Were stuck with SLOW ram

[alexcoffeeman]

Although I am a noob as a member I have been reading this forum for awhile now and seeking advise from fellow OC?ers??*is that a real word? *

Anyway, I am currently going to buy a new AMD computer. Now I want to have faster memory then the current ddr 3200 supported MOBOs. It is really making me mad that Pentium systems get to have 1000mhz ram when were stuck with 400? the million dollar question is, can I buy PC4000 TRUE 500MHz CL3-8-4-4, 4ns 184-pin dimm and still have the motherboard support the ram to run at its full potential? *500mhz*

I am no expert at what the CL3-8-4-4 means but would it be better on a AMD 64 system to under clock the ram to 400mhz and have faster timings?

If you have any thoughs PLEASE PLEPASE reply?. I am interested in finally getting FAST ram.

 

[biostud]

it's called overclocking, and with that no speeds are guarrantied 100%. Memory bandwidth isn't really limiting for AMD.

read this:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2497
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2469

 

[stevty2889]

Well the thing is that the faster DDR2 ram comes at a cost of high latencies..and also AMD is not bandwidth limited like Intel is..Intel needs that extra bandwidth to feed it's starving CPU's, while AMD does not. Sure you can get PC4000, but the highest JDEC spec for DDR will not go higher than PC3200, so no motherboard can "officialy" support higher than DDR400, because there is no offical specs for anything higher than that. Anything higher than PC3200 is for overclocking purposes. You would be better to run the ram at 400mhz with better timings, like the OCZ platinum I am using thats 2-3-2-5 at 400Mhz. If you really want DDR2 that bad, you could always wait for socket M2 which will support DDR2 for AMD, but it's really a waste because AMD isn't bandwidth starved in the first place.

 

[Shenkoa]

Hey Hey, just because AMD is not bandwidth starved does not mean faster memory would not help.

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: Shenkoa
Hey Hey, just because AMD is not bandwidth starved does not mean faster memory would not help.

read the links I posted

 

[alexcoffeeman]

thanks, this helps alot! I will indeed get "faster" memory and put faster timings on it!

thanks mates!

 

[marvw]

BUMP

 

[alexcoffeeman]

Originally posted by: marvw
BUMP

indeed