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*RyderOCZ* · Mar 27, 2005, 10:15 PM

Not following exactly Zelig, how warm do they get to the touch?

Zelig · Mar 27, 2005, 10:58 PM

No, psus will lose effiency when they get hotter.

For example, Enermax power supplies have their rated watts determined for air running through it heated to 25 degrees, which isn't particularly realistic for normal systems. PC Power and Cooling power supplies take their wattage ratings for air heated to 40 degrees passing through the psu.

I was wondering what temperature cases OCZ power supplies are used in for determining their rated wattage.

*RyderOCZ* · Mar 29, 2005, 03:49 AM

Sorry I didn't post back yesterday, I will contact on of our engineers and find out

Zelig · Apr 5, 2005, 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

Sorry I didn't post back yesterday, I will contact on of our engineers and find out

How long does it take to contact one of your engineers?

No real rush though, I've already ordered a 520W modstream, so I'm just curious as to how OCZ rates their power supplies, it won't be affecting my purchase decisions.

*RyderOCZ* · Apr 5, 2005, 03:54 AM

You know....apparently a very long time, because he has not answered my question. Email time again

*RyderOCZ* · Apr 5, 2005, 03:26 PM

Now he is quick about it, LOL

25*C

DarkFoss · Apr 5, 2005, 06:53 PM

Hey RyderOZC,

Do you know if this memory is compatable with Epox new motherboard ? A friend asked me but I haven't been able to find any charts. Perhaps you know if any testing has been done yet

mike2h · Apr 5, 2005, 07:11 PM

do you know of a way to compress my 4x256 ocz el ddr 4000 into 2x512?

just wanted to thank you for making yourself available.!

*RyderOCZ* · Apr 6, 2005, 12:44 AM

DarkFoss,

That should be no problem, as far as compatibility. Those sticks have our highest binned TCCD on them, so they are very compatible. I do not know if the Epox is capable of 300FSB at 1:1 with 1T, you would have to see if you can find a review or something to find that out.

Mike2h,

If I could do that, I think I would be a millionaire.

Thank You.

itchy5 · Apr 9, 2005, 12:47 AM

hey Ryder, i was looking around for some pc4000 VX and i was wondering how high those will go. some people say they top out at 260 or something. i personally havent tested it out, so just asking

*RyderOCZ* · Apr 11, 2005, 06:20 AM

260 is lucky itchy. I have seen some guys report that high but usually that is running with 3.6 - 3.7V which is over the warranty limit

With the 4000 we guarantee 250FSB with 2-2-2 timings (If you have a booster or a motherboard that will deliver at least 3.3V)

Hope that helps

Bruuce · Apr 11, 2005, 08:03 PM

Hi RyderOCZ. I currently use 2x512 of 3200 performance ram and I noticed that my P4 3.0ghz was running at 2.99ghz. Any reason why and is there anything I could do to optimize it and the system to the max?

*RyderOCZ* · Apr 12, 2005, 12:55 AM

Hi Bruuce,

The 2.99 GHz thing has to do with the clockgen on the mobo, some of them fluctuate or do not actually set the FSB to 200 (something like 199.8 or whatever).

What mobo are you running? and if you can get me the part number of the sticks, that would help me make suggestions

itchy5 · Apr 12, 2005, 02:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

260 is lucky itchy. I have seen some guys report that high but usually that is running with 3.6 - 3.7V which is over the warranty limit

With the 4000 we guarantee 250FSB with 2-2-2 timings (If you have a booster or a motherboard that will deliver at least 3.3V)

Hope that helps

i dont mean @ 2-2-2 i mean how high regardless of timings

*RyderOCZ* · Apr 12, 2005, 02:17 AM

260-270 ish...they don't scale like a lot of memory does

Bruuce · Apr 12, 2005, 04:30 AM

I'm using the ECS 848P-A mobo and the ram is model number OCZ400512P of the premier series, not performance series. There's probably not a whole lot I can do I bet hehe.

Zelig · Apr 12, 2005, 12:37 PM

Quick question: Which way does the modstream psu pull air?

*RyderOCZ* · Apr 13, 2005, 12:42 AM

Bruuce,
You are probably correct, but I will see what I can dig up on that mobo. If you can post and let me know what you have "control" over in the bios, that would help

Zelig,
It should pull air into the bottom and exhaust it out the back of the case.

Zelig · Apr 14, 2005, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

Zelig,
It should pull air into the bottom and exhaust it out the back of the case.

