Guest Kevin Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 This has most likely been covered before but im to lazy to look =/ The 510-2 bios that i just flashed to has been liking my Kingston value Samsung TCCC RAM much more then the old bios did. Anyways its given me some more flexibility.. i was able to pass memtest and super pi (have yet to prime it) at 243 mhz with Bank Interleave on at 3-4-4-10 timings.. yes i know . timings lol..thats why im asking. Basically i wanna know a few things. First of all this RAM has no heatspreaders and i dont have any active cooling on the RAM so im curious to see how many volts i can safely use.. right now im at 2.7..not sure if that is even too much or if i can go more. Secondly, and more importantly, what is better for performance ...lower timings or higher speeds? I think i should probably atleast wanna get my timings back to the default 3-3-3-8 but ill probably have to lower the clock on it. Anyawys basically what im asking is if i should go for lower timings or higher clocks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortexics Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 those value kingston will safely fine at 2.9 v I have done that before and I didn't had memory cooling or anything on them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nova Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 First - Memory heat spreaders,.... um.. look nice IMHO, but really don't do much. 2.9v will not be a problem. Second - Higher CPU speeds trump lower mem timings (especially on an A64). Yes, lower the timings and raise the clock! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magg Posted May 23, 2005 Posted May 23, 2005 Yes, as high as you can get the clocks, push them. Because of the on-die memory controller on the chip, having dividers or running really loose timings doesn't really hurt it. If you want to run the lowest divider to test the limits of your chip, it may be a good thing to actually leave that way too, since you have value RAM. Post some results, so you can back up our truths Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randallw23 Posted May 24, 2005 Posted May 24, 2005 at 300x9 (2700 Mhz) and 245 ram speed (2-2-2-7) my 2m superPI is 72s. At 255 with no divider (2-2-2-7) superPI takes 79s. So there is your answer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbomb944 Posted May 24, 2005 Posted May 24, 2005 Put some fans on those mems! You'll be surprised how much better they oc. Use 2x80's or 1 92 or 120. I don't have that ram but fans seem to help universally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opponent Posted May 25, 2005 Posted May 25, 2005 It is obvious that your main goal should be to max out your CPU speed but if you're asking which is faster, more mem mhzs or tighter timings it is not that easy to say... there's only one way to know that... Running 3DMark2001SE and some real-life benches and timedemos (FarCry/Half-Life2/Doom3) will show you how little if at all you gain by raising mem mhzs if you have to loosen the timings... I know my mem at DDR400 2-2-2-6 is not beaten by a LARGE margin by ANY other stable settings with high clocks and looser timings... But then again, there are not very large margins to be had with mem overclocking from the overall performance standpoint in the first place... I'm guessing with your RAM you'll be fine with highest mem clocks you can get with tightest possible timings and using a divider to max out your CPU, since loosening the timings will propably not give you too much higher clocks but instead lower the performance somewhat... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frallan Posted May 25, 2005 Posted May 25, 2005 Well start by getting some Zakman Ramsinks and AS chermique... Then plase sinks on chips with AS Cheramique Tweak Then report back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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