Cheap Good Clocking Ram Needed :D Recommendations

jrodga2k5 · 5 Sep 2007 at 16:26

Hey guys, I cant seem to get my system stable above 2.7Ghz and that is with some voltage adjustment here and there and I'm pretty sure my e6300 is capable of 3Ghz but i cant help but get the feeling its my Cheapo Ram thats holding me back. Does anyone have any recommendations of a cheap pair of ram that should help me clock a bit higher.

Intel Core 2 Duo e6300 @2.7Ghz Stock Volts
Corsair Value Select PC5300 DDRII @ 1.9V Posting @ 1:1
DFi Infinity P965-S Black

The PC will post at higher clocks but can become unstable after a while which can be from minutes to hours.

Any recommendations would be great

truebluecfc · 5 Sep 2007 at 16:31

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
£54.99
£64.61 inc VAT

Overkill but will give you plenty of headroom for overclocking although the RAM itself might not overclock as good as others.

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
£47.99
£56.39 inc VAT

Mine do 950MHz fairly comfortably which again should give you plenty of headroom for overclocking.

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
£56.99
£66.96 inc VAT

If you want the best overclocking RAM then these are the ones to go for, not uncommon for them to overclock to 1000+MHz.

jrodga2k5 · 5 Sep 2007 at 16:38

truebluecfc said:
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
£54.99
£64.61 inc VAT

Overkill but will give you plenty of headroom for overclocking although the RAM itself might not overclock as good as others.

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
£47.99
£56.39 inc VAT

Mine do 950MHz fairly comfortably which again should give you plenty of headroom for overclocking.

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit
£56.99
£66.96 inc VAT

If you want the best overclocking RAM then these are the ones to go for, not uncommon for them to overclock to 1000+MHz.

Thanks for the quick reply a bit of thought will go into this one, some interesting options

vocch · 5 Sep 2007 at 17:48

Just got some ocuk pc8500 to replace my Geils....now i'm not overclocking but undeclocking them and @ 2.0v....beat that!lol

jrodga2k5 · 5 Sep 2007 at 23:28

I think Geil looks like it may be a good option but then again I really only need to hit around the 850Mhz mark on the ram and the OCuK stuff should go straight to that no problem and that would be underclocked

Tenzen · 6 Sep 2007 at 01:03

I would go with the cruical, easily do 1066 on 44412.

But first put a divider on the ram and keep pushing the cpu independently, always keeping the ram underclocked. Then you will know your max cpu speed! Best find the limit before forking out the cash for something which might not help

Always test one variable at a time when OCing. Do that by underclocking everything else.

vocch · 6 Sep 2007 at 11:55

Was tempted to buy the crucial but as they need 2.2v+ when overclocking i thought twice especially when folding my geil lasted a few days @ 2.2v (just wish i had give them a good testing @ folding before the shop warranty run out ).....and considering the pc8500 are guaranteed to do 1000mhz with a lower vdimm it were'nt a hard decision...plus C4-C5 don't make much of a difference anyway!....lower vdimm = cooler = last longer...warranties are all good but an inconvinience when their sat on the table awaiting rma that's when i here back from GEIL.

jrodga2k5 · 6 Sep 2007 at 12:45

Tenzen said:
I would go with the cruical, easily do 1066 on 44412.

But first put a divider on the ram and keep pushing the cpu independently, always keeping the ram underclocked. Then you will know your max cpu speed! Best find the limit before forking out the cash for something which might not help

Always test one variable at a time when OCing. Do that by underclocking everything else.

How do you do this? Im curious as I've never been a big clocker so really only know the basics and the memory is something I really dont know much about at all!

Jleo · 7 Sep 2007 at 13:46

These are also worth consideration

Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-4200C4 Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864AA53E)

£54.04 inc v.a.t

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-082-CR&tool=3

Tenzen · 8 Sep 2007 at 14:24

jrodga2k5 said:
How do you do this? Im curious as I've never been a big clocker so really only know the basics and the memory is something I really dont know much about at all!

JUst put the memory on the divider, which should be in your bios under your memory setting. The divider could be a ratio or it could just have a limit speed so you could choose to run the mem at 166 (+whatever FSB you have added). That way you can keep the memory underclocked while increasing the FSB.