PC5300 vs PC6400

SS-89 · 16 Aug 2007 at 17:36

willhub said:
What do you use? I've been looking on Everest, and my CPU is performing lower than an E6700 at 2.6Ghz, and ram seems to be underperforming, bit weird tbh

motherboard?

willhub · 16 Aug 2007 at 20:42

SS-89 said:
motherboard?

I havent found anything on the motherboard that shows memory bandwidth :confused:

SS-89 · 17 Aug 2007 at 08:25

No I was asking what motherboard you have? lol sorry for being so ambiguous.

willhub · 17 Aug 2007 at 09:33

SS-89 said:
No I was asking what motherboard you have? lol sorry for being so ambiguous.

Ohh, I have an Asus P5N-E SLi
Crucial Ballistix PC5300 ram (Currently posted for RMA)
E6600 @ 3.2Ghz.
2900XT.

C64 · 17 Aug 2007 at 22:33

ballistix should be 2.2 v default

willhub · 17 Aug 2007 at 22:45

C64 said:
ballistix should be 2.2 v default

I know, I got it at 4-4-4-15, 2.35V, and the bandwidth in memtest86 said 4421 or something like that, dunno how it is so low

HangTime · 17 Aug 2007 at 23:05

I got PC5400 because of the price - Corsair PC5400 4-4-4-12 for £44inc. Currently running 803mhz 4-3-4-12.

All depends on how much extra you have to pay really. Personally I'd be reluctant to drop more than £10-15 extra on PC6400 compared for PC5300 for a 2gig set.

AndyS_UK · 18 Aug 2007 at 08:59

i think that's probably the same thing i've been looking at hangtime.

I've no intention to overclock anything for a while at least. I have no need to really. So I should think PC5400 would be best for me then?

Also, I'm thinking of getting the e6550 with 1333MHz FSB. WHat is the actual FSB speed? I assume that 1333MHz is the "effective" bus speed, as Huddy's guide puts it. Is it still "quad pumped" so is the actual FSB 333MHz? Therefore it should be matched with PC5400 anyway?

Cob · 18 Aug 2007 at 12:53

AndyS_UK said:
Also, I'm thinking of getting the e6550 with 1333MHz FSB. WHat is the actual FSB speed? I assume that 1333MHz is the "effective" bus speed, as Huddy's guide puts it. Is it still "quad pumped" so is the actual FSB 333MHz? Therefore it should be matched with PC5400 anyway?

Yip.