Ram Timings and o/cing

[AkumaX]

so like, lets take for example, pc133 sdram.

cas 2's pretty important right? will it really make that much of a difference than cas 3?

and when some guy says "uhh.. yeah.. my ram can go 160mhz fsb w/ cas 3, 7-9", how would he know how to go back down to cas 2?

and some other guys go "pshaw... my ram can go 155mhz fsb 2-3-2, 5-7"

how are you supposed to know how to start lowering from cas 3->2 and maintain stability?

then like, a dude has his ram @ 160 @ 3-3-3, 7-9, and runs fine. but he wants to find "the sweet spot" of the ram

how would he accomplish that? would he 1st go 160 @ 2-3-3, and see if that's stable?

what if its not? would he try 160 @ 3-2-3? or would he go to like 155 @ 2-3-3 and see if that works?

are the 3 timings equally rated?? well, actually 4, since it goes 3-3-3, 7-9 or 2-2-2, 5-7

like, would 2-3-3 be better than 3-2-3? how do you know which ones are better?

 

[SupermanCK]

try looking here
Playing with memory settings

 

[Soulkeeper]

start off with the mem at it's default clock then see what mem timings it can hold
if you can get all the fastest (2-2-2) at 133mhz then start to oc from there
when it is unstable then lower the cas latencies to help remain stable at a higher clock
IE: if it won't handle 166mhz at 2-2-2 then try 2.5-2.5-2.5 or whatever yur bios lets you do
just a matter of trying some stuff out
i like low latencies myself the kinds of stuff i run perform better with lower latencies
and unless yur fsb is 1:1 with yur mem clock the extra bandwidth can go unused
if you are getting some ddr333 mem make sure it is able to do the fastest timings at it's default speed and higher if possible
good memory is worth it's weight in gold....