Blacksun Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I have been reading that I may have screwed up here. I have an IC7-Max3 MB, P4 3.4EE. Watercooled with a Koolance Exos unit. Everywhere I read that this ram is not recommened. Please advise. If it is wrong and what would be the BEST ram available then. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyKid Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Welcome to the forums, Blacksun! Technically, that's not the [i]wrong[/i] memory, but it might not have been the best choice. To run that memory at just a PC4000 speed, you'd have to overclock your BUS to 250MHz which would give you a 4.25GHz CPU and PC4400 would be 275MHz and 4.68GHz!!! I doubt that CPU, even with your water cooling, would be able to handle that. Thus, people advise against that memory. For the best performance, I'd go with TwinX1024-3200XLPRO modules (PRO because they stay cooler and look damned good with a windowed case). You'd be able to overclock them using relaxed timings or keep very aggressive timings and run at stock speeds. PLUR CK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksun Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 CandyKid, What kind of performance gain would I get if any if I were to get rid of my current ram and buy the other you suggested? Thanks again for your help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyKid Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 From CAS 3-4-4-8 to CAS 2-2-2-5 @ 200MHz, probably a couple hundred megabytes per second in bandwidth. That'll turn into real FPS and calc time. PLUR CK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksun Posted August 20, 2004 Author Share Posted August 20, 2004 Can I run this memory at 2,2,2,5 and not fry the ram or my CPU??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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