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PantsUK

PantsUK

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I bought 2 of the OCUk 8500 2Gb memory kit ...

I've overclocked my Q6600 to 3.4 so the Ram is only running at 800 or (I think this is right) 6400 @ a 1:1 ratio.

I've shoved some copper heat spreaders on it and pointed a little fan at it to keep it cool...

my question is this ...

Why go for the more expensive ram like Geil or Patriot when I can't even reach the speeds of this ram (hence i've lowered the memory timings - current 4.4.4.12 stable still working on this) at a 1:1 ratio. Will altering the ratio away from 1:1 help speeds and or affect stability ?? Obviously I assume this will be at the loss of timings.

So two points
Firstly what do I do next??
Secondly why buy expensive ram?? (over the OcUK 8500 2 GB Kit)

Cheers
 
As an owner of 8500 Ballistix, i only got it because it was a bargain price (same price as the OcUK offering). If i hadn't of got that then i would have only gone for PC 6400 RAM (again ballistix), purely because i know this would satisfy a 1:1 with the FSB which i wanted to overclock to.

Another reason i went for Ballistix was because of the excellant RMA and the fact i've always had their RAM, just preference really.

Sounds like you have a great setup and i wouldn't change anything And you could run your RAM faster with worse timings, however the higher speeds will cater for the loss in timings. Any noticeable improved/decreased performance? Probably not, unless you had very overclockable RAM and even then it would be a minor improvement.

Running at 800 (DDR2) (400mhz) CAS4 will get you about the same perforamance as CAS5 DDR 1000. The real increases in performance will be pushing you memory to these high frequencies and not sacrificing any loss in timings, which only the best memory modules will be able to do (maybe again down to why people go for these expensive sets?)

Anyway, a link that may be of interest to you:
http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=160

Hope this helps!
 
just beacuse your FSB won't go any higher doesn't mean your RAM can't be pushed further but you'll have to run your RAM allow asynchronous RAM/FSB operating speeds therefore you can run your RAM at higher speeds without effecting your CPU/Bus speeds.

Of course, you will have to sacrifice timings but the timings really have little performace gain so your better off with higher RAM speeds

Check this out... (overclocking at the bottom)

http://www.huddysworld.co.uk/Techpages/PCZone_TechieTalk_1.shtml

so changing the divider to 5:6 would run your memory at 960Mhz effective

Changing to 4:6 would give you an over clock of 1200Mhz which might be pushing it.

:)
 
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cheers ....

I've worked in IT for 12 years and had the biggest 4 week learning curve since purchasing my new rig . .... more swotting up to do.

:cool:
 
The main reason is that modern motherboards have a helluva lot of options for running memory and fsb asynchronously. So buying posh RAM lets you clock it up nice and high, regardless of what FSB you are using.

Conversely it also means that even with a modern 1333mhz FSB cpu, you could still run PC4200 RAM if you wanted.
 
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