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    Need RAM overclocking advice

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by der_mali, Sep 19, 2009.

  1. der_mali

    der_mali Weihnachtsmann

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    Does anybody know a good 2x2GB DDR2 800MHz CL5 dual channel kit that can handle overclocking to 1140MHz?

    Thanks in advance :)
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I am also interested in finding that.

    I can tell you not to buy samsung ram.
    myne only gets to 900mhz.

    What you can do (if you havn't already) is flash your current ram to a lower frequency with SPDtool or thaiphoon burner.

    Also you can raise it's latencies.
     
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    der_mali Weihnachtsmann

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    @moral hazard
    I wanted to buy a 4GB dual channel kit anyway to improve 4500MHD's performance. If there is a kit out there that handles the overclock with stock timings I'll take that, otherwise I'll try out your suggestion :)
    Right now I'm looking at a Geil Green Dimm. It is advertised to handle 800MHz CL5 at 1.6V, so it it should have quite a bit of headroom at 1.8V, I suppose.
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    are you going to flash it to 1.8V?
    Or is there some other way?
     
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    der_mali Weihnachtsmann

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    I think that it just runs at 1.8V, because it depends on the voltage regulator the mobo has. Like always those specifications are outside of jedec standards. Many RAM manufacturers advertise low latencies but when you look closer they state that you need 2.1V or some such.
    In this case it's the opposite. Jedec says 1.8V and Geil says it could run at 1.6V with these timings (if you have a setting in BIOS for it or MOD it somehow).
     
    der_mali, Sep 19, 2009
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