kingmax timings?

[Vrykyl]

Can anyone tell me the timings of this ram? http://www.overclock.co.uk/customer/product.php?productid=17006&cat=310&page=1
im confused and want to alter the ram timings on my mobo from the default, but dont know what the ram will take

Tornado Guy

[Speed_Mechanic2]

You can always check for yourself and see how tight you can make your timings, but for that KingMax the lowest you probably will be able to go above DDR400 is 2.5-3-3-7 (CAS Latency - tRCD - tRP - tRAS).

[Vrykyl]

ok, iv got my timings down to DDR400 2.5-3-3-6, I dont wanna overclock it cos my mobo dont have the options (itl only increase the ram speed in 20% jumps, which is too much), i only got pc3500cos it was cheaper than 3200 at the time, will i be able to get any better? could i lower the 2.5 down to 2 and still be ok?
Thanks

Tornado Guy

[Speed_Mechanic2]

Originally posted by Vrykyl
ok, iv got my timings down to DDR400 2.5-3-3-6, I dont wanna overclock it cos my mobo dont have the options (itl only increase the ram speed in 20% jumps, which is too much), i only got pc3500cos it was cheaper than 3200 at the time, will i be able to get any better? could i lower the 2.5 down to 2 and still be ok?
Thanks

Tornado Guy

Try it and see. Running too tight of timings won't cause any actual harm to your computer. It may refuse to boot up, in which case you will simply reset the BIOS.

[Vrykyl]

great! il try it at 2-3-3-5 (iv already got it stable at 2.5-3-3-5) or maybe 2.5-2-2-5 or 2.5-2-2-4?? Whats the best timings you can get from any brand of RAM? whats realistic with this stuff? Do you think i should invest in a set of copper (or aluminium? which is best for ram? i know corsair's are aluminium) ram heatspreaders (maybe vantec ones as they are cheap near me, are they good?)??? im about to get another 512mb of this stuff (1.5gb ram total then :D) so what do you think i should do?
Thanks

Tornado Guy