Nah. I'm using two sets of budget RAM ($39 on sale each) and they can OC to 1866 speeds with 1.47v (1.35v stock). If you're not going to overclock this becomes an even smaller thing to nitpick about.
Now, if you try to shove some DDR3 sticks into some DDR2 slots, then yeah, that's an issue.
would that happen to be the Samsung ultra low profile RAM by any chance?
Hell yeah! This stuff is amazing. Got the first set on sale from Fry's since I didn't want to wait for anything in the mail (I'm impatient). No worrying about voltages or clearance. Probably one of the most underrated sets of DDR3 I've seen.
None of that heatsink garbage either to waste space too, lol. The day that RAM manages to overheat will be the day everything in my case spontaneously combusts and sets my apartment on fire.
I don't even buy the 2133 argument lol. I put 1.55v through to get 2133 speeds at CAS 10 and nothing went wrong. It's all a big joke.
Great, good luck. Should have no hitches in getting to 1866 speeds, CAS 9. Maybe more if you're ambitious.
Again didn't say I believed it. Just saying that I can support the idea of the highest rated memory in speed and latency desiring some extra cooling. But I just bought some 1866 cas 10 stuff for a Llano m-ITX build I am doing and I almost choked when I saw it labeled "low profile". Man, to me its these other sticks that should be labeled "larger then they need to be for e-peen and buyers confidence reasons".
rdsn said:Never overclocked RAM before. How high do you think I can get these and would the difference be noticeable?
Are you asking about noticeable real world performance or benchmark performance?How much performance would I gain from overclocking RAM though.