I want to order ram for a new system. I will probably go with 4GB in 2 sticks. But I was wondering if I buy 2GB now (2 sticks) and 2 later for a total of 4 sticks if the system might not be able to get OC'd as high due to the fact more ram sticks are being refreshed. I also wonder if simply by having more ram in 2 sticks is less stable, but I think it's fine as it's been mentioned now. It's mostly the idea of 4 sticks that worries me. I want a super stable system.
I'm wondering if the memory timing will have to be set to a slower refresh. Perhaps they would be different than OC'ing with 2GB? Does anyone know? I feel like the P5K-e will probably do a good job, but I'm not 100% sure.
If memory refresh is a tiny bit slower than 2GB it doesn't matter, I'd still be happy with 4GB. But I do want to be able to reach 3.6ghz. If this causes problems, I'd then go down to 2GB even though I wished for 4. This will be built into an Asus P5K-e with Q6600, G0 stepping with lots of cooling. Below are links to what I found and also Maziar was nice enough to post a suggestion. thanks.
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The two choices I'm looking at:
2GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145034
4GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145176
Here is Maziar's suggestion for ram from other post. He said 2GB timing was better, but go 4GB anyway. He posted timings, so that's what made me begin to wonder about it vs 2GB:
OCZ REAPER 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800 RAM with 4-4-4-15 timings:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227267
I'm wondering if the memory timing will have to be set to a slower refresh. Perhaps they would be different than OC'ing with 2GB? Does anyone know? I feel like the P5K-e will probably do a good job, but I'm not 100% sure.
If memory refresh is a tiny bit slower than 2GB it doesn't matter, I'd still be happy with 4GB. But I do want to be able to reach 3.6ghz. If this causes problems, I'd then go down to 2GB even though I wished for 4. This will be built into an Asus P5K-e with Q6600, G0 stepping with lots of cooling. Below are links to what I found and also Maziar was nice enough to post a suggestion. thanks.
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The two choices I'm looking at:
2GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145034
4GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145176
Here is Maziar's suggestion for ram from other post. He said 2GB timing was better, but go 4GB anyway. He posted timings, so that's what made me begin to wonder about it vs 2GB:
OCZ REAPER 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800 RAM with 4-4-4-15 timings:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227267