Would I benefit from a memory upgrade??

mcoomer · 02-20-12, 09:14 AM

Hello,
I'm new to overclocking and am wondering if upgrading memory would help me achieve better results. I'm running a Q9550 in a Maximus II Formula with 4g of Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 (4X1G). I had initially thought about going 4X2G to get to 8 total but doing some reading on here it seems that the preference is to fill two slots.

So, would it be money well spent to upgrade to 1066, or not? If so, should I go with two DIMMs and run 4G or is it OK to use four and get to 8G? Finally (and you knew it was coming right??), recommendations on a good set of chips? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

EvilJoker · 02-20-12, 12:11 PM

Me personally, I love crucial Ballistix. Im running 8gb(4x2gb) of 6400 and timeings of 5-5-5-15 Volt2.0 and its lighting fast for me with my OC.. But as far as upgrading. g,skill or Adada, patriot all good memory, But its really up to you. Might want to give alittle more specs on you rig for people to help you alittle more

Like, timeings, FSB. etc...

mcoomer · 02-20-12, 12:44 PM

I've got another thread open in Intel CPU's asking for assistance in overclocking my CPU. At the bottom is a fairly crappy screenshot showing my CPUz data. Right now I'm running 7.5 X 427 for a stable 3.2GHz core speed. Timing and voltage are stock at 5-5-5-18. Screenshot was taken with Prime 95 running.

Overclocking thread

Mike

Mr.Guvernment · 02-20-12, 04:40 PM

dont buy ram yet, you can lower your FSB on your ram to find out if your CPU or something else is the bottleneck.

what are you using for cooling?

mcoomer · 02-20-12, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Guvernment

dont buy ram yet, you can lower your FSB on your ram to find out if your CPU or something else is the bottleneck.

what are you using for cooling?

Cooling is provided by a Zalman CNPS10 Extreme. The temps in the screenshot are with Prime 95 running in the background. Still moving down on vCore.

Mike

02-20-12, 09:14 AM	Thread Starter #1
mcoomer Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sammamish, WA	Would I benefit from a memory upgrade?? Hello, I'm new to overclocking and am wondering if upgrading memory would help me achieve better results. I'm running a Q9550 in a Maximus II Formula with 4g of Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 (4X1G). I had initially thought about going 4X2G to get to 8 total but doing some reading on here it seems that the preference is to fill two slots. So, would it be money well spent to upgrade to 1066, or not? If so, should I go with two DIMMs and run 4G or is it OK to use four and get to 8G? Finally (and you knew it was coming right??), recommendations on a good set of chips? Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Mike __________________ ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 Intel i7-3770K (4.3G) Cooler Master TPC-812 G. Skill Ares PC3-12800 (4G X 4) OCZ Vertex 4 (256GB X 2) WD Green WD25EZRX (2.5TB) Seagate ST3250410AS (256GB X 2) Seagate GoFlex (2TB) Asus HD7970 DC2 Cooler Master Cosmos II Corsair TX 850 My Heatware
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02-20-12, 12:11 PM	#2
EvilJoker Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: bristol,Va	Me personally, I love crucial Ballistix. Im running 8gb(4x2gb) of 6400 and timeings of 5-5-5-15 Volt2.0 and its lighting fast for me with my OC.. But as far as upgrading. g,skill or Adada, patriot all good memory, But its really up to you. Might want to give alittle more specs on you rig for people to help you alittle more Like, timeings, FSB. etc... __________________ MOBO - ASUS V Formula(@ RMA AGAIN) CPU - AMD FX-8150 3.9ghz(OC 4.7ghz ) (Ive hit 5ghz!) HSF - CORSAIR H100 RAM - G-Skill (4x2gb) 1600 OPTIC - LITE-ON DVD/RW LIGHTSCRIBE HDD -{Main}Patriot 64GB SSD / OCZ Agility 3 90GB SSD / OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB SSD / (2X)SG400GB(1x) 1TB Toshiba(Storage) PSU - ANTEC High Current Gamer 750 GRAPHIX - ASUS GTX 570 DCII / EVGA GTX 570 HD DS SLI CASE - ANTEC 1200 MODDED EXTRA FAN COOLING - (10X) ANTEC TRICOOL 120MM /BIGBOY 230M MONITOR - Samsung 2343BWX \ LG 32" LED OS - Win 7 Ultimate 64
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02-20-12, 12:44 PM	Thread Starter #3
mcoomer Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sammamish, WA	I've got another thread open in Intel CPU's asking for assistance in overclocking my CPU. At the bottom is a fairly crappy screenshot showing my CPUz data. Right now I'm running 7.5 X 427 for a stable 3.2GHz core speed. Timing and voltage are stock at 5-5-5-18. Screenshot was taken with Prime 95 running. Overclocking thread Mike __________________ ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 Intel i7-3770K (4.3G) Cooler Master TPC-812 G. Skill Ares PC3-12800 (4G X 4) OCZ Vertex 4 (256GB X 2) WD Green WD25EZRX (2.5TB) Seagate ST3250410AS (256GB X 2) Seagate GoFlex (2TB) Asus HD7970 DC2 Cooler Master Cosmos II Corsair TX 850 My Heatware
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02-20-12, 04:40 PM	#4
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