Why is this RAM so cheap? (4GB Crucial)

Ak!ta · 20 Jul 2007 at 20:04

It is cheap because it is low end Ram...

Yes it will be fine with any non high performance system, as long as it it is compatible of course !!!

Gibbo · 20 Jul 2007 at 23:06

Hi there

No its cheap because OcUK is very good at purchasing. You won't find 4GB of RAM cheaper anywhere else.

Vanilla · 20 Jul 2007 at 23:46

Edit: Hi there

Would ram of that latency be OK if I wanted to push a Q6600 to around 3.0?

.SJ · 20 Jul 2007 at 23:48

Vanilla · 20 Jul 2007 at 23:52

Gibbo said:
Hi there

No its cheap because OcUK is very good at purchasing. You won't find 4GB of RAM cheaper anywhere else.

A question.

After you've worked hard to get such a good deal on your components........what do you use to get the taste out of your mouth?

:eek:

Kojak · 20 Jul 2007 at 23:54

Gibbo said:
Hi there

No its cheap because OcUK is very good at purchasing. You won't find 4GB of RAM cheaper anywhere else.

It's a superb price. As .SJ says it's over twice as much direct from Crucial. It was £140 when I checked earlier. Too good a price to pass up for me. I've used Crucial's standard memory for years and it's never given me any problem when running at stock speed or slightly overclocked.

Apatche64 · 21 Jul 2007 at 03:15

would this go to 5300 speed cas5 with no problems? if so might buy some

WJA96 · 21 Jul 2007 at 09:32

Apatche64 said:
would this go to 5300 speed cas5 with no problems? if so might buy some

It doesn't for me. But that shouldn't matter as any machine will run it 1:1 with a 1066MHz CPU and it'll work very, very well like that.

phi1 · 21 Jul 2007 at 09:43

Im thinking 8gb ram!! and when the new Q6600 stepping comes out run one at 3.0ghz on air, with the ram unlinked?

but i already have 2gb off this stuff the price hasnt changed at all lo..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-135-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

cavemanoc · 21 Jul 2007 at 11:06

I obviously haven't made the adjustment from the old AMD ways of thinking, but why is the RAM speed so important on the conroe builds - can't you just run the ram on a divider like we used to, or is there a massive performance hit?

I really like the idea of 8Gb of this stuff (esp at that price

) But would be disappointed if it hamstrung my machine - I thought it was only the Mobo that held you back as some are not capable of a high enough FSB to OC the C2Ds to the dizzy heights of 3.6 and beyond?

Junk · 21 Jul 2007 at 11:26

It used to be AMD likes low latency, Intel likes pure Mhz.. although on C2Ds with a NV chipset both seem to help.

cavemanoc · 21 Jul 2007 at 11:35

but you can still run your memory on a divider right - so you can clock the chip by raising the FSB, but keep the RAM at stock?

maddness · 21 Jul 2007 at 15:51

Apatche64 said:
would this go to 5300 speed cas5 with no problems? if so might buy some

http://www.planetx64.com/index.php?...sk=view&id=580&Itemid=14&limit=1&limitstart=2

heres some results, look like noobs them lot

1.92v pfft

WJA96 · 21 Jul 2007 at 16:46

cavemanoc said:
but you can still run your memory on a divider right - so you can clock the chip by raising the FSB, but keep the RAM at stock?

Not on Intel chipsets. It is possible with NVidia and ATI chipsets.

Shrooby · 23 Jul 2007 at 01:06

Hi,

Will these work on a P35 motherboard?

Thanks.

WJA96 · 23 Jul 2007 at 05:30

Shrooby said:
Hi,

Will these work on a P35 motherboard?

Thanks.

Yes, at stock speeds (plus a little over). Mine only go to 635MHz so the maximum overclock I can get is 2.54GHz on my Xeon 3210, so they're not great for overclocking.