Hello everyone. I'm just here to ask some opinions on what to do about the RAM in my (older) system
I'll start just by putting up my mobo and CPU for reference...
Motherboard: ASUS P5K-E
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.6ghz dual core with 8x multiplier)
I picked up some new RAM relatively cheap recently, 2x 2gig sticks of corsair XMS2, 800MHz (the 5-5-5-18 version) and now I'm considering what to do about my old RAM (2x 1gig corsair XMS2, 800MHz (4-4-4-12 version)
Now the problem I come to is whether to use both sets of RAM together, filling all DIMMs on my motherboard. I've tried this and can get stability with FSB at 420 (stock 333) bringing my CPU clock speed up to around 3.2GHz and memory to 420/840MHz, which considering all DIMMs are full I would be happy with...
However, if I use just the two 2gig sticks I expect I can get a significantly better overclock, I've just removed the two older sticks now and am begining testing here, I expect to be able to get somewhere just shy of 4GHz CPU clock from past experience, we'll see soon enough.
So, what I'm looking for is opinions on whether more RAM or higher clock speeds is going to improve my system more, I use the machine almost exlusively for gaming, right now I'm leaning towards clock speeds, but I'd love to hear your opinions on the matter.
Thanks very much.
I'll start just by putting up my mobo and CPU for reference...
Motherboard: ASUS P5K-E
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.6ghz dual core with 8x multiplier)
I picked up some new RAM relatively cheap recently, 2x 2gig sticks of corsair XMS2, 800MHz (the 5-5-5-18 version) and now I'm considering what to do about my old RAM (2x 1gig corsair XMS2, 800MHz (4-4-4-12 version)
Now the problem I come to is whether to use both sets of RAM together, filling all DIMMs on my motherboard. I've tried this and can get stability with FSB at 420 (stock 333) bringing my CPU clock speed up to around 3.2GHz and memory to 420/840MHz, which considering all DIMMs are full I would be happy with...
However, if I use just the two 2gig sticks I expect I can get a significantly better overclock, I've just removed the two older sticks now and am begining testing here, I expect to be able to get somewhere just shy of 4GHz CPU clock from past experience, we'll see soon enough.
So, what I'm looking for is opinions on whether more RAM or higher clock speeds is going to improve my system more, I use the machine almost exlusively for gaming, right now I'm leaning towards clock speeds, but I'd love to hear your opinions on the matter.
Thanks very much.