Overclocking and RAM

[entropy1982]

I am really at a loss of what to do. I will be OCing my Venice 3200+ from 2.0ghz to 2.7 ghz. This will mean I will need to run my memory at 270mhz. My question is this:

I hear that 2GB of memory is better for the athlons than 1 GB of performance memory, but since the 2GB kits are never high performance RAM would the 2X1GB sticks even be able to run at 270mhz?

Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[overst33r]

2GB is better for any system, but few actually use it. Since the A64 have integrated memory controllers you can use a memory divider which allows your memory to run at a lower speed than the FSB or the CPU, with minimal performance hit on the A64 platform. I suggest you look at ZEBO's guide in this section (its hard to miss) The guide will enlighten you and show you that expensive RAM has the worst price/permance ratio of almost any part. So do yourself a favor and stick with value RAM and use a divider, unless you have money laying around 🙂

ZEBO memory guide
and if you need his OCing guide