Someone please explain

Associate
Joined
30 Jan 2003
Posts
484
Location
London
Hi all,

I've never overlcocked, and have a basic 2.4ghz P4 and 6800NU with a Gig of RAM (can't even remember which type).

Anyway, I want to upgrade to a Conroe E6300 that I will overclock, but all this I see about FSB's, 5300 , 6400 Ram etc etc is confusing me.

For my system I was looking at either the

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
or
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel

as I'm trying to be a little price conscious, and it looks like the Ram is going to be the most expensive item.

Can anyone explain the pro's and con's as the sticky's are a little out of date.

Thanks.
 
Ernie said:
Hi all,

I've never overlcocked, and have a basic 2.4ghz P4 and 6800NU with a Gig of RAM (can't even remember which type).

Anyway, I want to upgrade to a Conroe E6300 that I will overclock, but all this I see about FSB's, 5300 , 6400 Ram etc etc is confusing me.

For my system I was looking at either the

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
or
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel

as I'm trying to be a little price conscious, and it looks like the Ram is going to be the most expensive item.

Can anyone explain the pro's and con's as the sticky's are a little out of date.

Thanks.

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
Pro's -
You'll be able to run 1:1 (at worst) with FSB
Lower latency that value
Might well overclock better than the Value

Con's
Costs more

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel
- Pro's
Costs less
Con's
Probably limit overclock
Worse latency's


Depending on the mobo the value stuff will probably limit your overclock. You should get 400fsb easy from a 6300. While the value will probably get there too, the latencies might well be poorer than the UL. Also, the max FSB will probably be ram/mobo limited rather than CPU. If you choose a board known for high FSB's then the ram might well be the limiting factor.
If you can find a board which will allow the ram to run slower than the FSB (not sure if there are any tbh) then you should be ok with the value...
 
OC_A64 said:
If you can find a board which will allow the ram to run slower than the FSB (not sure if there are any tbh) then you should be ok with the value...
Just curious as to which mobo you used to get your high FSB with which I noticed in another topic, if you dont mind me asking. . .

Also Ram such as the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-8000 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-010-GS) is the basically too much money for what it is capable of?? What sort of system would really require it if anyone can answer that question for me - thanks.
 
Last edited:
Nelly said:
Just curious as to which mobo you used to get your high FSB with which I noticed in another topic, if you dont mind me asking. . .

Also Ram such as the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-8000 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-010-GS) is the basically too much money for what it is capable of?? What sort of system would really require it if anyone can answer that question for me - thanks.

Mobo is P5B Vanilla.
Don't quite understand the 2nd question there tbh mate, if your saying why get the Gskill it overclocks really nicely, should hit well over 500mhz with a bit of luck. At the price it's at atm it's too expensive for what it is IMO. Paid ~ 176 quid for this kit just over a month ago :)
 
Suppose it begs the question, would you get the Geil 6400 for £20 more than the 5300 value if you were going to overclock an E6300.

I don't know which mobo, I was looking at the ASRock xfire one cos it is very reasonabl priced, I can't justify spending £120 plus on a mobo, when I don't know what half the technical stuff is for. Just want a PC that will convert VHS to digital, browse, store photo's and play games.
 
If your going for the asrock boards then just grab the 533 ram. You'll probably be hugely mobo limited, and the performance gained from running 6400 ram on a divider is going to be minimal
 
Back
Top Bottom