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tokyotech   11-29-2008 at 12:59:44 AM

For Black Friday, Newegg has two cheap RAM:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product
OCZ Fatal1ty Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
7-7-7-20

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000
5-5-5-15

My computer currently has:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231098
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
5-5-5-15

What will happen if I buy the G.Skill pair? It has the same timings but it has a higher clock speed. What will happen if I buy the Fatal1ty pair? Both timings and clock speed are different. Are these differences a cause for instabilities? And why does the Fatal1ty RAM have such slow timings? I thought it was a high end brand. Also, I am aware that I will need to go to a 64-bit OS to fully utilize these.


Message edited by tokyotech on 11-29-2008 at 01:03:10 AM
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daft   11-29-2008 at 02:04:13 AM
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if your bios work correctly, they will underclock the gskill to the 800, if not, change it yourself.

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tokyotech   11-30-2008 at 12:59:36 AM
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Will the Fatal1ty's timings be lowered to my current 5-5-5-15 or is it only possible to elongate the timings?

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