another_bryan Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hey guys. I currently have an overclocked Core I7 920 running Corsair dominator 1600 (6GB kit) at 3.8GHz. This machine is a workhorse for me and when I am manipulating large animations or renderings, I frequently hit 88-90% memory (at which time software starts to lock up and I end up restarting). I am considering the new 8GB or 12GB matched dominator kits but worry how it will effect my overclock-ability. Since most of the threads here about other users going to 8gb or 12gb are from users with UN-MATCHED kits, can I expect better overclocking stability by buying it matched? I would simply like to maintain the same 3.8GHz on my D0 stepping chip (for rendering-speed purposes - speed is critical) 8gb prospect: CMD8GX3M4A1600C8 12gb prospect: CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 Speculation aside, I am hoping to hear from users with first hand experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another_bryan Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Im sure the Corsair Folks played [at aleast a little] with overclocking the new kits prior to their release. No one has any feedback at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbw09 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I took out my TR3X6G1600C7D and replaced them with the new CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 with no issues at all. I didn't load the XMP, I just changed the timings from 7-7-7-20 to 8-8-8-24. I also left it at 1T instead of changing it to 2T. I am stable (a few hours on LinX) on 18x multiplier with a bclock of 200 (effective CPU at 3.8 and RAM at 1600). I hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Hey guys. I currently have an overclocked Core I7 920 running Corsair dominator 1600 (6GB kit) at 3.8GHz. This machine is a workhorse for me and when I am manipulating large animations or renderings, I frequently hit 88-90% memory (at which time software starts to lock up and I end up restarting). I am considering the new 8GB or 12GB matched dominator kits but worry how it will effect my overclock-ability. Since most of the threads here about other users going to 8gb or 12gb are from users with UN-MATCHED kits, can I expect better overclocking stability by buying it matched? I would simply like to maintain the same 3.8GHz on my D0 stepping chip (for rendering-speed purposes - speed is critical) 8gb prospect: CMD8GX3M4A1600C8 12gb prospect: CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 Speculation aside, I am hoping to hear from users with first hand experience. If you are sticking with the ASUS board in your signature, the 8GB kit is not a good option. The 12GB kit is the way to go for tri-channel setups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another_bryan Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 I took out my TR3X6G1600C7D and replaced them with the new CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 with no issues at all. I didn't load the XMP, I just changed the timings from 7-7-7-20 to 8-8-8-24. I also left it at 1T instead of changing it to 2T. I am stable (a few hours on LinX) on 18x multiplier with a bclock of 200 (effective CPU at 3.8 and RAM at 1600). I hope that helps! Nice! thats what i was hoping to hear!. There has been so much chatter about12gb overloading the voltages that I worried I would lose my overclock completely. Thanks for the report - and be sure to let me know how your 24hr beatdown turns out If you are sticking with the ASUS board in your signature, the 8GB kit is not a good option. The 12GB kit is the way to go for tri-channel setups. Yes - the ASUS Deluxe-V2 will be the board that I run. I actually thought 8gig would be easier on the system then 12 - I am glad you piped in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Glad to help. On your board, you need either 3 or 6 modules for best performance as your CPU has a tri channel memory controller that can handle 1 or 2 modules per channel. Ideally, each channel needs the same number of EXACTLY matched modules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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