perry_78 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Hey. I'm getting my Corsair 3200XLPT back from RMA tomorrow, and im wondering if they clock better than rev. 1.1 which i had before. I'm getting the Asus SLi setup, and if the ram doesnt reach DDR550 i'll chuck them back into my NF7-S rev. 2.0 and get some OCZ for top peroformance. Anyone know if it uses the new brainstorm PCB? And how it clocks?¨ Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 From what I have seen/heard, Corsair does not use the Brainpower PCBs on their XMS RAM, mebbe not at all. If you are looking for the DDR550 speeds, you might want to look at the PC4400C2.5. I have a pair that are screaming in a P4C800 E-D with a 3.4e. The RAM will clock to 280mhz atleast. My CPU keels over there so I don't know if the RAM would go any faster or not. I am not sure if the PC3200XL will go that far or not. You could try them at 2.5,4,4,8 timings and see what happens. My PC3200XL is rev 1.1 so I can't run any tests for you. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Actually, I think they might use it somewhere. Some posters have mentioned it, not sure if it's been verified by Ram Guy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpDFrek Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 According to a Legit Reviews article they are moving the XL to the Brainpower PCB. "Companies like Corsair have noticed the advantages of the PCB and last week stated for the record that the Corsair XMS XL line would be moving over to a new PCB. Corsair isn't going to issue a new version number for the "new" PCB XMS XL modules, so getting one would be blind luck and several weeks down the road." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Interesting, the fundamentals behind the Brainpower PCB sound like a good idea. I can only imagine that the XL will be even faster now. I just hope that the Corsair engineers approve of my approval :p: Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry_78 Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 Ok, the RAM is fine, but wont run on a 4/5 divider on my mobo, so i gotta wait untill my SLi mobo ships in. I hope they can reach DDR550, their manufacture date is November 22nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry_78 Posted December 4, 2004 Author Share Posted December 4, 2004 Isn't there anyone from Corsair Micro who can give me an answer to this question: In what way is the Corsair 3200XLPT revision 1.2 different to revision 1.1? If there isnt a good chance of them reaching DDR550 i'll have to look out for some other ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Considering they're DDR400, good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry_78 Posted December 5, 2004 Author Share Posted December 5, 2004 The OCZ 3200 platinum rev. 2.0 can do so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 However they, like Corsair, only guarantee 400 Mhz @ 2-2-2-5. FYI, they both use TCCDs. Some of the 3700s, 4000s, and 4400s do use the same chips, however those chips are tested at those speeds and warrantied at those speeds. If they fail those tests, they still may be able to meet the requirements to be branded PC3200 and warrantied as such, and still may be able to OC a bit. Of course, there are some chips that are only tested for the XL requirements and not tested for the higher specs at all, therefore their OCability is completely unknown. Ultimately, they MAY be able to do those speeds, but there's no guarantee. If a company could guarantee that they would go that high, they'd sell them at that speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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