Momory advice DDR500

Calvin Nel · *Last edited by Calvin Nel; 03-07-2004 at 14:30.*

HI all need sum help with choosing new ram

i have branded DDR400 pc 3200 2x512 sticks

sellin them so a friend for 110 pounds pluss neatsinks

and i want to upgrade, so i can take my barton to 2.5ghz thats 3600+ in pentium convertion

these are the two i have been lookin at way u think

http://www.********************/

on this site under ram

fisrt:
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS4000 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS3

second

CZ 1GB (2x512MB) PC4200 Dual Channel Performance Series DDR CAS3.0

must be 1gig and above DDR500 and no more than 270 pounds

Emanon75 · 03-07-2004, 17:25 | posts: 3,796 | Location: Where I am.

IMO, It'd be better to get some pc3500 with good timings, like 6-2-2-2.. Instead of 8-4-4-3 like most pc4000.

You may get higher fsb with pc4000, but you'll have to just to make up for the slow timings those sticks have..

03-07-2004, 18:08 | posts: n/a

actually i have the PC4000 EL by OCZ, ive gotten my clocks alot lower, but my ram is slightly underclocked

Emanon75 · 03-07-2004, 18:12 | posts: 3,796 | Location: Where I am.

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Originally posted by play2k3
actually i have the PC4000 EL by OCZ, ive gotten my clocks alot lower, but my ram is slightly underclocked

What timings can you run it at?

Elanzer · 03-09-2004, 00:16 | posts: 3,466 | Location: Canada

Have you even tryed to see how high you can get your barton? Run your ram out of sync at a lower speed and bump it up high as you can go, just to see if it's worth it getting better ram.

pman6 · 03-14-2004, 14:39 | posts: 661 | Location: Boston, USA

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Originally posted by Elanzer
Have you even tryed to see how high you can get your barton? Run your ram out of sync at a lower speed and bump it up high as you can go, just to see if it's worth it getting better ram.

I did that with my P4 3.0c and it maxed out at 3.3Ghz now matter what I did.Then I decided to put in Geil ultra platium PC 4000 and got it up to 3.5Ghz Stable with timmings at 2.5-4-4-7 PEM enabled and it boosted my sandra ram scores into the 5,500's from 4,700's. The highger ram frequency and quality helped me squeeze out 200mhz!!! I sold my old PC 3200, so my upgrade only costed $65.00!

BTW all stock voltages.