Ram Recommentation for Q6600

DevilBoy916 · 1 Nov 2007 at 16:20

Hiya Gang

I am just about to purchase an intel Quad core Q6600 2.4 Processor, and an Abit IP35 Pro motherboard.

i'll be overclocking the processor to 3Ghz.

I'm looking for 2ghz of Ram.
What is my best option?

Looking to spend under £150 really. But if theres a massive difference in the speed, I could stretch a bit more!

Cheers guys
DB

Cob · 1 Nov 2007 at 16:26

This, as I pointed out in your motherboard thread.

Buy two!

DevilBoy916 · 1 Nov 2007 at 16:30

Ooh, the same guy! Cheers Cob.

Thought i might get more response here!

Is there a reason why these are so cheap then?

Cob · 1 Nov 2007 at 16:35

Low memory prices, over two Dollars to the Pound, OcUK buying and selling them in huge quantities.

DevilBoy916 · 1 Nov 2007 at 20:17

Right. I'm confused as hell here.

Some ram has values like CAS 4-4-4-12.
Some have CAS 4-4-4-15

Some have 1.9V-2.3V. Some have 2V

I'm confused what all this means!!!

I'm probably only going to get 2GB to start off with, and top up with another 2GB to fill up the slots on my Abit board.
I'm guessing its the PC2-6400 Ram i need yes?

So whats the difference between the cheap £40 Geil sticks, and the more expensive £93 quid G.Skill stuff?

Andeh · 1 Nov 2007 at 21:19

4gb of the GeIL is what you want mate, go for it!

Bony Maloney · 1 Nov 2007 at 21:57

Cob said:
This, as I pointed out in your motherboard thread.

Buy two!

Seconded for a second time

Cob · 1 Nov 2007 at 23:31

DevilBoy916 said:
Right. I'm confused as hell here.

Some ram has values like CAS 4-4-4-12.
Some have CAS 4-4-4-15

Some have 1.9V-2.3V. Some have 2V

I'm confused what all this means!!!

I'm probably only going to get 2GB to start off with, and top up with another 2GB to fill up the slots on my Abit board.
I'm guessing its the PC2-6400 Ram i need yes?

So whats the difference between the cheap £40 Geil sticks, and the more expensive £93 quid G.Skill stuff?

The G.Skill HZ is very overpriced since it uses the same chips as the Crucial Ballistix PC6400. The chips they use need 2.2v to run at their advertised speeds, whereas the likes of the Geil and OCZ Platinum use chips that need 2.1v.

The 2.2v chips will overclock a lot further than the Geil, but you won't really need the Geil to be overclocked.