PQI Turbo, here I come...

Iridium · Jan 3, 2005, 03:01 PM

"Step 3: Your credit/debit card has been successfully charged. Please note that you may no longer make changes to your order."

W00T, well, here's hoping this PQI Turbo Dual Platinum PC-3200 TCCD stuff is as good as all of the reviews/comments I have been hearing. This should open a new window for me and my new system, not to mention allow me to build up my old 2.4b again with my Kingston PC-2700 stuff. Ordered today, lets see how Newegg does...

Judas · Jan 3, 2005, 05:30 PM

Sounds like a good buy, you found a place that was selling it cheap?

Logla · Jan 3, 2005, 05:55 PM

and you've got to let us know what this RAM's like of course once it arrives.

Iridium · Jan 3, 2005, 06:20 PM

Not a bad price, $244 US after shipping. I got it off of Newegg. Seems to be a pretty fair price compared to the only other model using the same BrainPower PCB it is using, the OCZ EL Platinum rev 2 which is at $274 with shipping. I have a review on another site showing this ram to OC better than the OCZ at the loosest timings too. However there was only about 4 MHz more. I am not sure, can I post links to reviews on other sites, I can I think. I will put up the link here and if a mod takes it down I guess I was wrong... Here is the link. It is a comparison of memory all using the TCCD chips, but with 3 different PCB designs.

I highly doubt I will even touch the topside of what these sticks are able to do with my 3.2C, but I always like to have a little "headroom". I was glad to come across this review as people don't normally even think about the PCB's just the chips.

As you can see in the review, there is quite a difference between the 2 using the BrainPower PCB's and those not. And these are all at "normal" voltages which I like because as much as I like to play with my computer, I am not really thinking I would like to be doing any soldering to volt mod my MOBO, or spend another 50 bucks on a ddr booster and worry about smoking my mosfets.

Iridium · Jan 3, 2005, 06:27 PM

And of course once the sticks arrive and I have a chance to thoroughly run them through their paces and get burnt in, I will get some performance benchies up.

Judas · Jan 3, 2005, 06:39 PM

Looks like an excellent cheaper solution compared to the OCZ ram.

Sargentwhitey · Jan 3, 2005, 07:11 PM

I got some PQI's in right now.. 2-2-2-5 timings. Awesome sticks.. if I could get the rest of my system to OC.. I would be able to test 'em with it

Iridium · Jan 3, 2005, 08:16 PM

Omg I Want A Tracking Number Danggit......

Lol

Lowfat · Jan 4, 2005, 06:18 AM

that would be my second choice in ram, but haven't found it for sale anywhere in canada.

Iridium · Jan 4, 2005, 02:10 PM

WooHoo I got a tracking number!! *Does the Running Man Dance*

nuG · Jan 10, 2005, 10:14 AM

iordered a stick of 512mb of pc2700 pqi ram and it wouldnt boot for me, even when it was the only stick. so i sent it back and got another stick of corsair xms

Iridium · Jan 11, 2005, 01:21 AM

Guess what, will not boot here too...Going to send it back myself, probably just get a Raptor, my ram runs well enough, I don't think my CPU has much left to give anyways.

nauticus · Jan 11, 2005, 01:51 AM

That sucks, guess we should stay away from PQI.

Asmoday · Jan 11, 2005, 01:59 AM

I'm sorry to hear that dude..

... I just bought a 2x512 kit of G.Skill RAM, couldn't be happier with it. I tried running it at 9x275mhz just for the hell of it, and it indeed is stable at that speed at cas 2.5/3/3/7 just as advertised
Some kick-ass ram that isn't super expensive, I can highly recommend this RAM to anyone who's looking for some great overclocking memory

nuG · Jan 11, 2005, 05:15 AM

Although io ve heard if you can get a stik of pqai that actually works then its a half decent stick of ram. i think that shits just really incosistent

