E4300 with 2gb DDR2 533mhz

[tommy_knockers]

Hello all, was looking at buying a e4300 for my fsb limited motherboard. (800fsb).

However I am worried about my ram. It is samsung 2gb (2x1gb) ddr2 533mhz running in dual channel. 4-4-4-12 (can run in 3-3-3-9).

Will it unduly affect the overclocking capabilities of the e4300.

I am limited by the ASrock Motherboard. It doesnt allow me to change much in the way of ram, except changing voltage to high or normal and changing thetimings.

Any ideas. Cheers

 

[tommy_knockers]

bumpitty bump

also will the e4300 come in oem.


and finally has anyone played on the logitech G25. Looks kinda sweet, though not sure which games will recognise the clutch

 

[oweneades]

What motherboard do you have?! I say this as some LGA775 motherboards (earlier P4 models) are not compatible with the C2D.

As you say you are FSB limited to 800mhz I would question wether a C2D is even possible on your motherboard.

(The power requirements are different).

 

[tommy_knockers]

hello its a lga775 and the manufacturers have confirmed it will work for the e4300

 

[oweneades]

Do you have the boards name/specification?

I notice you have a Asrock board of some sort although there are a few different ones.

I have the Dual Vsata myself and I know from the huge logos on the box that it is compatable with the C2D.

 

[tommy_knockers]

it is the 775XFire-eSATA2+ (http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=775XFire-eSATA2+&s=775)


Can I overclock the Ram using software? Is it possible

 

[Millwall.FC]

e4300 has 800mhz fsb so it will work with most mobo's that surport 800fsb, but i reckorn the overclocking potential will be poor for you, if you want to that is.

 

[simonnance]

If the mobo is like that, you may find IT holds you back more than the components, case in point is my Asrock 775DUAL-Vsta..... tis an ok board, but my RAM is runing sub stock as it's undervolted, and my E6400 is being held back by the FSB.

If you can get 3-3-3-9 @ 533Mhz, then you MAY get close to 800Mhz with looser timings..... hard to tell until you try, some RAM doesnt like higher freqs no matter the timings, and without knowing what chips the ram uses its hard to predict based on other ram performance.

Then again, 3Ghz is only 333 FSB, which gives 667Mhz ram @ 1:1...... should be possible....... if you are lucky.

Is there REALLY any need to post this in another thread, THEN create two of your own in the space of 20min?

Overclocking your ram should simply be a case of upping the FSB, keeping the RAM set to the stock speed (PC2-3200, DDR2 400, which is 1:1 with the FSB), and the FSB will do the work for you. As you increase you can test both CPU and memory stability (Orthos/Memtest) and if your mem is failing Memtest, you can losen the timings (not further than about 5-5-5-15 i'd recomend) to see how high you can get. Set RAM voltages to HIGH idealy (try and find what that means, but in my experience with my DUAL-Vsta its about 2.0V, so not that bad for most ram) and that's about all you can do.

When you hit a wall, which may well be your CPU if you can't raise vCore (Orthos fails, but Memtest should be ok), or the mem craps out (fails Memtest at HIGH voltage with 5-5-5-15), then you have hit the max you are likely to get. It's complicated by the fact you have to OC both CPU and ram at the same time, when idealy you would do one at a time to be certain which component is holding you back, but up to 533Mhz (266Mhz FSB) your ram should be fine as you are at stock Ram speeds at that level (if you are getting Memtest errors at that stage, you need to RMA your ram)