RAM timings and Overclocking info post

[commandercup]

btw, this is in the wrong forum... ask a mod to move it?

 

[StealthTools]

Get ram with tight timings, then when overclocking loosen them to achieve higher mhz out of them.

That is what I was thinking to do.. I got confused though, lol

Thanks y'all

PS: Sorry then if this is in the wrong forum =\ - Originally this was a post to figure out what RAM to buy.. thus building and upgrading your PC would have been the right forum. I guess it IS more of a technical question due to overclocking though

 

[thirdshiftdj]

i lost .2 off my SuperPI score with lower mhz and tighter timings 0_0

anyways, when you overclock, you wan't incredibly lax (loose) timings and very low frequencies so that you know the ram isn't the problem

Thats Superpi. These were gaming benchmarks

 

[Poizen22]

u actually get a better 3dmark 06 score with higher frequency ram then you do with tighter timings, my ram at 1066mghz scores more then it does at 850 with 4-4-3-8 timings.

 

[thirdshiftdj]

higher freq VS Lower Times - Overclockers Forums
Try sisandra or Everest. Shows that tighter timings win. I shouldn't of said gaming benchmarks. I have read articles where in gaming the tighter timing wins but the difference is little

 

[alexsabree]

All summed up..
Buy for the highest bus speed. Timing can be adjusted on your own, and wont bring any noticeable performance. Lower timings don't offer you better overclocking. Decreasing your timings can actually make your RAM less stable.

Example. I have A-DATA 2x1gb sticks.
They came at a stock 5-5-5-18 @ 1.9v, 800mhz
I overclocked them to 5-5-5-18 @ 2.1v, 920mhz
The mhz speed is proportional to your cpu speed. So increasing this increases the clock of your cpu (what your goal is.) I had to increase the voltage to the ram to make sure they keep stable at that speed.

I could decrease my timings to 4-4-4-15 but that wont help me overclock. It would just ever so slightly, increase the performance of my ram. Its not worth the trouble.

So by doing all this I got my e8400 at 4ghz

 

[StealthTools]

Wow 4GHz....*Drool*