Which 2gb DDR for 260mhz?

[matt100]

OK.. I'm lost..

I had 2gb of corsair 3500LL running at 3-3-3-8 1t 240mhz

I sold that when I saw the 2gb gskill kits and on the strength of a review I went for the zx kit and it is now running (shakily) at 3-3-2-8- 1t 240mhz.. wouldn't have it at 260mhz (not entirely suprising I guess)..

My cpu is at 240 x 11 but I'd like to get it to 260 x 10 with the memory 1:1.. which of these 2gb kits do I need to run reasonable timings at 260mhz 1t?

mushkin redline?
gskill hz?
corsair 4000?
ocz 4000?

argh! too much good memory!

Yes I know the performance increase will be negligable but hey.. why not.

Its in an asus a8n sli board by the way.

 

[matt100]

lovely... timings? volts?

 

[matt100]

howabout why?

use a divider and save yourself some bucks.

if I was in the market to save bucks I wouldn't have half the pc I do

got to say I'm not buying 2-3-3-8.. maybe 3-2-3-8 but never CAS2 surely?

EDIT: (sorry, it looks like I'm spamming my own thread here)

the true reason I want something that will run at 260mhz is because thats the absolute limit of my cpu as tested with 2 memory kits/dividers etc.

Knowing that, I might as well have something I know can keep up and that if and when asus decide to release a bios with a higher voltage range or X2s or I finally move over to a dfi board I can explore the headroom a bit further whilst being able to discount the memory as being the point of weakness. As it goes the gskill cost less than I sold the corsair for and I can't see I'll lose much on this gskill zx.. especially in a couple of weeks when it all dries up if gibbo is to be believed.

 

[matt100]

opps 2.5 even

whats wrong with that like?

ah 2.5..

A64 mem controller can't do 0.5s so it'll actually be running at 3.

Fine.. I'll be ordering some of those then!

Anyone want some slightly soiled gskill zx?

 

[matt100]

I think its 2-3-2-5 but either way.. thats an expensive kit for ddr400, I think if I was sticking at stock I'd just buy geil value.

 

[matt100]

is your cpu at 10x260 because thats the starting point, you'll need 260fsb to run your ram 1:1 with it.

Answer to your second question, I don't think there is a cheap option unless you count the £160 I just spend on gskill HZ as cheap (which tbh for a 2gb kit I do).

Finally, performance gain... probably noticeable in benchmarks but everyday usage?? doubtful.

My gskill hz came yesterday, straight in at 261x10 at 3-4-4-8 stock volts. Very happy.

 

[matt100]

I'm going to be a hypocrit here and say for an extra 40mhz its probably not worth it.. although I just made the swap for an extra 15mhz

it depends on what your geil is worth.. wouldn't like to hazzard a guess on that.

 

[matt100]

holy thread revival! nearly 7 months between posts!

yeah I unmuddled my head over this one a long time ago, bought some Gskill HZ, sold the HZ and bought some ocz platinum, had a vapochill LS, a mach 2 GT, then sold it all and bought a shuttle.

A lot happens round here in 7 months

 

[matt100]

cheers dude