Help with ram + an OC.

[Gazmondo]

Right, after reading the review found here I've decided to opt and upgrade to a budget E6600!

Regarding the overclock though, I intend on pushing it as far as possible on air cooling, however I'm abit stuck on the RAM to buy. Obviously if I keep the CPU stock, I would have to get ram that runs at 1066mhz (PC8500) to fully utilise the CPU's FSB. Although on an OC the FSB will be at around 1600mhz, would I just be able to get some faster ram, like the PC9200, as I'm not overly confident in OC'ing my ram by a huge 60%!

[GeorgeStorm]

You can lower the divider between RAM and FSB.
Running at 400FSb, even with the RAM running at 1000, you will get more bandwidth than 266FSB and 1066 RAM.

[Gazmondo]

Didn't think of that, never overclocked before so it's all new to me atm.

So realistically there is no point paying extra for the PC9200 ram than the pc8500 variant when I can just alter the ram/FSB divider to accommodate my needs?

I don't mind overclocking my ram a little, say 20-30% but a 60% jump just seems abit big for a beginner. Does RAM get much hotter? Or is that only when you feed it more voltage?

[GeorgeStorm]

I think it is worth paying for better RAM.
My RAM is running at 1225 CAS5, with an FSB of 510, gives me great bandwidth.
Also means that I wont be RAM limited when I overclock heavily (using subzero) as I should be able to go up to 600FSB, although, only tested up to 540 on air.

[alex98uk]

I think it is worth paying for better RAM.
My RAM is running at 1225 CAS5, with an FSB of 510, gives me great bandwidth.
Also means that I wont be RAM limited when I overclock heavily (using subzero) as I should be able to go up to 600FSB, although, only tested up to 540 on air.

Nah, it's not worth better RAM, what you have will do. It simply requires some fiddling with the NB/Mem straps and you'll do fine.

As for 600mhz FSB (if that's what you're saying), good luck with that, as i've never seen a board do that.

[AD-15]

hello,

To be honest mate small increases in memory speed/reductions in latency aren't going to get you any noticeable improvements at all.

Also, RAM tends to be not so overclock-able. I have Corsair Dominator RAM rated for 1066MHz, and I couldn't get it to run at 1100MHz.

So, best thing is to go for the 1066 memory, and change the divider to maintain that speed as you OC your CPU.

[GeorgeStorm]

You've never seen a board do 600fsb?
Here, loads of others,
But here is one with the same cpu
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=315142
I mean, as far as I know, the WR for fsb is over 700.
So, 600 is actually common in benching.
here is the old FSB WR (i think the one now is 734)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/FORUMS/...d.php?t=191822