3200XLPRO Vs. 3500LL PRO

[maddog77]

I am currently building a new system with the following:

ASUS A8N32 M/B w/ AMD FX-60

 

I ordered 2GB of 3200XLPRO (4 sticks) thinking 2225 was best and hopefully can OC a bit but now I am questioning that and rethinking it.

 

I am trying to decide which memory setup will yield the fastest memory performance, OC'd 3500@2326 or less clocked 3200@2225.

 

Any thoughts welcomed!

[Wired]

You'll do better with the TwinX2048-3500LLPRO, the speed is part of it, but more importantly is that 2 sticks will put less stress on the memory controller than 4 will.

[one43637]

as Wired already mentioned, 4 sticks on an A64 system is bad. rule of thumb is 2 sticks. a lot of people are migrating from the 2x512 to 2x1024. the 3500LL Pro works great in my new setup. i haven't had a chance to push it yet, since i'm still running preliminary benchmarks.

[BibleMan]

I'm currently running the TWINX2048 3500LLPRO on the A8N32 mobo. I'm running the Athlon 64 FX-57.

 

OC'd:

 

235x12.5=2938mhz

RAM: 1:1, 2-3-2-6, 452mhz

 

When I upgrade my GT's to GTX's through eVGA's step-up program my gaming nirvana will be complete, for now at least.

 

The system smokes. I don't like it when my frames dip a little in Q4 multi, like when there's a bunch of stuff happening all at once, i might lose 10-15fps (other than that its at 60fps (yeah they capped Q4 at 60fps) all the time, at high quality, 2048x1024, vsync enabled) I'm betting when I put the GTX's in that will stop happening.

 

I get 135 fps in half-life 2 though (according to the stress test).

 

Anyhoot, i would go for the 3500LL's. And yeah I've seen alot of stuff about using 4 sticks and it dont look pretty.

 

Anyway I am pleased with the nice little OC I got on this RAM. I could prbably go a little higher, by upping the voltages and stuff, but my load temp is 48c for the cpu and 46c for the mobo at this OC so I think I would like to stay with that temp range.

[LogathZanta]

I'm currently running the TWINX2048 3500LLPRO on the A8N32 mobo. I'm running the Athlon 64 FX-57.

 

OC'd:

 

235x12.5=2938mhz

RAM: 1:1, 2-3-2-6, 452mhz

 

When I upgrade my GT's to GTX's through eVGA's step-up program my gaming nirvana will be complete, for now at least.

 

The system smokes. I don't like it when my frames dip a little in Q4 multi, like when there's a bunch of stuff happening all at once, i might lose 10-15fps (other than that its at 60fps (yeah they capped Q4 at 60fps) all the time, at high quality, 2048x1024, vsync enabled) I'm betting when I put the GTX's in that will stop happening.

 

I get 135 fps in half-life 2 though (according to the stress test).

 

Anyhoot, i would go for the 3500LL's. And yeah I've seen alot of stuff about using 4 sticks and it dont look pretty.

 

Anyway I am pleased with the nice little OC I got on this RAM. I could prbably go a little higher, by upping the voltages and stuff, but my load temp is 48c for the cpu and 46c for the mobo at this OC so I think I would like to stay with that temp range.

 

BibleMan,

 

Nice overclock. I’m using an Asus a8n sli premium board and two sticks of 3500llpro as well. I have a slight overclcok on my FX-60 from 2.6GHz to 2.85GHz. The only modifications I made in the BIOS are as follows:

 

HTT : 5X

CPU Frequency: 219

Multiplier: 13 – Stock

PCI Clock Sync – 33.33MHz

Memory: 2-3-2-6 T1

DDR Voltage: 2.70V

 

Did you have to increase your DDR voltage to achieve 235x12.5? Additionally, what do you have set for HTT? I’d assume 4X. My load temps while running Prime95 for 15 minutes are 46C for CPU and 36C for motherboard.

 

 

Thanks