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Re: Memory Won’t Run at 1600MHz 2014/04/28 09:15:33 (permalink)
Ive used 8 sets of hyper X in recent client builds all had micron chips. I prefer micron as Intel and micron share a factory now and get first choice on the best silicon.

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Re: Memory Won’t Run at 1600MHz 2014/04/28 10:37:37 (permalink)
I also installed recently in my x79 FTW the very low profile 2x8GB Crucial Ballistic Sport VLP 1600MHz with a green PCB, I didn't check carefully/properly yet but once I was in the BIOS, I think the RAM speed was somewhere below 1600MHz and the voltage above 1.35V 
 
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The OS drive is ok, once I got the memory working it booted right up. With the Samsung SSD it boots up in about 15 seconds.  
It’s a crap shoot I‘ve previously I RMA’d G.Skill DDR3, Corsair DDR2, and ton of the various brands Dell uses in their workstations.
I selected the low profile because the DIMMS slots on the X79 FTW are close to the CPU socket I was concerned with clearance problems. I ordered the low profile before I decided to go with a water cooler.





  
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Re: Memory Won’t Run at 1600MHz 2014/04/29 03:21:36 (permalink)
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I also installed recently in my x79 FTW the very low profile 2x8GB Crucial Ballistic Sport VLP 1600MHz with a green PCB, I didn't check carefully/properly yet but once I was in the BIOS, I think the RAM speed was somewhere below 1600MHz and the voltage above 1.35V 
 
http://www.legitreviews.c...memory-kit-review_2138
 



The X79 default speed is 1300MHZ (666MHz),  I use XPM profile 1 which bumps up the memory up to 1600MHz (800MHz) and set the voltage to 1.5 VDC.  If you can get the memory to run at 1.35VDC it will run cooler.
 




Windows 7 64 bit         CPU: I7 3820 
MB: EVGA  X79 FTW      Video: EVGA 760 GTX 
PSU Corsair HX520W    Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D 
Cooler: Corsair H100I   Optical: Asus BD/RW
RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistic 1600 Low Profile
SSD: Samsung 840 250 GB HDD: 1TB Barracuda  



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Re: Memory Won’t Run at 1600MHz 2014/04/29 08:24:23 (permalink)
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Again, give the size of Micron, it would/should be mentioned. Elpida would the the Value line, and Hynix/Samsung would be the HyperX/Beast lines. I am glad they don't use Micron chips. Don't get me wrong, I have Micron chips for memory running in other computers. But what I am saying is, with the number of RMA that I had to do, Crucial is a lousy brand, reliability and compatibility-wise. This is a good research for me... sticking with Kingston mostly for now.


Elpida went bankrupt and is now owned by Micron.

Like I said, I owned HyperX memory with Micron chips (not Elpida either). This is a losing argument.

Nope, just checked - my HyperX and Beast both have Hynix memory. I have RMA more Crucial/Micron memory than any other brand. Their quality control and compatibility is lower than others.


 
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Re: Memory Won’t Run at 1600MHz 2014/04/29 11:34:50 (permalink)
The memory didn’t fail the motherboard did.
I should clarify that the motherboard was RMA’d because memory channel 0 was completely dead, not because the memory wouldn’t run at 1600MHz.
The new motherboard the memory is running at 1600MHz with 4 X 4GB DIMMS in all four channels.
I have limited knowledge of X79 architecture, but as far as I know there’s nothing but copper between the CPU and the DIMM slots. It was a lucky guess.
I tested the memory in Dell T3600 at 1600MHz for 5 hours.  
post edited by JDAM - 2014/04/30 11:58:10

Windows 7 64 bit         CPU: I7 3820 
MB: EVGA  X79 FTW      Video: EVGA 760 GTX 
PSU Corsair HX520W    Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D 
Cooler: Corsair H100I   Optical: Asus BD/RW
RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistic 1600 Low Profile
SSD: Samsung 840 250 GB HDD: 1TB Barracuda  



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