memory question

[blade1]

Just found this for £98.00....any good?

OCZ 1GB DDR400 CL2.0 DUAL CHANNEL GOLD C2
Model Number OCZ4001024ELDCGEC2-K

[RyderOCZ]

Hi Blade1,

It depends on what you want to do with it.....it will not OC real high, but for general everyday use...its fine stuff :)

And then of course you might find a pair that does exceedingly well...they chips can be Samsung (TCCx), winbond, or Aeneon.

[blade1]

Thanks for the reply RyderOCZ....what would you recomend for good overclocking?

[RyderOCZ]

Well now there is a tough question....

Overclocking with 1GB or 2?
What timings? - tight timings will require IC's that like in excess of 3.2V
How high would you like to get? - High FSB ram won't run really tight timings

[blade1]

Was going to get 1GB of ram and would like to run timings at 6222 or even 5222.
Running my mem at 2.75v which is recomended.
I have my 3200 venice clocked at a 2700mhz, which is 300x9.
I also play games like Q4 and call of duty2.

[RyderOCZ]

Ok...well you can't get 300 at 2-2-2 timings

You might get 270 x 10 with 2.5-3-3-8 timings (CAS-Trcd-Trp-Tras)

Do you want to run 1:1 or a divider so the ram speed is lower than the FSB?

300 1:1 at 2-2-2 timings with 1GB of ram is not possible, especially with only 2.75V

[blade1]

Im running my mem at 6222..2.75v....HT frequency 4x at 266DDR=179mhz
Which is under the recomended 200mhz, but to get to a overclock of 300x9 i had to drop to 266DDR From 3200DDR.