Yeah, I figured it out, I had the bright idea to pull apart my last rig right after I posted that, then check back while I had no computers capable of browsing.

All's good now though, the modstream's running beautifully, and I got my 4 80mm blowholes cut cleanly in my case.

itchy5 · Apr 16, 2005, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

260-270 ish...they don't scale like a lot of memory does

does OCZ have any ram that can scale up to 300+ i know you guys have ddr600 already but i dont wanna spend $300+

so i might have to go w/ G.skill *gasp*

*RyderOCZ* · Apr 17, 2005, 06:49 PM

The PC3200 Plat Rev 2, PC3700 Platinum, PC4200 Platinum should all reach 300 on the right motherboard Itchy

itchy5 · Apr 17, 2005, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

The PC3200 Plat Rev 2, PC3700 Platinum, PC4200 Platinum should all reach 300 on the right motherboard Itchy

sounds good

i was buying some 3200 plat rev2 for a customer, i might pick a set up my self

Bruuce · Apr 20, 2005, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

Bruuce,
You are probably correct, but I will see what I can dig up on that mobo. If you can post and let me know what you have "control" over in the bios, that would help

Zelig,
It should pull air into the bottom and exhaust it out the back of the case.

The bios is pretty basic. It has timings settings, ram speed and thats about it. The ram speed doesn't go any higher than 400, but I'm thinking of getting a new mobo anyway.

Which brings me to my next question: I just loaded up cpu-z and it says I have 2 different OCZ ram models, both 3200 ram but different part numbers. One of them is OCZ400512P3 and the second one is, OCZ400512P. The OCZ400512P3 is rated 2.5/4/4/8 and the OCZ400512P is rated 3/4/4/8.

Now here's my question heh. If I were to buy a dual channel capable mobo, would I be able to run the memory modules in dual channel with settings 3/4/4/8?

*RyderOCZ* · Apr 21, 2005, 04:23 AM

Bruuce,

I will say yes, but it will depend on the motherboard. Sometimes with 2 different modules you run into different IC's on them and each IC likes something different (voltage, etc) to keep it "happy"

If you run them at 3-4-4-8 they should work, but I can't be sure until we try them on whatever board you decide on.

Lowfat · May 1, 2005, 06:52 AM

I recently purchased 1 GB of PC3200 VX ram. It states that the ram is capable of 2-3-3-8 timings @ 2.6V, 200FSB, yet one of the sticks won't boot into windows with those timings @ 2.9V. My current motherborad won't go any higher for Vdimm either, so I can't try any higher voltage. Should I RMA the ram or do you think more voltage will solve the problem?

btw the motherboard is an Asus A7N8X-E.

itchy5 · May 1, 2005, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulcakelume

I recently purchased 1 GB of PC3200 VX ram. It states that the ram is capable of 2-3-3-8 timings @ 2.6V, 200FSB, yet one of the sticks won't boot into windows with those timings @ 2.9V. My current motherborad won't go any higher for Vdimm either, so I can't try any higher voltage. Should I RMA the ram or do you think more voltage will solve the problem?

btw the motherboard is an Asus A7N8X-E.

well normally if they dont run at their rated timings you should RMA it

*RyderOCZ* · May 3, 2005, 05:10 AM

We do not recommend the VX ram on NF2 platforms, try using 2.5-2-2-11 timings to see how it runs with 2.9V

Scargo · May 8, 2005, 02:10 PM

Ok, I am a newbie at this, having just built my first computer. I want to tweak it a bit to equal a FX 55 chip's stock performance level. I have AMD 4000+. I bought the pair (2x512) of OCZ 4001024ELDCPER2-K RAM and I want to add another Gig... I want to know about adding/using higher speed sticks (like a pair of OCZ PC 4000 Dual Channel 512MB x2 Gold Edition memory [DDR500 @ 2.5-3-3-8]) with what I already have. Will they be compatible with this board and the existing DDR400 memory? What happens with OC'ing them? Also, if there is a good primer about this I would appreciate direction!

