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    Corsair 8gb pc-8500 timings.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Mobius 1, Oct 2, 2011.

  1. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I bought a corsair set from a local shop a few months ago. The ram looks like a normal 8gb with a corsair sticker on it. packaging is a small clamshell

    It's 4GB per stick, 1066MHz, DDR3, and the timing is 7-7-20-27-2T (tCRD, tRP, tRAS, tRC, CR)

    does anybody have an advice on how to improve performance and such?


    thank you :)
     
    Mobius 1, Oct 2, 2011
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Simply install and use it?

    With your MB, I don't think you have any other options anyway, right?
     
    tilleroftheearth, Oct 2, 2011
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    exactly. MBPs tend to just keep their ram downclocked to what the EFI says and dont take advantage of fast timings etc.
     
    KCETech1, Oct 2, 2011
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    You can't really improve performance since memory speed is pretty much never the bottleneck.
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 2, 2011
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  5. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I use it in windows. I have a nvidia system tool 6.06 (it somehow lets me changes FSB and RAM timings)
     
    Mobius 1, Oct 2, 2011
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    That's because it's an Nvidia chipset.

    You can try raising the FSB and using a program like the intel burn test to check for stability, though this will make your system very hot.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 3, 2011
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    i don't test stability, i just want to know if my ram timing is good enough :/
     
    Mobius 1, Oct 3, 2011
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    Good enough for what? If you mean the everyday tasks that the machine is limited to then you would not notice the difference of changing them.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 3, 2011
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