High voltage lovin voltmaster, pics , specs , release date

[andyOCZ]

your freaking me out... i thought VX was warranted up to 3.5.. i havent gone above that... btw im using a 120mm fan which is about 2cm away from one end of the ram... is that good enough?

btw conrad... at last some good news.. no errors in memtest86 test 5 at 240 2-2-2-10 3.5v... only ran it for an hour though

Don't be freaked out . You are fine with your cooling I see, and yes VX is warrantied to 3.5v (I didn't bring that up). Cooling helps the booster and not all problems are pot related.

[Orker]

Hahaha! Congratulations, bro. 74 loops of Test #5 is gold. Run Super PI 32M and then try 245MHz and 250MHz. If you error out, turn the little knob a little bit more. OCZ will honor their warranty for your RAM as long as you don't exceed 3.5VDIMM + 5%.

LOL so 74 loops of test 5 is gold... Thankyou, thats a great benchmark for me to use

OCZ make the best stuff and the higher than average voltage warranty rocks
This booster is the most innovative thing in years!

k ill try 250 tonight when i go to bed

[cinders]

My new VX got pretty warm just running at 2.85v so I'm definately going to get some cooling on it tonight when I fit my new psu and ddr booster and start putting some real voltage through them!...

I'm making a wind tunnel to cool my ram, it'll consist of a 80mm fan with a piece of 80m pipe (cut in half longways) attached to it...

That will cover the dimm slots, blowing cold air across the dimms and booster -

Here is a rough diagram, do you guys think it will work well?...

I'll set it up tonight with a temperature problem and take some measurements (if I can borrow one)

[conrad.maranan]

Dude. I'm in the process of making the same type of contraption. It's definitely a good idea.

[Orker]

EDIT: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=47413

[bacon]

errm no pic but i just have a case fan pointing at it zip tied to the bar the psu rests on

seems ok so far

[cinders]

Can everyone post a pic of their cooling for the ram... Would be very interesting to know how you are all keeping your booster and VX cool

Heres mine...btw "not as cool" means that end doesnt have a 120mm fan blowing on it

Maybe we should start a new thread on this?... I've seen some watercooled ram-coolers going about, now those are cool!... (literally -he he)

I'll have some pics of my device tonight. 7 hours to go...

[RocKer]

Whohooo VX is in the house ,test results are coming later .

[Orker]

Maybe we should start a new thread on this?... I've seen some watercooled ram-coolers going about, now those are cool!... (literally -he he)

I'll have some pics of my device tonight. 7 hours to go...

K ill start a new thread

[bacon]

Whohooo VX is in the house ,test results are coming later .

do us all a favour and whack them in at 3.5v and see what they will do go for past 260, me and a mate have hit same barrier on clocks, i.e 260 2-2-2-5 @3.5v, id love to see some doing 265 or even 270+

[Orker]

do us all a favour and whack them in at 3.5v and see what they will do go for past 260, me and a mate have hit same barrier on clocks, i.e 260 2-2-2-5 @3.5v, id love to see some doing 265 or even 270+

Thats just so not a reality for me now.. Im hoping they burn in successfully and i can be 250 2-2-2-10 stable @ 3.5v

[RocKer]

Is it normal that i have to give 3.0vdimm on the VX stick(1x512mb) when at 11x200.

I can't get it stable at 11x200 at vdimm 2.6v,2.7v,2.8v and 2.9v.

Can somebody give me the best settings to burn'in the VX stick,the do get hot isn'it,but i got a big blower on it now and its pretty cool now.

[RocKer]

do us all a favour and whack them in at 3.5v and see what they will do go for past 260, me and a mate have hit same barrier on clocks, i.e 260 2-2-2-5 @3.5v, id love to see some doing 265 or even 270+

I did that(9x260@3.5v),but it didn't work,,nothing worked had to bring it back to 11x200 to work,so i will now work my way up to 260 maybe 270 .

On the same board+cpu my corsairs hit 9x275fsb 3.6v,not prime stable,9x270 3.5v was prime stable.

[Orker]

Here are some VX benchies

To sum it up

1000 extra in 3dmark01.... 200 extra in 3dmark03.... LOTS more bandwidth in sandra ... 38ns in everest..previously 43 something... 32 superpi ..previously 33 and 34...

im able to run a slighty higher cpu clock now that im running 1:1... its hard to explain but before it could either be 2600 or 2700 .. now its in the middle

So far im memtest86 Test #5 stable @ 240 2-2-2-10 with 3.5v... going to run memtest tonight at 245.. then the next night 250 and so on

prime doesnt agree though

Coming from EB which didnt like my board, this feels good... Cant wait for my DFI SLI which will no doubt like the idea of 260 2-2-2-10

http://img85.exs.cx/img85/9450/VXBENCHIES.jpg

[DevilsRejection]

Here are some VX benchies

To sum it up

1000 extra in 3dmark01.... 200 extra in 3dmark03.... LOTS more bandwidth in sandra ... 38ns in everest..previously 43 something... 32 superpi ..previously 33 and 34...

im able to run a slighty higher cpu clock now that im running 1:1... its hard to explain but before it could either be 2600 or 2700 .. now its in the middle

So far im memtest86 Test #5 stable @ 240 2-2-2-10 with 3.5v... going to run memtest tonight at 245.. then the next night 250 and so on

prime doesnt agree though

Coming from EB which didnt like my board, this feels good... Cant wait for my DFI SLI which will no doubt like the idea of 260 2-2-2-10

awsome just awsome. im going to be building exact same setup cept with a x800xt. dude that sandra score, try and break 7k

[cantankerous]

WEEEE! Just recieved confirmation that my VX has been processed and shipped. Please everybody pray that I can get these to 260.

