Some questions about ram

[magma_saber]

For the cas latency, the best one is 9 right? For the timings, does lower numbers equals faster? And the is a higher voltage better?

 

[dallasjoh]

Read the Sticky in the Memory Forum.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/55024-30-memory-please-read-posting

 

[magma_saber]

it doesn't answer any of the questions i just asked. i already checked that topic before asking.

 

[dallasjoh]

OK, CL4 is faster than CL5 in DDR2 memory, so yes, the lower the timings the faster. Yes, you may have to raise the voltage on the ram to get it to run at lower timings. A lot depends on the ram and the manufacture. Check the spec's on the memory or the manufactures web site.

 

[rammar16]

on timings the lower the better, the same is with voltages although high volts or low volts won't effect speed. just the extra room allows for more overclocking because as you raise the volts you can oc more.

hope this helps

 

[Crashman]

For the cas latency, the best one is 9 right? For the timings, does lower numbers equals faster? And the is a higher voltage better?

No, the best CAS Latency is 1.5 CAS 2 is good too though

 

[Night-Stalker]

i think saber is talking about DDR3 Ram. In any case, the lower the better.

 

[Crashman]

OH! For DDR3, CAS 6 is best, though I can often push CAS 5.

 

[megamanx00]

Indeed, the lower the timings the better. The lower the voltage the better too. Voltage past 1.8 is basically used to overclock DDR2 Ram, and if you're looking at DDR3 ram using higher voltage with the new i7s can fry it .

 

[magma_saber]

alright thanks for the info and i was taking about ddr3 ram, sorry i didn't post that.

 

[magma_saber]

can anyone recommend a ddr3 ram with cas 6 or 7? I'm looking for 4 gigs at less than $200. I found some but not sure if they are any good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227293

 

[magma_saber]

can anyone recommend a ddr3 ram with cas 6 or 7? I'm looking for 4 gigs at less than $200. I found some but not sure if they are any good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227293

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227266

 

[magma_saber]

Anyone? What about this ram? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231200

 

[Crashman]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227266

Anyone? What about this ram? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231200

That's a fairly good choice. If you're looking to use it with Core i7, the recommended 1.65v is at the safety limit for its memory controller.

The first thing you showed had better timings, but its recommended voltage was too high for Core i7