what ram to buy for overclocking

buachille

buachille

buachille

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i have posted quite a few times on this forum about my attempts to overclock my machine. i always fail miserably. the only component i have that could be causing this is my ram so i am thinking about replacing it.

before i go any further here is my spec.
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Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ (Socket 939)(Toledo)

EPoX EP-9NPA+ Ultra, nForce4 Ultra,ATX Socket-939,S-ATA,GbLAN,Firewire,PCI-Ex16
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1 gig of Crucial CT6464Z40B 512mb DDR 400MHz PC3200 CL=3
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BFG GeForce 7800 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-010-BG)

Seagate 160GB 7200rpm Barracuda 7200.7 SATA

Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB SATA150 7200rpm 8mb
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i am thinking of buying one or two gigs of ram. what i want to know is:

how much of a difference would low latency ram make?

i have just checked out my mobo on the epox website and i don't think it supports ddr2 but if it did would it be worth it anyway if it did???

any other advice would be appreciated.

thanks
 
i have been reading through the forums. can i get 4400 ram to run on this mobo??

i've answered this one myself. apparently i can.

something else i do not understand. how do corsair make no ram that is above 3200 but some of the other companies make 4400
 
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thanks for replys. afk matrix i see what you mean about the corsair memory being available above 3200. dunno how i missed this before.

Anyway, i really don't know what to buy here.

when i drop my memory speed inthe bios to 100mhz and drop my (mobo)multi down to 3, and my cpu multi down to 11 (from default 12), i cannot get my cpu to go past 220 mhz or so. now can this be caused by my ram???? i don't think it can cos i've dropped the ram speed so low it should not be holding the cpu speed back. am i right??

under the circumstances (i hope i have explained myself in an understandable way) do you think it is worth me buying low latency expensive ram to help me overclock?? or will i just be wasting money.

also, if i buy 4400 ram i gather i will need to drop my multi in order to reach its potential full speed. am i right here.

confused a bit and could do with help. like a lot!!! :confused:
 
and another question.

see this:

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what do they mean all in one product. i know it runs at 3200 or 4400 but couldn't you do that with any 4400. just drop it down to 3200??

my head hurts with this.
 
right. just found some more info in this never ending search!!

is it right that as my system is an athlon 64 setup i am better going for 3200 ram with low latency timings, and ignoring anything above 3500??
 
Mrchu_ said:
Though shalt not covet thy neibours ram

Man i wish i had that.I reckon its gonna be the bomb!!@
Click to expand...

well yeah it is pretty good. been doing some stuff with it and the ram has just been the icing on the cake. i've been upgrading this pc gradually for a while now and it is now a bit of a monster compared to the way it used to be.

but overclocking - no way. it does not want to run above stock at all. either that or after all the reading i've done here and elsewhere i have missed something really important about how to overclock a computer.

don't really need it overclocked but i'd like to have managed.
 
bios is the latest one. maybe that is a mistake? i dunno.

i have reset the settings to optimized defaults and started again lots of times, but still no joy.

pci agp lock set properly? i do not know. that is one i have not come across yet. could you tell me what you mean exactly. i am still pretty bad on the terminology.
 
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