Will cheap ram be ok...?

rz30 · 6 Oct 2008 at 08:01

My motherboard has a FSB of 1066Mhz and it takes ram up to 667Mhz so it says.

So i was thinking of getting an E2140 and wanted to do some med OC'ing.

So would i get away with say cheap unbranded 667Mhz ram or should i pay a bit more...?

Also do you buy ram with factory set timings or can you just set the timings in the bios for all ram?

I think i need timings that start with a 4, something like 4,1,1,1,15 or something like that... so that would be like cas 4 right ? I dont't want to end up with cas 5 and find no OC!

Bit of a newb with regard to how ram affects OC and what timings etc to use..

Any info here?

bledd · 6 Oct 2008 at 13:21

i'd buy ocz ram, it's cheap as chips, and lifetime warranty

AtaRo · 6 Oct 2008 at 22:42

you cant expect tighter timings from cheap RAM.

PhoenixUK · 7 Oct 2008 at 00:44

The memory is so cheap ram that the whole difference on 2gb kit between cheapest noname ram and top notch brander ram (geil/gskill/ocz) is like 5quid, you must be stupid to not buy the good stuff for low price now.

I would get this:

one of the best memory I've ever seen

Amnesia · 7 Oct 2008 at 02:56

timings hardly make a difference

Stonedofmoo · 7 Oct 2008 at 08:25

memory said:
timings hardly make a difference

They do make a difference. Perhaps not to peak bandwidth, but they make a big difference to access times. Any real world benchmark will show you that.

rz30 · 7 Oct 2008 at 10:09

Stonedofmoo said:
They do make a difference. Perhaps not to peak bandwidth, but they make a big difference to access times. Any real world benchmark will show you that.

Actually according to these benches they hardly make a difference,

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/07/18/core_2_duo_memory_timings/7
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/07/18/core_2_duo_memory_timings/8

z0mbi3 · 7 Oct 2008 at 10:16

Stonedofmoo said:
Any real world benchmark will show you that.

By real world benchmark do you mean "hmm my game seems faster" or "I have an extra 200 points in whatevermark 09"?

I got some budget Patriot ram at auction around 4 months ago, £50 for 4 gig. It's been great and I can't complain.

Amnesia · 7 Oct 2008 at 11:53

Stonedofmoo said:
They do make a difference. Perhaps not to peak bandwidth, but they make a big difference to access times. Any real world benchmark will show you that.

i was talking about games....