ASUS A8N-E MB SPECS:CPU - Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64FX / Athlon 64- AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing- Chipset NVIDIA nForce®4 ™ Front Side Bus 2000 MT/s, 1600MT/s Memory - 4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 ECC/ non-ECC un-buffered DDR SDRAM memory - Dual Channel Memory Architecture

PS: I want more RAM for Photoshop....

itchy5 · May 8, 2005, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scargo

Ok, I am a newbie at this, having just built my first computer. I want to tweak it a bit to equal a FX 55 chip's stock performance level. I have AMD 4000+. I bought the pair (2x512) of OCZ 4001024ELDCPER2-K RAM and I want to add another Gig... I want to know about adding/using higher speed sticks (like a pair of OCZ PC 4000 Dual Channel 512MB x2 Gold Edition memory [DDR500 @ 2.5-3-3-8]) with what I already have. Will they be compatible with this board and the existing DDR400 memory? What happens with OC'ing them? Also, if there is a good primer about this I would appreciate direction!

ASUS A8N-E MB SPECS:CPU - Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64FX / Athlon 64- AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing- Chipset NVIDIA nForce®4 ™ Front Side Bus 2000 MT/s, 1600MT/s Memory - 4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 ECC/ non-ECC un-buffered DDR SDRAM memory - Dual Channel Memory Architecture

PS: I want more RAM for Photoshop....

if im not mistaken puting 2gigs in with 4x512 sticks puts it @ 333mhz or does it put it to 2T timing, i cant remember which one..

all i know is that more than one gig w/ 939 isnt good. and dont get memnory that isnt the same as what you have already.

Scargo · May 8, 2005, 08:08 PM

Itchy5,
Are you Texan or Canadian? I grew up in Dallas and lived in the Dallas area for 50 years (now I am showing my age!) and I am a native Texan. Now I'm in CT, and loving it!
My MoBo can take 4 gigs of RAM and is designed for the Athlon 64's. Why would 2 gig (total) in the four slots be a problem?

Mar 27, 2005, 10:58 PM	#62
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	No, psus will lose effiency when they get hotter. For example, Enermax power supplies have their rated watts determined for air running through it heated to 25 degrees, which isn't particularly realistic for normal systems. PC Power and Cooling power supplies take their wattage ratings for air heated to 40 degrees passing through the psu. I was wondering what temperature cases OCZ power supplies are used in for determining their rated wattage. __________________ --

Apr 5, 2005, 06:53 PM	#67
DarkFoss HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Downers Grove IL Posts: 688 Rep Power: 0	Hey RyderOZC, Do you know if this memory is compatable with Epox new motherboard ? A friend asked me but I haven't been able to find any charts. Perhaps you know if any testing has been done yet __________________ Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety,deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Ben Franklin, 1755 Last edited by DarkFoss; Apr 5, 2005 at 11:06 PM.

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itchy5 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 383 Rep Power: 0	hey Ryder, i was looking around for some pc4000 VX and i was wondering how high those will go. some people say they top out at 260 or something. i personally havent tested it out, so just asking __________________ [color=blue][/color] [color=#8b0000]- Canadian - and - Proud -[/color] [color=#8b0000]AI7 865 - 3.2E @ 4ghz - 6800GT @ 425/1150[/color] [color=#8b0000]pc3200 XMS - Asetek Watercooling - 43C load[/color] [color=#8b0000]the Presshot master - watered Mid-tower[/color]

Apr 11, 2005, 08:03 PM	#72
Bruuce DriverHeaven Winner Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 293 Rep Power: 0	Hi RyderOCZ. I currently use 2x512 of 3200 performance ram and I noticed that my P4 3.0ghz was running at 2.99ghz. Any reason why and is there anything I could do to optimize it and the system to the max? __________________

Mar 27, 2005, 10:15 PM	Thread Starter #61
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Not following exactly Zelig, how warm do they get to the touch?

Mar 29, 2005, 03:49 AM	Thread Starter #63
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Sorry I didn't post back yesterday, I will contact on of our engineers and find out

Apr 5, 2005, 03:54 AM	Thread Starter #65
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	You know....apparently a very long time, because he has not answered my question. Email time again

Apr 5, 2005, 03:26 PM	Thread Starter #66
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Now he is quick about it, LOL 25*C

Apr 6, 2005, 12:44 AM	Thread Starter #69
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	DarkFoss, That should be no problem, as far as compatibility. Those sticks have our highest binned TCCD on them, so they are very compatible. I do not know if the Epox is capable of 300FSB at 1:1 with 1T, you would have to see if you can find a review or something to find that out. Mike2h, If I could do that, I think I would be a millionaire. Thank You.

