RDRAM boards don't overclock well with lots of dimms too?

[Clevor]

A recent post by BMG suggests the best Samsung RDRAM chips to get for overclocking are the older 128 MB single-sided 8-device sticks. I'm lucky I live in Japan because they sell lots of used RDRAM here so I can check the lot number and date to find the ones I want. I can probably find sticks made late last year.

But I want to run 512 MB ram, which means I have to run 4-128 MB sticks. Anybody know if RDRAM is like SDRAM, where the more sticks you use the less your chances or achieving high overclocks?

 

[AndyHui]

Any time you have more devices, you have to factor each one into whether or not it's going to fail.

The more devices, the slimmer chances of getting a top overclock.

You also have latency working against you. With each additional RAMBUS device on a RIMM, and each additional RIMM, increases RDRAM latency and reduces system performance.