Sargentwhitey · Jan 11, 2005, 05:29 AM

I've got some PQI Sticks.. as mentioned above.. they run everything great

nuG · Jan 11, 2005, 08:41 PM

you lucky then, my friend

Jan 3, 2005, 03:01 PM	#1
Iridium DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO. Posts: 402 Rep Power: 0	PQI Turbo, here I come... "Step 3: Your credit/debit card has been successfully charged. Please note that you may no longer make changes to your order." W00T, well, here's hoping this PQI Turbo Dual Platinum PC-3200 TCCD stuff is as good as all of the reviews/comments I have been hearing. This should open a new window for me and my new system, not to mention allow me to build up my old 2.4b again with my Kingston PC-2700 stuff. Ordered today, lets see how Newegg does... __________________ [color=navy]Win XP-Home Sp 2[/color] [color=blue]P4 3.2c @ 3.52 @1.6v w/SLK-900U[/color] [color=royalblue]Abit IC7-G BIOS Rev. 27[/color] [color=deepskyblue]1GB Corsair XMS XL Pro @ 2.5/3/2/6 1:1 @ 220FSB[/color] [color=lightblue]XFX 6600GT @ 585/1175 w/Stock Cooling[/color] [color=lightblue]74gb Raptor/40gb WD Caviar[/color] [color=lightblue]Ultra-X Connect 500w[/color] [color=white]3DMark03[/color],[color=white]PCMark04[/color]

Jan 3, 2005, 06:20 PM	Thread Starter #4
Iridium DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO. Posts: 402 Rep Power: 0	Not a bad price, $244 US after shipping. I got it off of Newegg. Seems to be a pretty fair price compared to the only other model using the same BrainPower PCB it is using, the OCZ EL Platinum rev 2 which is at $274 with shipping. I have a review on another site showing this ram to OC better than the OCZ at the loosest timings too. However there was only about 4 MHz more. I am not sure, can I post links to reviews on other sites, I can I think. I will put up the link here and if a mod takes it down I guess I was wrong... Here is the link. It is a comparison of memory all using the TCCD chips, but with 3 different PCB designs. I highly doubt I will even touch the topside of what these sticks are able to do with my 3.2C, but I always like to have a little "headroom". I was glad to come across this review as people don't normally even think about the PCB's just the chips. As you can see in the review, there is quite a difference between the 2 using the BrainPower PCB's and those not. And these are all at "normal" voltages which I like because as much as I like to play with my computer, I am not really thinking I would like to be doing any soldering to volt mod my MOBO, or spend another 50 bucks on a ddr booster and worry about smoking my mosfets. __________________ [color=navy]Win XP-Home Sp 2[/color] [color=blue]P4 3.2c @ 3.52 @1.6v w/SLK-900U[/color] [color=royalblue]Abit IC7-G BIOS Rev. 27[/color] [color=deepskyblue]1GB Corsair XMS XL Pro @ 2.5/3/2/6 1:1 @ 220FSB[/color] [color=lightblue]XFX 6600GT @ 585/1175 w/Stock Cooling[/color] [color=lightblue]74gb Raptor/40gb WD Caviar[/color] [color=lightblue]Ultra-X Connect 500w[/color] [color=white]3DMark03[/color],[color=white]PCMark04[/color] Last edited by Iridium; Jan 3, 2005 at 06:26 PM.

Jan 3, 2005, 06:27 PM	Thread Starter #5
Iridium DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO. Posts: 402 Rep Power: 0	And of course once the sticks arrive and I have a chance to thoroughly run them through their paces and get burnt in, I will get some performance benchies up. __________________ [color=navy]Win XP-Home Sp 2[/color] [color=blue]P4 3.2c @ 3.52 @1.6v w/SLK-900U[/color] [color=royalblue]Abit IC7-G BIOS Rev. 27[/color] [color=deepskyblue]1GB Corsair XMS XL Pro @ 2.5/3/2/6 1:1 @ 220FSB[/color] [color=lightblue]XFX 6600GT @ 585/1175 w/Stock Cooling[/color] [color=lightblue]74gb Raptor/40gb WD Caviar[/color] [color=lightblue]Ultra-X Connect 500w[/color] [color=white]3DMark03[/color],[color=white]PCMark04[/color]

Jan 3, 2005, 07:11 PM	#7
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	I got some PQI's in right now.. 2-2-2-5 timings. Awesome sticks.. if I could get the rest of my system to OC.. I would be able to test 'em with it __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Jan 3, 2005, 08:16 PM	Thread Starter #8
Iridium DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO. Posts: 402 Rep Power: 0	Omg I Want A Tracking Number Danggit...... Lol __________________ [color=navy]Win XP-Home Sp 2[/color] [color=blue]P4 3.2c @ 3.52 @1.6v w/SLK-900U[/color] [color=royalblue]Abit IC7-G BIOS Rev. 27[/color] [color=deepskyblue]1GB Corsair XMS XL Pro @ 2.5/3/2/6 1:1 @ 220FSB[/color] [color=lightblue]XFX 6600GT @ 585/1175 w/Stock Cooling[/color] [color=lightblue]74gb Raptor/40gb WD Caviar[/color] [color=lightblue]Ultra-X Connect 500w[/color] [color=white]3DMark03[/color],[color=white]PCMark04[/color]

Jan 3, 2005, 05:55 PM	#3
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	and you've got to let us know what this RAM's like of course once it arrives.