Apr 11, 2005, 06:20 AM	Thread Starter #71
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	260 is lucky itchy. I have seen some guys report that high but usually that is running with 3.6 - 3.7V which is over the warranty limit With the 4000 we guarantee 250FSB with 2-2-2 timings (If you have a booster or a motherboard that will deliver at least 3.3V) Hope that helps

Apr 12, 2005, 12:55 AM	Thread Starter #73
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Hi Bruuce, The 2.99 GHz thing has to do with the clockgen on the mobo, some of them fluctuate or do not actually set the FSB to 200 (something like 199.8 or whatever). What mobo are you running? and if you can get me the part number of the sticks, that would help me make suggestions

Apr 12, 2005, 02:17 AM	Thread Starter #75
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	260-270 ish...they don't scale like a lot of memory does

Apr 12, 2005, 04:30 AM	#76
Bruuce DriverHeaven Winner Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 293 Rep Power: 0	I'm using the ECS 848P-A mobo and the ram is model number OCZ400512P of the premier series, not performance series. There's probably not a whole lot I can do I bet hehe. __________________

Apr 12, 2005, 12:37 PM	#77
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	Quick question: Which way does the modstream psu pull air? __________________ --

Apr 13, 2005, 12:42 AM	Thread Starter #78
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Bruuce, You are probably correct, but I will see what I can dig up on that mobo. If you can post and let me know what you have "control" over in the bios, that would help Zelig, It should pull air into the bottom and exhaust it out the back of the case.

Apr 17, 2005, 06:49 PM	Thread Starter #81
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	The PC3200 Plat Rev 2, PC3700 Platinum, PC4200 Platinum should all reach 300 on the right motherboard Itchy

Apr 21, 2005, 04:23 AM	Thread Starter #84
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	Bruuce, I will say yes, but it will depend on the motherboard. Sometimes with 2 different modules you run into different IC's on them and each IC likes something different (voltage, etc) to keep it "happy" If you run them at 3-4-4-8 they should work, but I can't be sure until we try them on whatever board you decide on.

May 1, 2005, 06:52 AM	#85
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,251 Rep Power: 99	I recently purchased 1 GB of PC3200 VX ram. It states that the ram is capable of 2-3-3-8 timings @ 2.6V, 200FSB, yet one of the sticks won't boot into windows with those timings @ 2.9V. My current motherborad won't go any higher for Vdimm either, so I can't try any higher voltage. Should I RMA the ram or do you think more voltage will solve the problem? btw the motherboard is an Asus A7N8X-E. __________________ 27" iMac: i5 750 * 80GB X25-M G1 * 4GB DDR3 * HD4850 Stacker: 2600k * P8P67 Pro * 4GB DDR3 * 80GB ioXtreme * 30GB X25-E * (2) HD6950 * Asus D2 * Enermax Revo85+ HWD: (2) Xeon E5649 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * 8800GTS * 1000W Antec FT01BW: (2) Xeon E5645 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * GTS210 * Gigabyte 800W Odin GT Storage: (2) Sans Digital TR8M-B * 29TB

May 3, 2005, 05:10 AM	Thread Starter #87
RyderOCZ OCZ Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 205 Rep Power: 0	We do not recommend the VX ram on NF2 platforms, try using 2.5-2-2-11 timings to see how it runs with 2.9V

May 8, 2005, 02:10 PM	#88
Scargo DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 100 Rep Power: 0	Ok, I am a newbie at this, having just built my first computer. I want to tweak it a bit to equal a FX 55 chip's stock performance level. I have AMD 4000+. I bought the pair (2x512) of OCZ 4001024ELDCPER2-K RAM and I want to add another Gig... I want to know about adding/using higher speed sticks (like a pair of OCZ PC 4000 Dual Channel 512MB x2 Gold Edition memory [DDR500 @ 2.5-3-3-8]) with what I already have. Will they be compatible with this board and the existing DDR400 memory? What happens with OC'ing them? Also, if there is a good primer about this I would appreciate direction! ASUS A8N-E MB SPECS:CPU - Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64FX / Athlon 64- AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing- Chipset NVIDIA nForce®4 ™ Front Side Bus 2000 MT/s, 1600MT/s Memory - 4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 ECC/ non-ECC un-buffered DDR SDRAM memory - Dual Channel Memory Architecture PS: I want more RAM for Photoshop....

May 8, 2005, 08:08 PM	#90
Scargo DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 100 Rep Power: 0	more confused Itchy5, Are you Texan or Canadian? I grew up in Dallas and lived in the Dallas area for 50 years (now I am showing my age!) and I am a native Texan. Now I'm in CT, and loving it! My MoBo can take 4 gigs of RAM and is designed for the Athlon 64's. Why would 2 gig (total) in the four slots be a problem?