OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 SLI-Ready 2Gb Kit
"Whether your an enthusiast or extreme gamer, these modules offer great performance and excellent overclocking ability."
Posted on Apr 30, 2007, 1:00 AM UTC by Winston Chim
Installation, Test Setup and BIOS
Installation
Installation was easy and effortless. Just slot the modules accordingly to the motherboard manual ... making sure you have them in dual channel mode. Always refer to the motherboard manual for instructions. We used the following test setup below.
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Test Setup
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Test Setup (Socket-LGA775)
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| Motherboard | Abit IN9 32X-MAX | reviewed |
| CPU Default | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz | |
| Overclocked | N/A | |
| Ram | OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 SLI-Ready 2Gb Kit | |
| Video Card | Radeon X1950XTX 512Mb | |
| SLI Mode | N/A | |
| Video Drivers | Catalyst v6.9 | |
| Chipset Drivers | NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI v9.53 | |
| Hard Drive | Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB (8Mb cache) | |
| CD/DVD ROM | Pioneer 111D Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer | |
| Cooling | Thermaltake 102 Tower with twin 80mm fans | |
| Sound Card | Onboard AC97 Audio | |
| PSU | FSP Epsilon 700W PSU | |
| LAN | Onboard Nvidia Gigabit Ethernet | |
| CRT Monitor | 19" Samsung DynaFlat SM997MB | |
| LCD Monitor | 19" Samsung 940BF TFT Monitor | |
| OS | Windows XP with SP2, DirectX 9.0c | |
BIOS Settings
This part is very important. Running the memory at the wrong timings, speed and voltage can damage your memory modules and also reduce the performance of your whole system.
If you are unsure what divider to use or what memory timings to set ... it is best that you leave all memory settings to SPD or AUTO. In our tests, we first selected AUTO (that would disable EPP). Then later we selected SLI to BEST thus enabling EPP. Memory timings were set to AUTO.
Voltage adjustments are needed for overclocking ... again if you do not plan to overclock, I recommend that you leave this setting alone. During our overclocking tests we increased the voltage to 2.3v.
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