What Memory Speed Will Geil Value Run At

TaKeN · 26 Jan 2006 at 12:54

I bought the Geil Value kit 2 x 1GB last year and im running only one of the sticks due to problems with my motherboard..

Im just wondering What Speed this memory will run at ?

Ive overclocked my cpu at the moment the ram is running at ddr 333, and the fsb of my cpu is 235..

will this RAM accept me putting the CPU : Ram Ratio back to 1: 1 so the ram runs at 237 ?

Running at 180 Something as it is now, seems to be slow..

rxmac · 26 Jan 2006 at 19:25

I had some geil value in the past and iirc i could only get it to run at 220 maybe 225, though this was before i realy knew what i was doing (not that i am an expert now by ANY stretch of the imagination). I would suggest loosening the timings a bit but i suspect it is probably running CAS3 as it is which only really leaves upping the memory voltage. According to http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeIL_Value.html the memory is rated for upto 2.9v so try a small increase on the volts and try it, though find the bios reset jumper first, just in case

SkeeterUK · 26 Jan 2006 at 23:57

Ram same as urs using 2gb tho.

Currently using 2.5,3,3,7 (dunno if its ok but been playing games and using windows and nowts happened so... Also ran the ram at 266 speed using a divider to get same cpu upto 2.4ghz using i think 800mhz ht and using 230fsb so puts the ram back at ddr400 speeds and cpu at 2400 speed. Ran fine but then i thought meh dont see much of a increase in speed in games so just running at stock cpu now and same with ram speed except timings.

TaKeN · 30 Jan 2006 at 19:52

Ive finally got my 2GB Kit working in this mobo, but running as 2T

Im gonna try and run the memory at 235 later on tonight, and set the memory voltage to 2.90

I would drop the multiplier on the cpu, and run the memory at Ddr 333 but when i boot into windows cpu-z reports NO bios adjustments :O

ste_bla · 30 Jan 2006 at 21:45

My 1gb kit would do 240 with +0.3v not sure on timings

TaKeN · 31 Jan 2006 at 10:33

So whats best ?

Running CPU, at just under 2.6 Ghz and memory on a divider so its running at 188 Mhz,

Or running Cpu at just over 2.3, and memory running at 215 Mhz ?

HangTime · 31 Jan 2006 at 17:14

CPU. The extra 300mhz on the cpu will make a much bigger difference to performance compared to an extra 27mhz on the RAM - especially considering you could probably tighten up the timings at 188mhz.