pc6400 or pc8500

thefishdude · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:43

ok ned to get some ram for new motherboard combo so far i have
aw9d-max
e6700 conroe

now im not that into over clocking however i know tyhe conroes do it well so may give it ago one day. soo what would be the best speed ram to get ??

pc6400 cheaper

pc8500 faster

is it only worth getting the pc8500 if im over clocking ?
could i overclock with the pc6400 ?

Rroff · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:54

Depends on what you use your PC for - the difference in performance for gaming between PC2-6400 and PC2-8000 is very little, with other applications you may or may not see a difference - for the majority of desktop use also you'd see little difference.

I recently bought a set of G.Skill 6400 HZ and its easily clocking to PC2-8000+ speeds without any problem and with extra cooling and voltage can probably do far more.

To give you an example - the difference in scores in 3D Marks 03 between running the RAM at 667 and 1000 is about 300 points (total score is around 35,000)

thefishdude · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:13

will mostly be some gaming

i dont really do much on ma pc heavy load wise apart from games and odd little bit of photo work.

and i know i wont do any extreme overclocking.

soo pc6400 would seem an ideal purchase ?? and pc8500 uneeded expense ?

Rroff · 25 Oct 2006 at 20:53

Thats my view of it

Jay_t · 25 Oct 2006 at 23:46

I'd second that & also reccomend the Gskill 6400 HZ