OCUK Memory FAQ

dww · 4 Aug 2012 at 11:44

As I said 2 years ago, and others have said similar since,

dww said:
Sorry to complain, but is there any chance of this FAQ being re-written? ... Thanks.

However, the OCUK memory expert (I'm sure there is one!) has not had time to update this FAQ for 6 years now, so I doubt a new version is imminent. Can someone at least rename this thread so it does not confuse new customers. That will only take a moment to do.

Perhaps from OCUK Memory FAQ to Historic Memory - The Way It Used to Be or even Memory for Archaeologists

Then put 'Write a new Memory FAQ' into someone's annual objectives

Rikki · 20 Aug 2012 at 11:39

Found this thread very useful for upgrading the 4MB of EDO SIMMs on my 386 motherboard

dww · 21 Aug 2012 at 00:36

Rikki said:
Found this thread very useful for upgrading the 4MB of EDO SIMMs on my 386 motherboard

Good point! I have an ICL M75 up in the loft - very expensive in its day as it used the new 486 processor. I wonder if it would run Windows 7 if it had more memory?

Rikki · 21 Aug 2012 at 14:27

OoOoOoOo!

My first PC was an ICL DRS Workstation M30 - NEC variant of the 8086 with 640KB and a 20MB HDD! Then had a M55 386 system but never the M75

Very good machines those, looked the part too

/nostalgia

dww · 22 Aug 2012 at 00:53

We had ICL DRS M40's in the Harlow lab if I remember rightly - along with Sun 3's for the engineers. We had a project to test ICL's implementation of tcp/ip, among other things. We also had 4 of the first Sun 2's to be sold in the UK, but they became obsolete once the Sun 3 came out. Later, I got an M75 - and later still I bought it from the company for a nominal sum when it became obsolete. Which is how it got up in my loft.

However, this is REALLY off-topic for even an out of date memory FAQ, so I guess we'd better not continue reminiscing here.

m1xmag · 31 Oct 2013 at 13:37

Thanks for this guide - certainly answered a few questions for me

nniitt · 4 Jan 2014 at 21:58

thanks for sharing

marybloomsfield · 19 Feb 2014 at 12:47

WOW many thanks, useful info

Rikki · 19 Feb 2014 at 15:37

barnettgs · 25 Jun 2014 at 11:13

When buying a set of DDR3 RAMs, what's the difference between 9-9-9-24 and 11-11-11-28?

Is the first faster than the latter? Which is the most stable?

PG81 · 7 Jun 2016 at 16:17

As this is a sticky should it not be updated to 2016 standards?

gsf600y · 17 Apr 2018 at 22:02

As this is a sticky should it not be updated to 2018 standards?

ubiquity · 4 Jun 2019 at 17:23

or 2019 standards?

Alan1969 · 26 Jun 2019 at 13:11

ubiquity said:
or 2019 standards?

that would be useful.

Tricky-the_other_one · 27 Dec 2019 at 07:24

or 2020 standards ?

pigeonguyuk · 2 Nov 2020 at 13:35

Any reason why OCUk seem to have stopped stocking a wide selection of G.Skill Trident RGB/NON RGB ram

Petrolhead · 4 Dec 2020 at 15:27

pigeonguyuk said:
Any reason why OCUk seem to have stopped stocking a wide selection of G.Skill Trident RGB/NON RGB ram

I was going to ask the same question

Paradox_bond · 10 Jan 2021 at 19:02

Hi there,
The burst length determines the maximum number of column locations that can be accessed for a given Read or Write command. As usual, the lower the number the faster the performance. However this wont make a vast difference to your memory performance.

Matty8787 · 28 Aug 2023 at 18:21

Is it worth me going from 4x8gbs to 2x16gbs to accompany my 5800x3D or would it be pointless?

In a couple of years from now I'll join the AM5 train so not sure if it's worth it.

Tetras · 28 Aug 2023 at 18:34

Matty8787 said:
Is it worth me going from 4x8gbs to 2x16gbs to accompany my 5800x3D or would it be pointless?

Pointless.