8GB - will it hurt my OC ?

[clarkey01]

Hey Guys

Some of my ram's gone bad and I was thinking buying a new set 4GB or maybe going to 8GB. My only problem I have is that won't an OC with 8GB hammer the north bridge? making it harder to obtain the desired OC?

Cheers Guys

 

[soccerballtux]

You're only running the FSB at 333, you shouldn't have much of a problem.

 

[error8]

It will probably require more voltage on the north bridge and nothing more.

 

[OCGuy]

Do you use programs that go over 4GB RAM utilization?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Probably getting to around 500fsb will require some NB voltage but I have done it with some GSkill PI 900's OC'd and with my Wolfdale on an Asus P5Q... Premium...

 

[F1shF4t]

On my P5Q Deluxe the ram I used at the time would set the timings too aggresively and the comp would not boot with 8 gigs. After tweaking the settings for a bit I can get 880mhz clocks on my ddr2-800 mem. NB voltage is stock or close to stock (maybe +0.02v).

On your q6600 you wont need such high fsb speeds, so you shouldn't have many problems.

 

[StinkyPinky]

I'm upgrading to 8gb today/tomorrow so i'm interested as well. don't see why it wouldn't though, they shouldn't advertise 8gb support on the mobo if it doesn't fricking work.

I'm going to be running two virtual machines so that's why I need it.

 

[n7]

P5Q-D + quads + 8 GB is easy till around 445 FSB, where you have to get GTLs just right, & then it'll make it to around 455-470.

I've had rather extensive experience with this with a Q6700, QX6850, Q9550, & my current Q9650 + 8 GB Mushkin.

It'll be a cakewalk if you are only running 9x333...that's too easy for the P5Q-D.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: OCguy
Do you use programs that go over 4GB RAM utilization?

Alot of Vmware and solidworks

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: n7
P5Q-D + quads + 8 GB is easy till around 445 FSB, where you have to get GTLs just right, & then it'll make it to around 455-470.

I've had rather extensive experience with this with a Q6700, QX6850, Q9550, & my current Q9650 + 8 GB Mushkin.

It'll be a cakewalk if you are only running 9x333...that's too easy for the P5Q-D.

Meh will have to put the brakes on this plan, since (yesterday) my P5Q went tits up, I thought it maybe power supply but MB it is (testing it with an E6600 machine)

Looks like a cheap Gigabyte MB until I get my career started (just finished uni)


OH WELL.... :-(

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

You can't find a better mother board to overclock a quad than on a UD3R or P