| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 113141 | 2010-10-06 22:52:00 | RAM and overclocking | lostsoul62 (16011) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1142268 | 2010-10-06 22:52:00 | I'm building a new computer a i5 or Amd 965 and I was told by one of the store geeks that DDR3 1333 is as high as you can go without overclocking. So buying 1600 or 2000 would be a waste of money. Does anyone know anything about this? | lostsoul62 (16011) | ||
| 1142269 | 2010-10-06 22:59:00 | I'm building a new computer a i5 or Amd 965 and I was told by one of the store geeks that DDR3 1333 is as high as you can go without overclocking. So buying 1600 or 2000 would be a waste of money. Does anyone know anything about this? If you are uninterested in overclocking the CPU, this would be correct! The i5 would be a better CPU than the AMD Phenom BTW! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1142270 | 2010-10-06 23:25:00 | Yes the Phenom II can only support up to DDR3-1333 officially, anything higher will overclock the integrated memory controller and results are not guaranteed. But if you do manage a stable overclock then it's not a waste of money. OR, you could buy the faster RAM, then run it at the slower speed, and tighten the timings. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1 | |||||