my memory questions ????

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high i got myself a gigabyte p35c-ds3r mobo & a q6600 cpu. i bought 2x1gb of ocz platinum ddr2-6400 then i bought 2x1gb geil ultra low ddr2-6400 .
when i ordered them i thought they were the same settings i've found out that one of them is 4-4-4-12 & the other is 4-4-4-15.
i have no idea where to start looking about these settings so could someone as well as telling me if they are ok for overclocking together show me where to learn about what these numbers mean.
lastly my brother might be interested in buying the ocz plainum as he's got the same set up just with the platinum.
so that would just leave me with the geil, is this as good as the platinum or not because i could get 2 more sticks of this to match up or i've just checked the price on some ocuk 8500 & its about the same price as 6400 so would this be a better just to sell the geil & get this ???????
all info & advice will be greatly appreciated. :D
 
am i right in thinking that even at the standard speed this will probably faster than o/c'd geil 6400 won't it ???????????????????
 
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The Geil Ultra and the OCZ Platinum are pretty much the same, but I would try to run 4 sticks of each rather than mixing them if at all possible. There is next to no difference between a 12 and a 15 TRAS seting.

Also hit Ctrl and F1 together on the main BIOS screen to unlock the memory timings options in the MIT menu. It will then list quite a few timings, which will be on auto. The first four will be the 4-4-4-12 ones, and will be in that order.

I would avoid the OcUK PC8500 tbh. The Geil or OCZ PC6400 are more than enough for a Q6600.
 
thanks for answering mate,
what would you set them to in the bios ?
whats the reason for avoiding the ocuk 8500 ??
as far as i can gather its running at 1066mhz at standard where as my 6400 will struggle to reach that overclocked.
someone wrote a review (maybe ficticious?) that his overclocked ok.
i am not new to overclocking but i am new to ram overclocking so please explain everything as if you were telling a kid.
thanks
 
I have bought a few sets of the OcUK PC8500, and all but 2 pairs had to be returned as faulty.

Both the Geil and OCZ should do atleast 900mhz, and that will keep up with a Q6600 til over 4ghz (450x9).

I would go with the known branding, and the lifetime guarantee that both the Geil and OCZ offer.
 
ok thanks mates,
its swayed me with the reliability you said about the ocuk 8500
lastly which is the better the geil or the ocz as both have been on offer at ocuk & how do they differ from each other.
thanks:cool:
 
In the MIT menu you will need to set the Memory Multiplier to whichever setting that gives you 800mhz.

Then you'll have to set the timings to manual, and set the first four to 4, 4, 4, 12 or 15 respectively.

Be sure to set the DDR2 Overvoltage Control to +0.3v for 2.1v.

Also set the (G)MCH Overvoltage Control to +0.1v to boost your northbridge for four sticks.
 
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