Best RAM for Wolfdale

[fractal22]

Hi Guys,

I'm currently in the happy position of building a new PC from scratch, but am a bit stuck on what ram to go for. I'm planning on getting the E8400/E3110 Wolfdale and clocking it to 4ghz or ideally above.

4000mhz/9 = 444mhz FSB

This suggests DDR2-800 would work comfortably once overclocked, but would it be better to go for DDR2-1067 since this would give me higher headroom and enable tighter timings?

I realise theres probably only a small performance difference (and fairly large price difference) but it might end up being worthwhile if it provides a more responsive system?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Shadow703793]

No, go for DDR2 800. Many people seems to have problems with native 1060+ RAM, but no problems when DDR2 800 it is OCed to the same level.

I recommend Crucial Ballastix for your needs.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146565
^$32 after MIR.

 

[vinman]

I'm running an e8400 at 3.6ghz and have had it up to 4.0 and I run the ram at 1066 with no problems. It's mushkin pc 8500 1066 2 gig dual channel.

 

[Shadow703793]

^What motherboard?

Many people with P35-DS3x boards complain about the Crucial Ballastix 1060's.

 

[fractal22]

Interesting, I hadn't actually considered whether the mobo would run it properly.

Looking at this P35 roundup it seems like 460fsb would be the upper limit anyway: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/19/eight_p35-ddr2_motherboards_compared/page21.html

This would clock the Wolfdale to 4140mhz, but it would be nice to be able to take it higher if it could go higher, 4300mhz doesn't seem that uncommon for them...

In this case I'd need an X38 mobo, I'm guessing they wouldn't have any problems running 1067 ram? (I'd be looking to get 4gb in 2*2gb sticks btw)