at stock, chances are quite good that you'll be able to leave all the "extra" ram timings alone, most of them have very little effect on performance when left on auto, only on stability when overclocking.

My generic PC3200 did fine at stock without touching the memory settings, though the timings were quite loose.

May 21, 2005, 06:35 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	DH Review: OCZ DDR 5000 Platinum (DFI special ed) Having spoken in the past with OCZ staff members Tony and Andy who regularly post on our forums I have been aware of their close affiliation with DFI. Today we are going to take a look at a product that is closely linked with their DFI NF4 range of motherboards, OCZ's EL DDR PC-5000 Platinum (created for DFI NF4). Its quite easy to assume in a passing glance with a rating of "5000" these would be DDR2 modules however this is not the case, its regular DDR rated at a mind numbing 312.5mhz or DDR 625 with timings of 3-4-4-10. This should on paper sate even the most ardent of overclockers. read the review here

May 21, 2005, 06:50 PM	#2
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Nice review, I might pick up some of those modules in the not to distant future to replace the crap ram I currently have. __________________ --

May 21, 2005, 06:56 PM	#3
Asmoday Demonic Join Date: May 2002 Location: In the cold, dark north... Posts: 5,198 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Another nice review, man that's some kick-ass ram Allan __________________ How You can help Hardwareheaven by using Digg

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May 21, 2005, 10:44 PM	#5
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,028 Rep Power: 182	seems like one heck of a product.

May 21, 2005, 11:09 PM	#6
bake15 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wigan,UK Posts: 582 Rep Power: 0	nice review Allan. they look like a great set of sticks, they would be even better if the timings were tighter though

May 22, 2005, 03:24 AM	#7
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Hey Zardon, What did you think of all the different memory settings in the bios? I'm getting one of these boards this up coming week, and am a bit over whelmed /w all the settings.