which ram?

llwayneio · 19 Nov 2007 at 00:03

hey, i tried putting this thread on the memory section but wasnt getting any answers so i thought i would try my luck here, i am considering altering my order tomorrow because i am unsure whether this ram will be good enough;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-087-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144

i am considering changing to this;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-086-OC

i am placing the ram on a asus p5k mobo and planning to overclock a e2180 to 3ghz upwards, i am a noob to overclocking and so am not sure how ram effects it, any advice is appreciated. (i will be using the pc for gaming)

yantorsen · 19 Nov 2007 at 00:09

you've just linked to the OCUK homepage btw.

if this is the same as the one in the memory thread, then it will probly get deleted.

llwayneio · 19 Nov 2007 at 00:10

yantorsen said:
you've just linked to the OCUK homepage btw.

if this is the same as the one in the memory thread, then it will probly get deleted.

its been edited lol, second time i have done that

really? lame i wasnt getting a answers there and i need some help choosing so that i know whether to change my order tomorrow or not

yantorsen · 19 Nov 2007 at 00:14

well both of those osz sets are fine, if you want to overclock more then the 6400 stuff will be better, but if not then the 5300 stuff will be fine.

llwayneio · 19 Nov 2007 at 01:01

so it will be fine for overclocking the cpu to 3.0ghz but beyond i should get the other stuff?

yantorsen · 19 Nov 2007 at 01:07

llwayneio said:
so it will be fine for overclocking the cpu to 3.0ghz but beyond i should get the other stuff?

you got it.

although you may be able to beyond 3ghz, but im told 2gb dimms dnt clock too well.

llwayneio · 19 Nov 2007 at 01:14

yantorsen said:
you got it.

although you may be able to beyond 3ghz, but im told 2gb dimms dnt clock too well.

hmmm so you mean it would clock better with 4x 1gb sticks? im sorry im new to this stuff i appreciate the help

yantorsen · 19 Nov 2007 at 01:26

llwayneio said:
hmmm so you mean it would clock better with 4x 1gb sticks? im sorry im new to this stuff i appreciate the help

well do you undertand the basic concepts in overclocking? yes?

llwayneio · 19 Nov 2007 at 01:29

yantorsen said:
well do you undertand the basic concepts in overclocking? yes?

nope never done it before

yantorsen · 19 Nov 2007 at 01:33

llwayneio said:
nope never done it before

but do you understand what you do in theory?

if not then read the overclocking sticky on these forums.

then come back here with any questions or email me in trust.

llwayneio · 19 Nov 2007 at 01:46

well i know that you have to raise the fsb in the bios and the formula is the fsb X the multiplier to get your clock speed. And that you have to up the vcore inorder to get a higher fsb i think its somthing along those lines, right? i am not sure how ram comes into it though?

yantorsen · 19 Nov 2007 at 01:57

llwayneio said:
well i know that you have to raise the fsb in the bios and the formula is the fsb X the multiplier to get your clock speed. And that you have to up the vcore inorder to get a higher fsb i think its somthing along those lines, right? i am not sure how ram comes into it though?

well basicaly the ram speed is double the FSB, if the memory divider is set at 1:1.

you obviously can't run it below 1:1, so past that point you have to raise the RAM speed inline with the FSB

llwayneio · 19 Nov 2007 at 02:14

ok i dont think i understand it propaly is it basically along the lines of, because i want my cpu to run at 3.2ghz i need to raise the fsb to 320 (because the e2180 has a 10x multiplier)? and because of this the ram will now run at 640mhz if the ratio is 1:1? (do you double the speed because its ddr2?)

yantorsen · 19 Nov 2007 at 02:18

llwayneio said:
ok i dont think i understand it propaly is it basically along the lines of, because i want my cpu to run at 3.2ghz i need to raise the fsb to 320 (because the e2180 has a 10x multiplier)? and because of this the ram will now run at 640mhz if the ratio is 1:1? (do you double the speed because its ddr2?)

yep that's correct basically, except intel cpu's are quad pumped so it's a bit more complex

the memory isn't actually running twice the speed of the FSB it's actually speed is the same, i wont go into detail as it doesn't really matter and its complex

bed beckons, i'll answer anymore of your questions tomorow mate.

llwayneio · 19 Nov 2007 at 02:26

sweet thanks for your help, good night