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licid24   06-17-2008 at 03:57:44 AM

just 2 options i liked

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227289

thanks guys i dont know if i need 800 or 1066 for an over clock like this. im going to be using a x38 board.

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shadowduck   06-17-2008 at 04:00:32 AM
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3.6 is 1:1 with DDR2-800 RAM. Higher than that get DDR2-1066 but be aware are they issues with it. DDR2-800 is more stable and will overclock to a point, but maybe not high enough for 4GHz.

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licid24   06-17-2008 at 05:45:37 AM
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ok i was thinking like 445x9 = 4.005
I think i can get that out of a x38 np and with some good ddr2800 OCed to 900 id be 1:1 right?

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shadowduck   06-17-2008 at 06:07:36 AM
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that would be DDR2-890 so yeah 900 would get you close.

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ausch30   06-17-2008 at 06:45:30 AM
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That Reaper 6400 looks good and you could just loosen the timings to 5-5-5-12 or 15 and it would likely get to 1066 anyway so don't waste your money on the higher priced RAM.

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mousemonkey   06-17-2008 at 02:45:53 PM
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ausch30 wrote :

That Reaper 6400 looks good and you could just loosen the timings to 5-5-5-12 or 15 and it would likely get to 1066 anyway so don't waste your money on the higher priced RAM.


[:mousemonkey:4] I had mine @ 4-3-3-15, which might explain the instability issues. You gotta love beer I completely overlooked that :lol: http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6384/e84004ghzmd3.th.jpg but I still got to 4ghz on air, woot :bounce:

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