overclocking ram

[HotKetchup]

Can anyone explain how they do it? It doesn't seem to be a popular thing to explain in reviews and guides. I read an article here how they can manipulate the bank interleave, precharge to active, active to precharge, active to CMD, and command rate - and I don't even know what they are. I know what the CAS latency is, but can someone help me understand how they work together?

My problem is this. When I build my comp I want to oc it. I don't know if I should get DDR 333 or 400. I'll be getting the T-bred 2400 and probably ocing it over 333mhz, which means I'd have to oc DDR333. But if I got DDR400, I'd have to underclock it to get the timings together (unless I could somehow get the T-bred core to 400mhz...). I'd like to spend less money and get the DDR333 but I don't know how to overclock the ram (or underclock it for that matter).

Now, If I got a Barton core @ 333mhz, I might be able to oc it to 400mhz, which means I would definitely get the DDR400 ram. But that's more money for both. If I knew how to oc the ram, this decision would be a lot easier.

 

[cow123]

you would probably have to lower multiplier with either chip... i doubt you would be able to just stick in a ddr333 module and run it on 166fsb at default multiplier on a 2400

 

[Binox]

I'm pretty sure running your FSB @ 400 is not limited by the CPU... it's the motherboard & memory that have to support it...
me too I'm looking into this because I want to run FSB400 DDR400!!!

so I'd definetly get the best DDR400 so you can run it @ CL2, and the only problem is finding a good board that will support FSB400 and DDR400!!! that I don't know myself if it even exists... but for sure your 2400+ tbred should run @ 400FSB is you have the proper motherboard & RAM!!