Attn OCZ Customers - Need Help? Post Here

RyderOCZ

Not following exactly Zelig, how warm do they get to the touch?

Zelig

No, psus will lose effiency when they get hotter.

For example, Enermax power supplies have their rated watts determined for air running through it heated to 25 degrees, which isn't particularly realistic for normal systems. PC Power and Cooling power supplies take their wattage ratings for air heated to 40 degrees passing through the psu.

I was wondering what temperature cases OCZ power supplies are used in for determining their rated wattage.

RyderOCZ

Sorry I didn't post back yesterday, I will contact on of our engineers and find out

Zelig

How long does it take to contact one of your engineers?

No real rush though, I've already ordered a 520W modstream, so I'm just curious as to how OCZ rates their power supplies, it won't be affecting my purchase decisions.

RyderOCZ

You know....apparently a very long time, because he has not answered my question. Email time again

RyderOCZ

Now he is quick about it, LOL

25*C

DarkFoss

Hey RyderOZC,

Do you know if this memory is compatable with Epox new motherboard ? A friend asked me but I haven't been able to find any charts. Perhaps you know if any testing has been done yet

mike2h

do you know of a way to compress my 4x256 ocz el ddr 4000 into 2x512?
just wanted to thank you for making yourself available.!

RyderOCZ

DarkFoss,

That should be no problem, as far as compatibility. Those sticks have our highest binned TCCD on them, so they are very compatible. I do not know if the Epox is capable of 300FSB at 1:1 with 1T, you would have to see if you can find a review or something to find that out.

Mike2h,

If I could do that, I think I would be a millionaire.

Thank You.

itchy5

hey Ryder, i was looking around for some pc4000 VX and i was wondering how high those will go. some people say they top out at 260 or something. i personally havent tested it out, so just asking

RyderOCZ

260 is lucky itchy. I have seen some guys report that high but usually that is running with 3.6 - 3.7V which is over the warranty limit
With the 4000 we guarantee 250FSB with 2-2-2 timings (If you have a booster or a motherboard that will deliver at least 3.3V)

Hope that helps

Bruuce

Hi RyderOCZ. I currently use 2x512 of 3200 performance ram and I noticed that my P4 3.0ghz was running at 2.99ghz. Any reason why and is there anything I could do to optimize it and the system to the max?

RyderOCZ

Hi Bruuce,

The 2.99 GHz thing has to do with the clockgen on the mobo, some of them fluctuate or do not actually set the FSB to 200 (something like 199.8 or whatever).

What mobo are you running? and if you can get me the part number of the sticks, that would help me make suggestions

itchy5

i dont mean @ 2-2-2 i mean how high regardless of timings

RyderOCZ

260-270 ish...they don't scale like a lot of memory does

Bruuce

I'm using the ECS 848P-A mobo and the ram is model number OCZ400512P of the premier series, not performance series. There's probably not a whole lot I can do I bet hehe.

Zelig

Quick question: Which way does the modstream psu pull air?

RyderOCZ

Bruuce,
You are probably correct, but I will see what I can dig up on that mobo. If you can post and let me know what you have "control" over in the bios, that would help

Zelig,
It should pull air into the bottom and exhaust it out the back of the case.

Zelig

Yeah, I figured it out, I had the bright idea to pull apart my last rig right after I posted that, then check back while I had no computers capable of browsing.

All's good now though, the modstream's running beautifully, and I got my 4 80mm blowholes cut cleanly in my case.

itchy5

does OCZ have any ram that can scale up to 300+ i know you guys have ddr600 already but i dont wanna spend $300+ so i might have to go w/ G.skill *gasp*

RyderOCZ

The PC3200 Plat Rev 2, PC3700 Platinum, PC4200 Platinum should all reach 300 on the right motherboard Itchy

itchy5

sounds good i was buying some 3200 plat rev2 for a customer, i might pick a set up my self

Bruuce

The bios is pretty basic. It has timings settings, ram speed and thats about it. The ram speed doesn't go any higher than 400, but I'm thinking of getting a new mobo anyway.

Which brings me to my next question: I just loaded up cpu-z and it says I have 2 different OCZ ram models, both 3200 ram but different part numbers. One of them is OCZ400512P3 and the second one is, OCZ400512P. The OCZ400512P3 is rated 2.5/4/4/8 and the OCZ400512P is rated 3/4/4/8.

Now here's my question heh. If I were to buy a dual channel capable mobo, would I be able to run the memory modules in dual channel with settings 3/4/4/8?

RyderOCZ

Bruuce,

I will say yes, but it will depend on the motherboard. Sometimes with 2 different modules you run into different IC's on them and each IC likes something different (voltage, etc) to keep it "happy"

If you run them at 3-4-4-8 they should work, but I can't be sure until we try them on whatever board you decide on.

Lowfat

I recently purchased 1 GB of PC3200 VX ram. It states that the ram is capable of 2-3-3-8 timings @ 2.6V, 200FSB, yet one of the sticks won't boot into windows with those timings @ 2.9V. My current motherborad won't go any higher for Vdimm either, so I can't try any higher voltage. Should I RMA the ram or do you think more voltage will solve the problem?


btw the motherboard is an Asus A7N8X-E.

itchy5

well normally if they dont run at their rated timings you should RMA it