Memory timings

[BudAshes]

Is it better to have really high timings and keep the ram and fsb at 1:1 or keep the memory timings latched down and run at 5:4? I have my computer running some kingston 3500 at 200mhz(2-2-2-6) 5:4 with my fsb @ 250 mhz. I plan on upgrading to 1 gig of ram and was wondering if i should buy some pc 4000 so that i could run at 1:1 or just buy another 2 sticks of kingston 3500?

Oh and im running my 2.6 @ 3.2 ghz and the voltage is at 1.6. Is that ok? My temps arent too high but that is .8 over stock.

 

[Jon187]

0.8 over the stock voltage, wow, your lucky to still have a cpu. Turn the V-core down brotha!

 

[Corporate Thug]

i give the processor another week before it dies

 

[BudAshes]

lol i meant .08 sorry. hahah .8 lol.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i dont see much harm in .08 as long as it has good cooling

 

[BudAshes]

i didnt think so just wanted to make sure, so anyone know anything about memory timings? I really havent seen any benchmarks pertaining to this.

 

[FPSguy]

It depends on the applications you run. The linked article concludes that "[a]s for using DDR500 SDRAM in the synchronous mode during FSB overclocking to 250MHz, we really doubt that it makes sense. This overclocker memory is much more expensive than ordinary DDR400 SDRAM, while the performance it provides is just a little higher than that of DDR400 SDRAM with 2-2-2-5 timings."

 

[BudAshes]

ok that article helped alot, thanks.