What RAM do I need to hit 4.4Ghz

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

What RAM would I need if I wanted to hit 4.4Ghz with a SLBEJ i7 920?

Am thinking about selling off my Q9650 and the RAM (DDR2 1000) 2x2Gb

Going to need a video editing machine. It already is doing 500fsb x 8 = 4Ghz Do you think an i7 @ stock will cut the converting and editing times by half or should I stick with my 4Ghz Q9650? (later on i'll overclock it, hence my ram question)

 

[Rubycon]

800MHz at 8-8-8-24 1T (DDR3-1600) will work nice. Not sure that 2.6 (stock) is going to be that much faster with encoding than a Yorkie at 4GHz though. A D0 is good for 4GHz though. Many will do 4GHz with less than 1.2V (actual). Cherry ones are doing 4GHz at = 1.1V! Those are usually good up to 4.4GHz or so with about 1.3-1.4V. It takes a stout air cooler to keep full load (Linpack) temps = 85°C and even then it will be noisy unless your system is in an ice bar. :laugh: You'll need a good motherboard that can support 210+ BCLK as well. 200x21 (turbo ON) nets 4.2GHz which is a very good place to be with a decent chip.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

D0 :laugh:

I'm hoping to salvage around 200+ for my Q9650 which will leave me another 3-350$ to spend on RAM & MB - Thanks for the RAM suggestion; what about a motherboard!? I'm not fond of giving my money to Asus again: what do you recommend!?

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Going to need a video editing machine. It already is doing 500fsb x 8 = 4Ghz Do you think an i7 @ stock will cut the converting and editing times by half or should I stick with my 4Ghz Q9650? (later on i'll overclock it, hence my ram question)

Q9650 @ 4GHz vs i7 920 @ stock...
Stick with your current CPU unless you actually do OC the 920, or you'll just be wasting $$$

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
D0 :laugh:

I'm hoping to salvage around 200+ for my Q9650 which will leave me another 3-350$ to spend on RAM & MB - Thanks for the RAM suggestion; what about a motherboard!? I'm not fond of giving my money to Asus again: what do you recommend!?

Well I've used mostly Asus with the 1366 platform. P6T6 Revolution and P6T7. Both are similar where the latter has two NF200 chips and seven 16X electrical PCI-E slots. :Q

I've also used the original EVGA CLassified X58 (759). The Classified will get higher OC and does not have the turbo throttling issue - discussed at length here. That will be fixed in a future BIOS issue (hopefully soon!).

If you don't need all the slots/connectivity (single GPU no high end RAID etc.) then the Rampage II will get you good clocks. Both ASUS workstation boards have very good i/o for mid to high end storage easily besting the Classified by 10-15% in my trials. Others have reported the Classified as being a slower board per clock cycle as well. Perhaps they are using more conservative timings in areas to achieve higher base and cpu clocks?

In any case there has never been a stability issue with any X58 board I've tested. There's a plethora of BIOS parameters to weed through if you're one of the overclockers that want to draw blood from turnips, however.

Be advised that these boards chipsets and components put out substantial heat and if your case airflow is not optimal temperatures will soar like an eagle! We know what can happen to an eagle. (get sucked into a jet engine!) The Classified X58 has an enormous cooler however its mounting does not exhibit sufficient pressure to be entirely effective at placement. Fortunately this is easily corrected with a pair of fiber washers under each screw. Additionally, the NB temps in BIOS will run a good 20°C cooler if a decent 40-50mm fan is attached to the larger heat sink. This is recommended particularly if you choose to run at BCLK = 200MHz.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

So probably around 100$ for 6Gb of DDR3 1600

I just wanted to know what ram would get me those types of speeds; eventually I will overclock it but for now, i'm just thinking about stability. Honestly I think running things at stock will be my best option for encoding etc. It's not like I have any clients but I want to make sure I have no problems with my output files. I"m just thinking ahead here. So that leaves me to mother board choice. 300$ motherboards are not a viable option nor would I spend that kind of money on one again. 279$ for a Maximus II Formula board and it got the shit beat out of it by a 114$ Gigabyte UD3R P45 board. Not happening again.

One thing I'm curious about is, do the boards still have a significant role in the overclocking of the chip? I remember my Asus A8R32 board that was suppose to be a real good overclocker but in the end I think it was the chip...

 

[Rubycon]

I don't see the point for getting >1600 DDR3 at 9-9-9-24 honestly. Boards definitely affect the MAX OC. In either case you should get in the 90% bracket on any board.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I'm trying to keep my costs as low as possible. I'd like to jump on the 200$ deal when they get the D0's in my area (microcenter) and then a cheap mobo. I had these in mind for ram.

 

[Rubycon]

They look acceptable to me.

Not a big fan of OCZ (the company) but their products are OK.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Yeah, i agree, my first set of DDR 400 were the 2.2.2.5 timed sticks that couldn't OC for anything. It's been a few years since I've even considered them. I've tried Supertalent, Adata, and I've really been happy with GSkill as of lately... Any company you'd like to recommend for RAM? Thanks again Ruby

 

[Rubycon]

These will work nicely.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Gratzi!

 

[arkcom]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
These will work nicely.

That's the set I have. They will not overclock at all. I read some reviews saying they would run cas8 at 1600mhz. Nope- not even jacking the voltage up. They work nice at stock settings though.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: arkcom

Originally posted by: Rubycon
These will work nicely.

That's the set I have. They will not overclock at all. I read some reviews saying they would run cas8 at 1600mhz. Nope- not even jacking the voltage up. They work nice at stock settings though.

The OP has a constrained budget so these will work. You can achieve decent clocks while underclocking 1600MHz DDR3 and not lose much performance (aside from Everest numbers) while saving money.

 

[n7]

I'm going to have to agree that that G.Skill isn't really all that great.

It doesn't seem to OC at all from everyone i've seen who has it.

Here's some OCZ: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820227388
It's same price range (less AR), but it has a built profile for DDR3-1800...meaning basically guaranteed that speed at least if you OC.
I'd get that over pretty much all the cheaper G.Skill DDR3-1600 TBH.

I'd get Patriot DDR3-1600 over the G.Skill too...

G.Skill is far too aggressive with binning IMO, & there's decent & better OCZ kits & Patriot kits for the same price range.

Just my $0.02

Actually here's some Mushkin with the same speed/timings for less AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820226034

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Thanks N7

 

[n7]

If you wanna go really cheap, here's likely what i'd get.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820220365

Well okay, i'd get Mushkin regardless most likely, but let's say i'm in budget shoes & don't prefer their service...

 

[JAG87]

The G.Skill set is great, there's no need to overclock ram. The OCZ XMP kit is good too.

Don't cheap out on the mobo, all factors being equal it's what makes or breaks your overclock.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I think I'm leaning towards the OCZ with the XMP profile. Board I'm not sure of yet. I just really don't like any of the selection.