RAM OC-ing. Tigher Timings or Higher Freq?

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which is better, 230MHz 3.0-3-3-8-1T or 270MHz 3.0-4-4-8-1T?

 

johan851

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Run some benchmarks and find out.

 

Janus67

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100% agree, although those are looser timings then I would ever really consider "tight" so I figure go for the higher FSB.

 

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I'd say the 270mhz would be better. Once the timings get loose like the first one, then its not much of a performance loss after that. Just what I've noticed anyways.

 

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I'd say the 270mhz would be better. Once the timings get loose like the first one, then its not much of a performance loss after that. Just what I've noticed anyways.

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I would agree with that. The 40mhz gain should offset any loss you'd see by going from 3 to 4 on those timings. If it was 2-2-2 to 2.5-4-4, that'd be a different situation.

 

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the higher frequency @ 270 will net you more improvement overall. Both on the CPU and the memory side. the looser timings will impact a bit but with the extra mhz it will be more then compensated.

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1GB sticks...2 of them


almost the max I can push....