DDR500 or 400 w/ better timings?

[rooboy]

Gday, I'm planning on upgrading soon from my PII 450 which i'll probably sell to a museum. I'll get a 2.4C, I want to hit 3.0gig by raising the FSB to 250Mhz. Question 1) Is this reasonable with aircoolong? I plan on using a Zalman 7000cu HSF. Question 2) Am I better off using DDR500 (I can get A-data DIMMS very cheap compared to Corsair/Geil) or DDR 400 with better timings like 2-2-2-5, eg Corsair TwinX? Every site I go to has something different to say about PC4000 RAM, tomshardware loved it but anadtech not so much. Thanks gentlemen

 

[bacillus]

get some good pc3200 with tight timings & use the 5:4 memory divider for running 250fsb!

 

[dunkster]

You don't state what motherboard you plan to use.

The motherboard memory controllers tend to favor some memory chips. For example, Corsair TWINX PC3200C2 performed poorly on my 8RDA+, but cheaper BuffaloTech PC3700 is outstanding.

I suggest you visit brand-specific motherboard forums and investigate which memory works best with your board of choice.

Hope this helps!

 

[bacillus]

btw welcome to the forums!

 

[rooboy]

I'm going to use an 865 PE board, either asus p4p800 or MSI Neo2. Thanks for the help

 

[Shimmishim]

lots of arguments about what's better...

5:4 with tighter timings or 1:1 with looser timings...

i think they are almost equal ... though 5:4 with tighter may be a little better...

but if possible, i'd try to go 1:1 and push it as high as possible...

ocz pc4000el copper have been known to push upwards of 280+ mhz at 1:1 with 3-4-4-8 timings

good stuff

but i dunno about the msi board... i know that the p4c800e is a great board...

 

[edmundoab]

i'd personally like tight timings rather than relax timings..