OCZ Gold XTC 2GB PC2-4200

These modules are meant to function at 1.9v, but I found at stock speed 1.8v was plenty. Once we started to work beyond stock speeds though, 1.9v became a necessity.

Successful Overclocks
• 1# 267MHz – DDR2-533 (PC2-4300) @ 1.8v – 3-3-3-12 : 200FSB – CPU 2.8GHz
• 2# 267MHz – DDR2-533 (PC2-4300) @ 1.8v – 3-3-3-12 : 267FSB – CPU 3.74GHz
• 3# 292MHz – DDR2-584 (PC2-4700) @ 1.9v – 3-3-3-12 : 233FSB – CPU 3.29GHz
• 4# 300MHz – DDR2-600 (PC2-4800) @ 2.0v – 3-3-3-12 : 200FSB – CPU 2.8GHz
• 5# 312MHz – DDR2-625 (PC2-5000) @ 2.0v – 3-3-3-12 : 250FSB – CPU 3.50GHz
• 6# 334MHz – DDR2-667 (PC2-5300) @ 2.1v – 3-3-3-12 : 250FSB – CPU 3.50GHz
• 7# 334MHz – DDR2-667 (PC2-5300) @ 2.1v – 3-3-3-12 : 267FSB – CPU 3.74GHz
• 8# 352MHz – DDR2-704 (PC2-5600) @ 2.1v – 4-4-4-12 : 264FSB – CPU 3.69GHz

In order to distinguish a successful overclock, the settings must pass error free through test 5 and 8 of MemTest. In order to make sure the modules were not defective on arrival, 10 runs of MemTest were performed. Those tests were error free, so we were good to go with overclocking.

As you can see, I tried to retain the original timings as much as possible. The last setting was the only one were the timings had to be loosened, because my goal was to break the DDR2-700 barrier. As usual, the overclocking ability impressed me, considering OCZ stresses that these are ‘value’ modules. We gained an 85MHz boost while retaining a safe VDIMM.