Jan 4, 2005, 06:18 AM	#9
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	that would be my second choice in ram, but haven't found it for sale anywhere in canada. __________________

Jan 4, 2005, 02:10 PM	Thread Starter #10
Iridium DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO. Posts: 402 Rep Power: 0	WooHoo I got a tracking number!! Does the Running Man Dance __________________ [color=navy]Win XP-Home Sp 2[/color] [color=blue]P4 3.2c @ 3.52 @1.6v w/SLK-900U[/color] [color=royalblue]Abit IC7-G BIOS Rev. 27[/color] [color=deepskyblue]1GB Corsair XMS XL Pro @ 2.5/3/2/6 1:1 @ 220FSB[/color] [color=lightblue]XFX 6600GT @ 585/1175 w/Stock Cooling[/color] [color=lightblue]74gb Raptor/40gb WD Caviar[/color] [color=lightblue]Ultra-X Connect 500w[/color] [color=white]3DMark03[/color],[color=white]PCMark04[/color]

Jan 10, 2005, 10:14 AM	#11
nuG is having a sexy party Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,779 Rep Power: 0	iordered a stick of 512mb of pc2700 pqi ram and it wouldnt boot for me, even when it was the only stick. so i sent it back and got another stick of corsair xms __________________ [COLOR=Black][/COLOR]

Jan 11, 2005, 01:21 AM	Thread Starter #12
Iridium DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO. Posts: 402 Rep Power: 0	Guess what, will not boot here too...Going to send it back myself, probably just get a Raptor, my ram runs well enough, I don't think my CPU has much left to give anyways. __________________ [color=navy]Win XP-Home Sp 2[/color] [color=blue]P4 3.2c @ 3.52 @1.6v w/SLK-900U[/color] [color=royalblue]Abit IC7-G BIOS Rev. 27[/color] [color=deepskyblue]1GB Corsair XMS XL Pro @ 2.5/3/2/6 1:1 @ 220FSB[/color] [color=lightblue]XFX 6600GT @ 585/1175 w/Stock Cooling[/color] [color=lightblue]74gb Raptor/40gb WD Caviar[/color] [color=lightblue]Ultra-X Connect 500w[/color] [color=white]3DMark03[/color],[color=white]PCMark04[/color]

Jan 11, 2005, 01:51 AM	#13
nauticus Carpcarpcarpcarpcarp Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: nauticus Posts: 232 Rep Power: 0	That sucks, guess we should stay away from PQI.

Jan 11, 2005, 01:59 AM	#14
Asmoday Demonic Join Date: May 2002 Location: In the cold, dark north... Posts: 5,198 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	I'm sorry to hear that dude.. ... I just bought a 2x512 kit of G.Skill RAM, couldn't be happier with it. I tried running it at 9x275mhz just for the hell of it, and it indeed is stable at that speed at cas 2.5/3/3/7 just as advertised Some kick-ass ram that isn't super expensive, I can highly recommend this RAM to anyone who's looking for some great overclocking memory __________________ How You can help Hardwareheaven by using Digg Last edited by Asmoday; Jan 11, 2005 at 02:24 AM.

Jan 11, 2005, 05:15 AM	#15
nuG is having a sexy party Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,779 Rep Power: 0	Although io ve heard if you can get a stik of pqai that actually works then its a half decent stick of ram. i think that shits just really incosistent __________________ [COLOR=Black][/COLOR]

Jan 11, 2005, 05:29 AM	#16
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	I've got some PQI Sticks.. as mentioned above.. they run everything great __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Jan 11, 2005, 08:41 PM	#17
nuG is having a sexy party Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,779 Rep Power: 0	you lucky then, my friend __________________ [COLOR=Black][/COLOR]