8 gb 800mhz ddr2 vs 4 gb 1066mhz ddr2

[3lfk1ng]

TSI is so lazy he only buys Mayonnaise and Jam in the squeezy bottles.

[YMAA]

From the pictures of it I've seen on the web, it looks like it uses regular 60mmcase fans. You could probably replace them with some 60mm Vantec Stealths, with no LEDs.

[3lfk1ng]

Originally Posted by YourMothersAnAstronaut

From the pictures of it I've seen on the web, it looks like it uses regular 60mmcase fans. You could probably replace them with some 60mm Vantec Stealths, with no LEDs.

At that price, you would be better off just zip-tying some fans to your slots.

[TSIMonster]

Originally Posted by 3lfk1ng

TSI is so lazy he only buys Mayonnaise and Jam in the squeezy bottles.

Actually, you speak the truth. I do buy squeeze bottles, lol!

[Corvetteguy]

Upside down squeezy heinze ketchup bottles ftw.

[raggedmasta]

what do you guys think about the ocz flexXLC memory?

[joewho]

OCZ is OK I guess. Here's some stuff I like.

Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - mushkin 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

[RKH404]

how far should i push my ram and what a safe votage? and how far can ddr2 go?

Newegg.com - CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

my ram

[Holy_COW]

Please note:
Some rams sticks like OCZ ReaperX are too thick/fat and WONT fit next to each other.
I had 4 (2 kits, 8GB) of ReaperX 4-4-3 and was unable to fit all 4 Dimms on the mobo.
The memory slots that are next to each other wont allow 2 of this ReaperX (or other fat heath sinks) unless you want to risk your mobo ram slots life.

So I had to sell 1 kit to a friend, and use the old Corsair Dominators (they are bit less tall than the ReaperX and way thinner so they fitted ok) and now I have 6GB instead og 8GB :P


Another thing:
The ram coolers/fans (like Corsair and OCZ) wont fit above the ReaperX, they are too tall...

I'm working on a bracket to actually put my Corsair Cooler to push air to the ram but it will be more like sideways... (hope it will also help overall airflow, like pulling air from front -> ram -> cpu -> out)
I'm taking pics of all modding process... and new mobo (had to RMA it) will be here on couple of days so I will finally be able to do a post with all the thing :P

[RKH404]

Id go with the 8gb

[joewho]

Originally Posted by RKH404

how far should i push my ram and what a safe votage? and how far can ddr2 go?

Newegg.com - CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

my ram

I have found on my Mushkin Redlines that 2.1v is all it wants. Am only able to go to 1066 at 5-5-5-12. The 4gig kits won't clock like the 2gig kits. And I think the fast D9's are a thing of the past.

[m25]

Originally Posted by raggedmasta

I'm looking at getting some different ram and was wondering which setup would give better performance on an evga 780i with a Q6600 G0 and 2x evga geforce 9600 gt ssc's and vista home premium 64 bit. i was looking at going with OCZ's SLI ready memory modules.

First thing I'd ask you is what are you using your PC for; most of the people advising you here have gaming or folding as their priority standard and thus will say that 4G is overkill for everything but someone who does 3D rendering and sometimes complex scenes like I do will tell you that 8G is a must if you want big files to render smoothly. Such scenes take as much memory as you throw at them; I have reached like 6GB+ and there is really no limit to it but your 3D file.
In this context, one would appreciate much more some beefier memory quantity of cheaper RAM instead of speedier but smaller amounts. A recent article on tom's website can confirm this; even in gaming, there's not much difference made by RAM speed;
Tom's Ultimate RAM Speed Tests | Tom's Hardware

The results must look disappointing for the memory vendors, as the largest performance differences we found amount to 7-8% (and he's talking DDR3 to DDR2) with DivX and WinRAR, while almost all other benchmarks and applications perform alike: a 1-3% performance delta cannot be noticed at all. Some games showed several per cent performance difference between low-latency high-speed memory and conventional high-latency average speed DIMMs. The synthetic benchmarks on the memory revealed even more differences, but these clearly aren't very relevant in everyday life