phenom II x6 1055T + BiostarTA800GU3+F3-12800CL9-4GBSR

[Gen]

Hello G.Skill and its community,


I've been Overclocking/testing/tweaking for about two weeks now and I've been seeking for help for the past couple days. Providing in this thread will be everything photo's uploaded from my build.

What's bothering the hell out of me is that I feel a performance hit on applications and I feel that my memory is bottleneck. Windows itself loads up super quick upping the FSB and I would like to know if its possible to bring the memory up to at least 1066 (if possible 1333 that's stock). Some applications do takes its time on loading up and its completely bothering me, along with latency in certain games. I've even dropped my FSB so its clocked at 3500,3600,3700,3800 with respected timings and I don't get that with 3300 everything on automatic with turbo boost on with mem clock at 1333.

Stable:
Core speed 3920 plier of x14 bus at 280, HT link 2800 ,HT plier is x10, vCore 1.488 ,NB VID 1.3000

Memory value is at 800mhz from a stock of 1333, timings is 7-7-7-20 ratio 1:2








If I tried it all, what are some suggestions (I prefer to have the suggestions on buying parts for later, thank you).

Thanks in advance,
Gen

[GSKILL TECH]

Input these values:

Memclock Value: DDR3-1333
CAS Latency - 8
2T Command - 2T
TRCD -8
TRP - 8
skip
TRAS - 24

That should work much better.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

[Gen]

Thanks i'll try it now.

[Gen]

Input these values:

Memclock Value: DDR3-1333
CAS Latency - 8
2T Command - 2T
TRCD -8
TRP - 8
skip
TRAS - 24

That should work much better.

Thank you
GSKILL TECH

I love you

Thanks alot, those timings were accepted and to think entering 2T manually made it work. I had tried that value with command being on auto and it failed. you have reduced my frustration with this project.

Props for quick and effective response and awesome products.

[Gen]

So, since i've experience these pair of memory sticks to be quick before overclocking, I just benched my sticks and I got these results with my current settings above this post. What do you guys think of these benchs on the read/write/copy and should I consider buying a new set of sticks to get better copy/read/writes?

[Tradesman]

Might check some other benchmarks, MaxxMem isn't eading everything right (it's actually optimized for Intel based systems), i.e. it should show the sticks model #, what it's running at, etc, with what you have, can go to Win Command prompt and enter WINSAT MEM to get a bench that may be more realistic

[Gen]

8540.85 MB/s

I still might consider buying a set of new sticks. I was looking to get 16 gigs for certain reasons. Hopefully i'll get some good ones. My SSD died so i'm looking for some replacements. nothing hardcore just something that is reliable since of course its faster than a 7200RPM HDD.

[Gen]

So i'm going to buy new ram and an SSD (both from G.skill). I see alot of XMP profile memory that isn't even listed to be compatible with an AMD based motherboard. Surprisingly, the PC3 17000 F3-17600CL7D-4GBPIS works fine on my motherboard.

Anyway, heres my last question. Sniper, rip-jaw or whatever. What are the difference in series? voltage? RMA questions i'll throw at the seller.

[Tradesman]

Keep us updated, might check the Egg on a daily basis under SHOP ALL STORES - MORE - DAILY DEALS

[Gen]

Hi Tman thanks for the very quick reply, but sadly my question was not answered. My question was "Sniper, rip-jaw or whatever. What are the difference in series? voltage?"

If you can't answer that's alright, feel free to direct me to someone who could answer.

[Tradesman]

Sorry bout that, for AMD systems I favor the Snipers, they are a great all around series of DRAM, closely followed by the ARES line and then the Ripjaws X, Ripjaws Z and the Tridents, the last three were designed specifically for a primary purpose (X for 1155/2nd Gen Intel/SB, Z for X79 and Tridents primarily for Ivy Bridge) though all three lines work well in most anything you put them in. The Snipers have long been my favorites (wishing they'd come out with a 32GB high freq set (had the 32GB 1866 on my P67/2500K for awhile but now run 32GB 2133/9 Ripjaws X on it and 32GB 2400 Tridents on my Z77/3570K (both of which are great also) but with the Snipers I generally find more OC headroom than on the other lines of DRAM...The Ares are the next newest line after the Tridents and are also more GP than the other lines....with AMD I would stick to 1866 or lower and try and stay to 1.5 sets as AMD often times requires running the DRAM at a higher than spec voltage due to the weak MCs (Memory Controllers) in AMD CPUs

[Gen]

Sorry bout that, for AMD systems I favor the Snipers, they are a great all around series of DRAM, closely followed by the ARES line and then the Ripjaws X, Ripjaws Z and the Tridents, the last three were designed specifically for a primary purpose (X for 1155/2nd Gen Intel/SB, Z for X79 and Tridents primarily for Ivy Bridge) though all three lines work well in most anything you put them in. The Snipers have long been my favorites (wishing they'd come out with a 32GB high freq set (had the 32GB 1866 on my P67/2500K for awhile but now run 32GB 2133/9 Ripjaws X on it and 32GB 2400 Tridents on my Z77/3570K (both of which are great also) but with the Snipers I generally find more OC headroom than on the other lines of DRAM...The Ares are the next newest line after the Tridents and are also more GP than the other lines....with AMD I would stick to 1866 or lower and try and stay to 1.5 sets as AMD often times requires running the DRAM at a higher than spec voltage due to the weak MCs (Memory Controllers) in AMD CPUs

Very good explanation, I will surely stay with snipers and keep in mind to stay at or below 1866. My motherboard supports 1600 overclocked so I might go 1866 and clock it at 1600.

Thanks for everything and i'll keep you updated.

[Tradesman]

If so, I'd suggest the CL9 sticks, if you push them a bit on AMD can generally run 1600 at CL8 (about 8-9-9-27) with the stock 1.5 voltage

[Gen]

Hey Tman, i'm kinda disappointed with myself right now when I forgot to set the memory clock at 1333 with the suggested timings. It was at 800mhz lol. The timings you gave were not accepted at 1333, gave me a couple cold boost an brought me back to the bios. @ 1066mhz mem clock value, it was accepted.

Also, since it supports 1600, could I get some help there if possible? if not 1333. I upped my CPU_NB over-volt to +.10 if you think i need more voltage anywhere else, let me know.

In advance, I appreciate the help.


*I will add photos of my entire specs in the next post reply.

[Gen]

It was a long journey to get here so check this out.

WHEN PEOPLE SAID IT COULDN'T BE POSSIBLE.
Let alone that my Biostar TA880GU+3 only supported 1300/(O.c. 1600)
Running at DRAM FREQ 933.3X2=1866, FSB 280, @3.9Ghz.

Changed command from T1 to T2 for stability reasons.