Memory Bottleneck?

Bellypopper · 9 Feb 2008 at 09:17

Hi All

I recently bought a new comp from Ebay, spec as follows

Intel Q6600
Asus P5N-E mainboard
ATI Radeon X1950XT graphics card

It came with a single stick of 2GB PC2-6400 unbranded memory. I am trying to find out if this memory is any good, or if it would be worth upgrading to better spec memory.

The figures I get when I run CPU-Z are as follows (SPD tab @ 400Mhz)

CAS# Latency 5.0
RAS# to CAS# 5
RAS# Precharge 5
tRAS 16
tRC 21
Voltage 1.8V

Can anyone tell me if these figures are any good? I don;t want the RAM to be the bottleneck of the system

Thanks
Russ

Servo · 9 Feb 2008 at 10:20

Just one stick? That would mean it's running in single channel mode. You could buy another stick from the vendor, and run in duel channel mode.

bikes · 9 Feb 2008 at 10:25

I'd just chuck some of this in http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL&utm_source=forums&utm_medium=banner and run it at 4-4-4-12, its cheap enough

Bellypopper · 9 Feb 2008 at 11:20

I'd just chuck some of this in http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr..._medium=banner and run it at 4-4-4-12, its cheap enough

would that offer a performance upgrade over the RAM I have fitted?

Cheers
Russ

Cob · 9 Feb 2008 at 13:21

Maybe 10%.

Your current memory won't be bottlenecking your system anyway.