More RAM...

iamsteg · 6 May 2006 at 16:49

Hello, I currently have 1GB of RAM and I was looking to increasing it to 2GB. I currently have my amd64 3000+ at 2430Mhz and was wondering if another 1GB of RAM would cause any problems with my overclock.
Any info or help welcome!

Naffa · 6 May 2006 at 17:24

If it's decent memory it will help with the overclock.

ErNciLator · 6 May 2006 at 19:35

not really, more the quality of ram, 1gig of good ram is better than 2 gig of crap for overclocking. But in general 2 gig takes more power than 1 gig so can cause more instability for overclocking.

Naffa · 6 May 2006 at 20:34

But if the memory timings are good then the wont loosen as you overclock..

fenderbass86 · 6 May 2006 at 20:42

Are these timings on the Mushkin 2GB EM3200 (green) any good?:

3-3-3-8

iamsteg · 6 May 2006 at 21:21

I am currently using 1GB GEIL VALUE CAS 2.5 and I was going to purchase another!

Townlea · 6 May 2006 at 21:59

fenderbass86 said:
Are these timings on the Mushkin 2GB EM3200 (green) any good?:

3-3-3-8

Not not really.... some Cas 2 would be better

brightside_ · 7 May 2006 at 00:08

having 4 sticks will force your memory to run at 2T rather than 1T iirc, this means the RAM is accessed less aggresively

A.N.Other · 7 May 2006 at 00:27

As above, if you already have 2 sticks, then the best plan would be to sell them and get 2 x 1gig.

Having 4 sticks will force the board to run in 2T timing mode, and will cause a significant (but not major) performance drop.