Yet another question on RAM (sorry)

[Bounty_Bam]

Are these OK? I cant see anything wrong with them..

4GB
5-5-5-18 Latency
800Mhz
DDR2

YOYOtech

Ive heard good AND bad things about OCZ Modules, so Im kind of confused

I want to be able to overclock them maybe, in the future


My motherboard is Abit IP-35

[Thorsson]

Gold is OCZ "second string" memory. Probably won't OC very far.

[hermeticist]

If they`re running CAS5 now, I doubt, as Thorsson says, they`ll overclock far.

[staffsMike]

What cpu are you getting?

If you want to overclock an E8400 to 4.0GHz or more get faster RAM. PC8000 would be good. Or PC6400 you know is good for 900MHz or more.

[Bounty_Bam]

well ive got a q6600 2.40ghz, planning to OC to 3.0ghz (maybe)

my motherboards max for RAM is 800Mhz


perhaps I wont need to OC my RAM?

[Webby]

With a Q6600 you can go to 3.6GHz before you need to overclock 800Mhz RAM, so you will have no problems reaching 3GHz with that RAM, might be worth getting memory with tighter timings but you wont notice that much difference in real world applications.

[Bounty_Bam]

With a Q6600 you can go to 3.6GHz before you need to overclock 800Mhz RAM, so you will have no problems reaching 3GHz with that RAM, might be worth getting memory with tighter timings but you wont notice that much difference in real world applications.

OK cheers, could you recommend some to me (via link) when you get a chance?

[hermeticist]

How about these:

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ)

[Bounty_Bam]

How about these:

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ)

These seem good! With my motherboard accepting 800Mhz at max and these been 1000Mhz.. would this be a problem or not?

[hermeticist]

No, they shouldn`t be a problem. What `board do you have?

[staffsMike]

PC6400 is technically the fastest recognised DDR2 ram but your motherboard will accept it i'm sure..but it will underclock it for 1:1 overclock anyway.

Tighter timings dont really do anything for core 2's it's just a reflection on overclocking potential.

Running 1:1 your ram will run 667MHz with a q6600 at 3.0GHz so I would just get these
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC)

or the OCZ kit you originally picked are fine.

[Bounty_Bam]

I have the IP-35 Dark Raider

[hermeticist]

I`d pay the extra £2.50 per GB, but I am a wastrel!

[Bounty_Bam]

PC6400 is technically the fastest recognised DDR2 ram but your motherboard will accept it i'm sure..but it will underclock it for 1:1 overclock anyway.

Tighter timings dont really do anything for core 2's it's just a reflection on overclocking potential.

Running 1:1 your ram will run 667MHz with a q6600 at 3.0GHz so I would just get these
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GB24GB6400C5DC)

or the OCZ kit you originally picked are fine.

So if I was to OC my CPU to 3.6ghz, would my RAM run at 800mhz?

[staffsMike]

Yep thats right.

3.6GHz is all you can hope for out of a Q6600 so there's not point getting anything more than PC6400.

[Webby]

At a 1:1 ratio yes the FSB woulf be 400MHz.

So for a Q6660 that is 400 * 9 = 3600Mhz
and the RAM would be 400 * 2 = 800MHz (for double data rate, DDR).

If you can get your Q6600 stable at 3.6GHz is a different matter not all can do it but a fair number can.