Is it dangerous to reduce timings

[Saux]

High,

Im looking to Overclock my Kingston HyperX KHX8500D2K2/4G memory kit

At the moment its running at 1066mhz at 2.2 volts, and I came on to ask about timings

Now I understand in terms of Latency, clock speeds are the most vital

The stock default is 5-5-5-15 at the moment,

what would be the lowest I could reduce the cycle too?

if It helps I have 6GB's and my mobo is Asus P5Q-PRO.


Thanks for your imput!

 

[rodney_ws]

Your title asks is it dangerous to lower timings... nope... it's not dangerous to the memory at all. However, if your timings are too tight you could suffer system instability... if you increase your voltage in your quest for tighter timings, the increased voltage could damage your memory, but that wouldn't be the fault of lower timings.

What do you hope to gain by tightening the timings? All of the benchmarks I've seen have said that doing that has a minuscule impact on performance.

 

[OvrClkr]

You can lower the timings to 4-4-4-12 but you will need to lower the frequency as well form 1066 to 800Mhz. IMO if you are stable right now then leave your ram alone =)

 

[jsc]

What processor and speed are you trying to run?

 

[Saux]

i am running a Q6600 @ 3.52GHZ (multiplyer is 8x - clock is 440)

temps are 40 degrees idle, 50 degrees underload (55 degrees at all cores 100%)

I just wanted find out if i reduced timings, whether the result would be a quicker computer!


p.s. I sold 2g's for $50 yesterday so now im running 4gb

 

[hardwaretechy]

I just wanted find out if i reduced timings, whether the result would be a quicker computer!

Any gain from going to 4 4 4 12 would be so negligible that you will never notice -- especially if you go from 1066 to 800 FSB, thats actually lowering the memory bandwidth which slows down the amount of data it can process (so its a speed up from one end, slow down from the other -- gain = nill).