Explain memory timings for me?

[travsav]

If my memory timings are:

4-4-3-5

Can you tell me which are what? Lol

4 = ? (CAS, I think is the first one)
4 = ?
3 = ?
5 = ?

I have 2 2x2gbhk gskill ddr2-800 kits.

 

[Shmee]

wow, those timings seem incredibly low! how did you get those? is it stable? and with 4 sticks? what FSB:RAM?

I dont know a whole lot about memory timings, I know that lower is better, I cant remember the names or what they mean. Bios should say what they are, wikipedia what they mean and how they work.

I know the last one should be 12-18 normally for ddr2, 4 seems incredibly low.

 

[darkenedsoul]

A link (copy/paste it) http://www.techpowerup.com/art...locking/AMD/memory/131

First is your CAS timing.
Second is your tRDC timing
Third is your tRP timing
Fourth is your tRAS = tCL + tRCD + tRP (+/- 1)

Go read the page for better understanding (I should to! Just figured I'd give you a reply with some information!).

Hope that helps!

Mike

 

[travsav]

sweet... thanks alot!...

http://www.neoseeker.com/Artic...e/Reviews/gskill_6400/

There's a link to my memory.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

is the "5" possible? i always thought 4.4.4.12 was the best you could run

 

[travsav]

Yep it's possible....

Those are my rated timings... If they can't achieve those timings, you just send them back and get a new set.

 

[Fallengod]

No id guess hes mixing a number or has it wrong. The last number cant be 5. Especially running 4x sticks.

 

[travsav]

lol... yes it is...

http://www.neoseeker.com/Artic...e/Reviews/gskill_6400/
http://vr-zone.com/articles/gskill-f2-6400cl4d-2gbhk-review/4473-1.html?doc=4473

There's a couple reviews of the memory...

google "gskill 2gbhk"...

 

[Denithor]

May be possible but doesn't matter at all...

Memory timings have at most 1-2% impact on real-world apps with today's processors.