e6600 but what ram?

Dougiebabe2003

Dougiebabe2003

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Hi Guys,

Am going to be ordering an E6600 and a Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard very soon but need to know a few things about the RAM first.

I have a AMD Athlon 64 3700+ atm which is overclocked already at 2.5ghz with 2.2.2.5 timings, so basicly I know a bit bout overclocking and will be looking to doing it to this one.

What I need to know is wut ram is the best for the setup? I have always thought that intel's prefer a higher FSB which would mean they like a higher memory clock than timings but if both was there it would be gd...?

The RAM i was lookin at was the corsair dominators with 4.4.4.12 timings at 800mhz and was thinking about taking them to 1000mhz at the same timings as I thought this would give me the best performance but then i read about the IC's being changed from microns d9 etc etc which put me off a bit but people still seem to be clocking them up this high with the tight timings anyway....

Anywho I then found some RAM with d9 micron chips in but then read somewhere tht running intel's at 1:1 is better than running the ram faster...

Now i am confused!!!

The Team Xtreem & Cellshock have the microns for the gaurnteed 1000mhz clock at low timings but should I be heading for that or for a slower rated speed ram with even tighter timings like the crucial 10h anni RAM? (im a bit wary of the crucial as I have never had gd expericnces with them...must be the cornish air...)


So basicly, should I be looking for a faster mem clock to suit the 1066mhz bus of the e6600 or a slower clock speed so it runs 1:1?

If faster wut ram do u suggest and if slower wut ram u suggest?

Any help would be great!

Cheers, Doug.
 
I did a lot of research on this. Got same processor and mobo as you and iended up going with the cellshock 6400, and they are amaizing, they overclock like stick :)
 
Cheers for your reply, I have been looking at the cellshock as they have 8pcb layer which keeps them cool apprently...all gd stuff.

Thing is they are the the most expensive and have the shortest warrenty, I was also reading and found that having the ram sit at 400mhz with a fsb of 400mhz (so running 1:1 is it not?) with the timings running at 3.3.3.8 is better than running it at 500mhz with more relaxed timings (4.4.4.12...not rly tht relaxed but u get my drift...)

If this is true then it may be worth me saving that £20 and getting some crucial anni's (Cornish air....) and then being able to buy a better CPU cooler would it not?

Can any1 else enlighten me about which ram would be better?

I think the ram it is between is the crucial anni's and the cellshocks though, the g.skillz just don't do it for me, the geil's seem a bit funny in my board i think and team...well i dunno, have seen no reviews at all for them.

Any help will be rewarded with milk and cookies!

Cheers, Doug.
 
NOOOOOOOO lol

was hoping someone could make it for me lol.

I did think this was gonna be the answer, I just need to choose what is best for wut im doing and which one's look the best.

Thanks for your help guys! I know i've got a place to come after I have been searching the net for over 10 hours straight and over 20hours in 2days looking for the answer.

Peace out
 
:D If it makes it any easier, I went for the Team Xtreems, although many people are reporting awesome timings with the CellShocks, and a lot of people have bought the Crucials.

Oh wait, that's probably harder now :D
 
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