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Can I OC generic RAM?

eldorado99

eldorado99

Lifer
I want to OC my Barton 2500+ to 3200+ and so I want to up the FSB to 400, the CPU should be fine, its the RAM I'm worried about. Do you think it is worth trying to OC generic RAM? If so, how much of a voltage increase would be considered safe to get it from PC2700 to PC3200?
 
you might be able to do it, esp if you dumb the timings down.
i push memory voltages usually as high as the mobo allows to try and attain stability.. it's not usually too much over factory voltage.
you'll have to play around 🙂
 
Socket A responds well to low timings. The higher bandwidth, as long as the fsb and memory are 1:1. MAy overcome the higher timings. Give it a try and see what happens. USe the sandra memory bench to see how the performance is effected.


JAson
 
I doubt you will be able to get generic RAM thats supposed to run @ 166mhz to run @ 200mhz even at higher voltage. Maybe you can get lucky and do it....but don't feed your RAM too much voltage and fry it..
 
Totally depends on the chips!

That's the problem w/ buying generic RAM, you've got no idea what's going to be on it. There's a chance you'll get something solid, but odds are against it. Even namebrand can be hit and miss. For awhile Kingston Value RAM was showing up with sweet Hynix chips that were very OC-able.
 
I don't know about generic 3200 vs. 2700, but I know when I bought generic 2700 a couple of years ago it turned out to be the same ram whether you wanted 2700 or 2100 - they just stuck a different sticker on it when you bought it! (same price though, so not really unfair). And it really is pc2700 chips. I don't know if any places do this with 3200 vs 2700 now, but it's definitely worth figuring out what chips you have, and even then it's worth seeing how well it OCs with relaxed timings.
 
Originally posted by: eldorado99
I want to OC my Barton 2500+ to 3200+ and so I want to up the FSB to 400, the CPU should be fine, its the RAM I'm worried about. Do you think it is worth trying to OC generic RAM? If so, how much of a voltage increase would be considered safe to get it from PC2700 to PC3200?
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No offence, but after troubleshooting so many problems whose cause was bad memory I don't trust generic memory at stock speeds.

-Chu
 
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