PC2-6400 vs PC2-8500?

Guru · 8 Jun 2008 at 12:09

2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12

2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC2-8500 (1066), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5

I have the extra £20 to spare and I'm wondering if it's worth getting the 1066 over the 800?

Cheers,

G

mame · 8 Jun 2008 at 12:21

I would get the 6400 unless you have a CPU with a low multi and you are looking to overclock

Guru · 8 Jun 2008 at 12:46

cpu is a 2160 I don't know much about it but I would defo like it to be clocked.

Ben M · 8 Jun 2008 at 13:10

pc6400 will do 400mhz fsb without effort, after that it needs to be overclocked.

pc8500 will do 500mhz fsb without being overclocked.

Guru · 8 Jun 2008 at 13:14

Ben M said:
pc6400 will do 400mhz fsb without effort, after that it needs to be overclocked.

pc8500 will do 500mhz fsb without being overclocked.

I'm a bit noob, does that mean it IS worth the extra 20?

Just that I need to make my decision today.

Cheers,

G

Ben M · 8 Jun 2008 at 13:18

Guru said:
I'm a bit noob, does that mean it IS worth the extra 20?

Just that I need to make my decision today.

Cheers,

G

It depends how high you want your cpu's fsb to go to.

The multiplier of your chip is x9. So it'd be running at 3.6ghz with a 400mhz fsb.

basically, pc6400 is fine.

Guru · 8 Jun 2008 at 13:35

Ben M said:
It depends how high you want your cpu's fsb to go to.

The multiplier of your chip is x9. So it'd be running at 3.6ghz with a 400mhz fsb.

basically, pc6400 is fine.

Fair play

The CPU will be the next thing I will upgrade, to most likely something Quad core. But I don't know what yet.