March 15, 20179 yr Hey, I did a boat load of research trying to figure out how to OC memory and apparently everyone loves Samsung B die. I guess Samsung E die is supposedly tier 2? Does anyone know how good the Chinese eBay Samsung B die stuff overclocks? Sample link: Samsung 16GB 2x8GB DDR4 2133Mhz PC4-17000 288pin Desktop Memory Non-ECC RAM 1Rx8 | eBay Also, is there somewhere with more information on what dies RAM are? I can only find super basic info. It seems that cheap Hynix kits at 3200Mhz are usually 16-18-18-38, and Samsung kits are usually around ~$160-170, and have a separate set of timings? It seems that the most common kits of B die are the Corsair Vengeance LPX, and G.Skill TridentZ/Ripjaw V, but those kits are pretty expensive. And I really don't know if B-die manufactured more recently has any difference than the 2133 1.2V B-die on eBay. Edited March 15, 20179 yr by lovetohax
March 15, 20179 yr Crew Someone binned Samsung OEM long ago, it was a complete fail on oc. Maybe now things have changed, but this can only be evaluated by trying
March 15, 20179 yr Does anyone know how good the Chinese eBay Samsung B die stuff overclocks? Sample link: Samsung 16GB 2x8GB DDR4 2133Mhz PC4-17000 288pin Desktop Memory Non-ECC RAM 1Rx8 | eBay You failed to read description. Item Picture Shown Only.Actual May various. It means that you'll never receive B-Die sticks produced two years ago.
March 15, 20179 yr B-Die is not D9, some of my best DDR2 are OEM D9, i don't think any newer oem sticks are good for OC, maybe BBSE but i'm not sure on them
March 16, 20179 yr I'm afraid the days of finding gems in cheap OEM RAM are over. I don't know how but the G.Skills of the world seem to get all the best chips and bin them tightly.
March 18, 20179 yr Samsung oem b die is not that good, someone I know tried binning (a lot of) them. Samsung oem E die can be good. My Samsung E die did 4000MHz C12: Altough it never did anything above 4000MHz...
March 22, 20179 yr Author Well, I bought some B die off eBay and that stuff is an epic fail. It won't even run stable stock on a Ryzen board. Rest in peace.
March 28, 20179 yr Not great, got these off eBay a while ago and the best I can do on my x99 is 3200c14
March 29, 20179 yr Like Sparks, I could get my 3200c12 trident z to work at 3200c11 or 3400 c12 stable however these wouldn't go any lower or faster.
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