Best memory for lowest timings at stock Mhz for PC2-5300

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Looking for a 2GB kit (2x1GB) and to run the memory at stock 667Mhz as I have an e4300 at 3GHz (9x333) memory 1:1 so I really need as low memory timings as possible. What should I go for in the sub £40 region?

Also, if there's no difference in cost should I go for 800mhz version instead of 667 and run it at 667 (Also, would I be able to set more aggresive memory timings the 800mhz part?)

Pete
 
Is that the best option for me at the moment?

Are you sure the timings don't make much difference? I was using 4,4,4,12 timings before surely this would be faster....but how much I don't know

I'm only on a 32bit OS would 4gb run in dual channel?

If I want to run them at stock speed and the timings make no difference, could I just get the cheapest memory from a reliable manufacturer.


Thanks
 
Is that the best option for me at the moment?
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4GB for £45 when you are happy with 667 Mhz? Yup, I'd say so.

Are you sure the timings don't make much difference?
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Yup, from the slowest to the super-craziest overclocked timings you'll get a 1 or 2 frames...

I'm only on a 32bit OS would 4gb run in dual channel?
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Yep, it would.

If I want to run them at stock speed and the timings make no difference, could I just get the cheapest memory from a reliable manufacturer.
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Yes but you will be hard pushed to find 4GB for £45.
 
Thanks

I'm tempted; the only thing stopping me is overclockability for the future. I've read some of the 2GB kits I mentioned clock to 1066 speeds which would be good if I upgrade my cpu in the future - any thoughts?
 
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4GB for £45 when you are happy with 667 Mhz? Yup, I'd say so.

Yup, from the slowest to the super-craziest overclocked timings you'll get a 1 or 2 frames...

Yep, it would.

Yes but you will be hard pushed to find 4GB for £45.
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The timings DO make a difference, and I bet it's more than just 1-2fps in games.

If I get some free time I might do some tests about it But im sure they do make a huge diff in response of everything, ofcourse that will depend on the rest of the system and if the system is CPU bottlenecked then a good memory with tight timings ofcourse won't do much.
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fast edit @OP, I would grab good PC6400 memory, not only it will allow you to upgrade later to E8400 which will come soon under 100 mark but good PC6400 will do very tight timings on lower speed, in example my black dragons did something like 3-3-3-8 @ ~650mhz. You can always underclock your memory, remember ;).
 
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not a huge difference but a difference. Can anyone tell me; if I set my memory timings too low, will I always be able to get into the BIOS to change them back or could I lock the computer up completely?

Would 4x1GB run at the same speed as 2x2GB as far as dual channel memory is concerned? I meanm, it seems logical that you could interleave 4 sticks if you had them but then I expect it would be called quad channel
 
tgbyhn10111 said:
not a huge difference but a difference. Can anyone tell me; if I set my memory timings too low, will I always be able to get into the BIOS to change them back or could I lock the computer up completely?
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If you did set timings and speeds that the memory just can't do your motherboard may well not post, but you can always reset the bios using the jumper.

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Would 4x1GB run at the same speed as 2x2GB as far as dual channel memory is concerned? I meanm, it seems logical that you could interleave 4 sticks if you had them but then I expect it would be called quad channel
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4x1GB would still run in dual channel mode, no consumer boards support quad channel memory, on the motherboard channel 1 is normally the first 2 ram slots and channel 2 is the last 2 ram slots, or an alternating combination, so each channel would contain 2GB which would run in dual channel with the other channel.

It is often believed to give more stable overclocks using 2 sticks instead of 4, this might be preferable if you intend to overclock.
 
thanks Jak. I've ordered another pack of TWIN2X2048-5400C4
to replace my existing ones (only £29 including delivery) while they are RMA'd. When they are replaced I planned to run 4 sticks of TWIN2X2048-5400C4 -2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC2-5400 (667), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12

Is this going to be a problem? My overclock has been nice and stable until now. Are there any links / threads discussing stability issues with 4 x 1GB sticks? You've got me worried now.

Cheers

Pete
 
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