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Romstar   07-26-2007 at 04:41:30 PM

I have 2 1 gb sticks of pny xlr8 ram 1066-5-5-5-15 and I didnt realize that to have a 1:1 ratio with teh cpus fsb you have to set it to 533. My cpu is q6600 oc to 3 ghz so it is set to 333 mghz fsb. I was wondering if I wasted my money since I currently have my ram set to have a 1:1 ratio with the cpus fsb(533 oc to 667) and timings of 3-3-3-9.

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IcY18   07-26-2007 at 05:09:51 PM
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You can still overclock your memory to have it run at 1066. Use a cpu:ram ratio of 2:3 and that will oc your ram to 1066, you have to loosen the timings to 5-5-5-15 though.

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andybird123   07-26-2007 at 05:17:57 PM
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basically... Yes you did

I have an overclock I did on a friends PC where I am running an E6300 @ 3.5ghz running at 500mhz FSB so the memory is running at 1000mhz set to 5-5-5-15

the memory I chose is "generic" DDR2-800

for the overclock you are running you could have bought generic DDR2-667

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TSIMonster   07-26-2007 at 05:22:19 PM
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The ratio doesn't have to be 1:1. That is a general guideline more or less. Set your RAM to the highest divider that you can and then check the performance and leave at the one that performs the best.

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IcY18   07-26-2007 at 05:32:24 PM
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You could also drop the multiplier on your cpu and run your fsb speed up to 500fsb, keep your ram at 1:1 and probably be able to run your ram at DDR2-1000 with 4-4-4-12 timings. But i'm not sure if a BadAxe2 is capable of that. Either way you didn't waste money on your ram, its right in line with the rest of your system. Getting DDR2-667 would be like putting 8" wide tires on a Dodge Viper.

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