4GB PC6400 to 4GB PC8500 is there any point

Born_2_Kill_83 · 2 Apr 2008 at 10:34

I'm going to upgrade my MB as the P5B is a little dated now.

I currently have OCZ Gold PC6400 4GB with a Q6600. It doesnt overclock very well and I struggle to get it stable @ 3.4. So I was thinking while I'm future proofing my MB should I upgrade to some faster ram.

Or would the speed increase be minimal making it a pointless £100 spend.

DDR3 prices are still out the roof so im not interested in that at the moment.
(Asus Formula MB)

mp260767 · 2 Apr 2008 at 11:58

no point, a q6600 will make the most of 6400, 8500 would be overkill.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 2 Apr 2008 at 22:42

Any other opions before I decide?

PhillyDee · 3 Apr 2008 at 01:56

Ive just done the same. Im running my E6600 at an 8X multi, so the FSB was 1700mhz. I couldnt get it any higher without stupid amounts of volts, so last week i bought some OCZ 2x2gb ReaperX 8000 stuff. Turns out it still wont go any higher so it wasnt my ram holding it back. (Am running a 2:1 divider and the ram currently runs at 850mhz).

Yellowbeard · 3 Apr 2008 at 11:45

Loowi_ashley said:
I currently have OCZ Gold PC6400 4GB with a Q6600. It doesnt overclock very well and I struggle to get it stable @ 3.4. So I was thinking while I'm future proofing my MB should I upgrade to some faster ram.

If you can't get a substantial FSB OC, then you will see little or no gain from the faster memory. Save your money for DDR3 and Nehalem.

dazz25 · 3 Apr 2008 at 13:50

Wait for the DDR3 prices to drop being investing in more RAM.

mame · 3 Apr 2008 at 16:44

Loowi_ashley said:
I currently have OCZ Gold PC6400 4GB with a Q6600. It doesnt overclock very well and I struggle to get it stable @ 3.4. So I was thinking while I'm future proofing my MB should I upgrade to some faster ram.
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but that ram would only have to run @ 378 mhz to get the q6600 to 3.4ghz so it woudn't be the ram holding it back unless you were using a faster divider

toucam · 5 Apr 2008 at 16:16

Theoretically, you can get 3.6 with PC6400, 400x9=3600, so if you're struggling to get 3.4 it's not your ram, either your mobo or your Q6600 doesn't want to go too high without 3000 watts running through it

Your ram is good stuff and I'm not surprised if it can run at 430,450 with adequate cooling. So, save your money for DDR3.