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| Thread ID: 76028 | 2007-01-18 04:56:00 | What's a good, cheap RAM for overclocking? | qazwsxokmijn (102) | PC World Chat |
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| 517266 | 2007-01-19 03:37:00 | The 945 Chipset is a well known poor overclocker (perfectly good stock chipset). You would do a hell of a lot better on 965. Having said that with no way to change your ram multiplier lower you are basically screwed. The 965 chipset for example can run a FSB of 500 while the ram is only at 500(1000 effective) due to the 1:1 ratio option. You have a board issue, not a ram issue. |
Master_Frost (9951) | ||
| 517267 | 2007-01-19 03:38:00 | Bleh, I guess I'll be a good boy and wait for some spare money then.....:( | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 517268 | 2007-01-19 04:01:00 | You have a board issue, not a ram issue. Exactly my thinking... | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 517269 | 2007-01-19 04:09:00 | So my board sucks, huh.....but it's still $200 today.....damn.... | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 517270 | 2007-01-19 05:36:00 | Its was the Pentium 805 that Toms Hardware took to 3.8GHz and that was with after market cooling. 3.4Ghz - 3.6GHz should be quite capable on your chip but it would take the right combination of RAM, Mobo, HSF etc. MSI couldn't make a overclocking friendly motherboard if they're life depended on it, let alone one based on the 945 chipset. To be successful at overclocking you have to buy the correct parts in the first place, if your gonna end up spending hundreds replacing motherboards and memory just to squeeze a few extra MHz out of a crap CPU then why not just buy a new CPU? Providing overclocking advice based on your DDR1 experiences when the original poster is using DDR2 can be a bit misleading. DDR2 is a completely different beast and no where near as mature as DDR1. Dont expect to be able to get solid overclocks out of cheap DRR2 yet as its nowhere near mature enough, manufacturers havn't perfected the manufacturer process enough for that to happen. The default voltage for DDR2 is 1.8v I wouldn't take cheap RAM above 2.0v, although 2.1v might be ok. I miss the good old days when everyone was using Winbond BH-5's man those things could take a beating. There seems to be alot of 2Gb dual channel kits from the likes of Kingston, Geil and Corsair hovering around the $550 mark, with middle of the road timings they seem like a pretty solid deal. Granted theyre no good for the serious overclocker (450MHz+) they should satisfy most people, especially with the impending release of the Core 2 Duo 4XXX chips. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 517271 | 2007-01-19 06:21:00 | So my board sucks, huh.....but it's still $200 today.....damn.... Yea I am affraid so, if you want a bit of evidence to re-assure yourself... Look at this Conroe O/C database, all the Mobo's are 965 based not 945 for good reason. www.hardforum.com This is relevant as Pentium D and Core 2 Duo are both 775 socket and use the same board. Not many O/C Pentium D as they kinda suck a tad, but thats another story. |
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