Which Ram on this week only?

l33t-krew · 13 Apr 2007 at 18:41

Which Ram would you get.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-082-OC

or....

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-OC

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 13 Apr 2007 at 19:40

Nelly · 13 Apr 2007 at 19:45

markyp23 said:
Neither, to be honest.

Why is that? Dont quote me but shoudnt the OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK) be able to run at 4-4-4-12 timings @ 500mhz? if so it seems a good purchase to me.

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 13 Apr 2007 at 19:55

Nelly · 13 Apr 2007 at 20:11

markyp23 said:
Oh yeah, don't get me wrong it's quality RAM but what chip would you be using it with that would require you to run way over 500FSB?

It's a bit of a case of diminishing returns over DDR2-800. I wouldn't see anything above PC2-1000 as a good buy.

Aye your probally right, but the Abit AB9 QuadGT & DFI INFINITY P965-S Dark are the only motherboards that hold the 1066 FSB Strap at 500+ FSB, so having ram which can hold speeds off 500 @ 4-4-4-12 timings for example can be rather beneifical @ 1:1 compared to say 400@ 4-4-4-12, how much performance gain well. . . thats another question. Infact thats a question I'm going to ask! I'll report back.

l33t-krew · 14 Apr 2007 at 20:27

im getting a quad core probably an q6600. Will the ram be utilised. Or would I be better spending £200 and getting 4gb.

bilston · 15 Apr 2007 at 10:28

Get the OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK).

It has more volt protection and the other ones cooling looks like a bit of a gimmick. That ram is a very good set as I mentioned in the review section