[st0nedpenguin]

Is it normal that i have to give 3.0vdimm on the VX stick(1x512mb) when at 11x200.

I can't get it stable at 11x200 at vdimm 2.6v,2.7v,2.8v and 2.9v.

Can somebody give me the best settings to burn'in the VX stick,the do get hot isn'it,but i got a big blower on it now and its pretty cool now.

It's rated at 3.2v for 200MHz 2-2-2...

[cantankerous]

It's rated at 3.2v for 200MHz 2-2-2...

this is very true. My sticks today wouldn't do 222fsb 2-2-2 timings with even 3.1v. I only had 2-4 errors per pass mind you but it wasn't stable. Putting it to 3.2v it did 11 passes of memtest #5 without any errors. Got a blue screen in windows still though. Any idea why? So far these seem to do the same or better on the high end of the voltage than my BH but worse on the lower end. My BH-6 is 222fsb stable at only 3.1v with no BSOD in Windows where as at same FSB the VX needs 3.2v to be memtest stable but still BSOD in windows.

The max my board can do is 3.3v and I managed to test the sticks up to 240 at 3.3v. I have not tested any higher so maybe a few more fsb at that volts will be possible. I did not want to run the ram at 3.3v for long periods of time as I don't have acting cooling on it at the moment. Just ordering a Zalman FB123 bracket for them today. Hopefully that will be good enough.

Does 240 at 3.3v sound like I have half decently strong memory? I would love to get these things to 260fsb or higher if all possible. Not sure if 0.3v more will get me 20+ more fsb stable. Who knows. Anyone else here able to get 240 with less than 3.3v or is 3.3v standard for that speeds.

I only have my NFII board which means I can't test farther than 3.3v until I get my DFI NF4 board when it comes out with a booster. With acting cooling I plan on using 3.6v to see what I can obtain. Until then I will see the highest I can get on only 3.3v and burn in all I can until I get my new board. Sound like a good plan? I am open to any suggestions.

BTW.. as I am paranoid I am wondering... I was running the ram at 3.3v with no cooling for about 1 hour. Do you think that hurt the ram or will hamper its ability in the long run from the heat it built up at those volts? They were warm to the touch but nothing I couldn't keep my finger on.

Thanks guys.

[Rabbi_NZ]

Got my set last night... here are some results from initial testing, system as in sig:

1st stick 7x250 3.3v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 10 loops no errors
2nd stick 7x250 3.3v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 10 loops no errors
2x512 7x240 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 40 loops no errors
2x512 7x245 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 20 loops no errors
2x512 7x250 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 20 loops no errors
2x512 7x250 3.2v 2-2-2-10 1T Prime Blend 1 hour & SuperPI 32MB no errors
2x512 10x250 3.2vdimm 1.61vcore 2-2-2-10 1T Prime Blend 8 hour no errors
2x512 9x260 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T errors in MemTest #5
2x512 9x259 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T errors in MemTest #5
2x512 9x260 3.3vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5 3 loops no errors

Currently looping, no errors after 5 loops....
2x512 9x258 3.2vdimm 1.55vcore 2-2-2-10 1T MemTest #5


This is my first OCZ purchase and definately not my last... after reports of great RMA and Support services the only thing I was worried about was how well these would perform... Thanks for an amazing product OCZ!

[cantankerous]

damn. Yours are doing really well to get 250fsb at only 3.2v. Looks like mine aren't so hot if they need 3.3v just to do 240.

[Rabbi_NZ]

damn. Yours are doing really well to get 250fsb at only 3.2v. Looks like mine aren't so hot if they need 3.3v just to do 240.

I think I have a good mem controller too cantankerous... something tells me "most" of these will do 250 with 3.3v on a good memory controller.

[Tony]

Well recieved an Epox 9NDA3+ to test, just had to install a vdimm mod

3.3Vdimm with the VX
Sandra is a little picky at the mo as im on an old intel install but everest seems fine. 2.5-2-2- seems better on this board with an older fx53 also but i will test cas2 and cas3 also.

See what you think.

[Tony]

Second set of benches, now at 260fsb but how stable i don't know.

This was the rams max single channel so im unsure if dual channel is as stable.

nice benches though

[cantankerous]

Very weird. My ram seems to be doing what Trans Ams ram was doing. Every 15 passes or so at the same address it fails memtest. Up to 15 passes and after 15 passes to the next 15 are memory free. In 50 passes I had 6 errors. Exactly 2 every 15 or so at the same address. Any ideas what this is and why it only happens every 15 passes at the same address?

I had my CPU multi a lot lower than I know is stable to be sure to rule it out. With volts it doesn't seem to help much.

[Rabbi_NZ]

Very weird. My ram seems to be doing what Trans Ams ram was doing. Every 15 passes or so at the same address it fails memtest. Up to 15 passes and after 15 passes to the next 15 are memory free. In 50 passes I had 6 errors. Exactly 2 every 15 or so at the same address. Any ideas what this is and why it only happens every 15 passes at the same address?

I had my CPU multi a lot lower than I know is stable to be sure to rule it out. With volts it doesn't seem to help much.

One of my spreaders had lifted off a couple of the memory chips in transit... I pressed them back down and they seem to be sticking well now, maybe the heat helps them set..??

If one of your memory chips is not making good contact it is just in the equivalent of an oven... sounds like only one of your chips is JUST at its limits. Maybe it will burn in, but maybe it is overheating... take a look.