Foxconn MARS P35 8GB tests

[Tony]

To start i thought I would throw up a teaser, 1000MHZ 8GB was easy with my best kits here. I will show DDR1000 and DDR800 stock settings over the next few days, for now those who like to push take a look at this ;)

One note..TRD (performance level) sets 5 by default...bad news for 8GB so relax to 6 ;)

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[Tony]

http://www.ocztechnology.com/images/products/memory/b/ReaperX_b.JPG (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_pc2_8000_reaperx_hpc_4gb_dual_channel) http://www.ocztechnology.com/images/products/memory/b/PXTCDDR2dc.jpg (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_8000_4gb_platinum_edition_dual_channe l)

Cliick the pics for links to the product pages, For testing I am using 1 kit of each so that there are no heat spreader issues, 2 kits of the 8000 platinum would work just as well.

Foxconn MARS...Very nice Intel P35 motherboard.

Take a look here for some nice info about the motherboard (http://www.quantum-force.net/Products/P000000001/)

Easy setting for 8GB running DDR1000:http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/staff/tony/Foxconn_Mars/MARS_8GB_1000MHZ.png

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Things to look out for are:

1 Performance level, manually set 6, if you have issues set 7
2 TRFC set 54 for 1000+MHZ.
3 Dram voltage...2.16 was the sweet spot for me, a tiny amount above the 2.15V OCZ recomend.

If you overclock the CPU you may have to increase NB voltage, please be aware you may have to add a fan to the heatsink to keep the NB cooled well.

[Tony]

http://www.ocztechnology.com/images/products/memory/b/OCZx4_plat.jpg (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr2_pc2_6400_8gb_platinum_quad_kit)

Quad 2GB modules, PC6400 5-4-4-18 for 8GB DDR800, click the pic for the link to the product page.

Pleasantly surprised with this kit, even though the link on OCZ says 2.1V I was able to prime stable with all 8GB at 1.8V on the MARS.Remember only give the ram the voltage it needs, most often a small step up in voltage will get you stable...no need to apply lots of voltage.

Thumbnails have the bios shots for setup.

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