quick Q bout kingston value ram?

[windie]

Does Kingston Value Ram, in this case 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800mhz CL5, have the ability to be overclocked? Im not saying to a very extreme extent, but can it be overclocked to, for eg 900 (450x2) or 1000 (500x2)? thanks

 

[tlmck]

Generally not a good idea. The value ram from Kingston and others are made to be run at stock speed. They use a lower grade dram chip and no aluminum heat spreader.

The best ram for your project would be Crucial Ballistix.

 

[windie]

hmmm. thanks for the input. Will have a look at the ballistix ram

 

[Shadow703793]

Generally Value RAM are made with lower quality chips than the performance grade RAM, so because of this they will generally (95% of the time) will not be able to OC. I have used Corsair Value RAM on a budget build for a school project and I can't OC the RAM, (I have the BIOS options to OC btw.)

 

[Shadow703793]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590&CMP=OTC-RSS&cm_mmc=OTC-RSS-_-Desktop+Memory-_-Corsair+(XMS+Series)-_-N82E16820145590
^Check that RAM out if you are on a budget. Corsair XMS2 2GB kit for $25 after MIR.

 

[windie]

too bad they dont ship to australia 🙁. Ill have a look, might be able to squeeze extra budget for the ram. Still hav another week before I need to buy. Thanks for ur posts.

 

[Shadow703793]

^hmm.... they should offer worldwide shipping.

 

[xanxaz]

I disagre with you guys... i'm running Kingston Value Ram 667 CL5 4X1GB and i have to say that they oc very well. i have seen Kingston Value Ram with 4 dram chip's... Samsung, Hynix, Elpida and ones that aren't labeled. I have Hynix and i have been running them at 850Mhz at 2.0 Volt's with the same timmings... 5-5-5-15. in my country, crucial and other brands are really too expensive for what they offer. so i must say that buying Kingston for 17€ each 1GB against 35€ Crucial it's a hell of a deal. But that's me. I'm running a E6600 so i dont need to reach for the sky with mem... 750Mhz for me is very good... About the 800Mhz parts i think that they reach at least 900-950 without adding heatspreders. sorry about bad english. And my biggest OC in 667 parts it's 897Mhz at 2.1 volt but the CL was 6-6-7-18. so that was a no go for me. and a P965-DS3P at that mem speed isnt going to last that long.

 

[windie]

wow, thats interesting that you got a good overclock. Well after doing some research i have 2 options.
1) either go with a better ram, and get an intel e6550. OR

2) get value Ram which then lets me get an intel e8400.

I guess option 2 is better, as even keeping the Ram at stock speed of 400, I could overclock the fsb to 400.Wont really overclock anything extreme.

Thanks for ur posts guys, appreciated.

 

[cb62fcni]

wow, thats interesting that you got a good overclock. Well after doing some research i have 2 options.
1) either go with a better ram, and get an intel e6550. OR

2) get value Ram which then lets me get an intel e8400.

I guess option 2 is better, as even keeping the Ram at stock speed of 400, I could overclock the fsb to 400.Wont really overclock anything extreme.

Thanks for ur posts guys, appreciated.[/quote]

Depending on your motherboard, you can OC your processor and keep your RAM at stock speeds by changing the multiplier. Sorry if you already know this, but I thought I should point it out. Keep in mind that results vary as far as stability and max OC are concerned when using a funky multiplier. RAM prices are falling fast, you should be able to pick up a better pair for less than you think, even in OZ.

 

[xanxaz]

E6550 it's a little bit of... the multiplier is only 7... and speedstep puts it at 6... in idle you will have let's say... 400*6... and at load 400*7... i would go for a bigger multi... you could get much more adequate temps while at idle... my E6600... idles at 2200... load... 3400... i think that the old ones are better... for cool temps at idle... if you plan on having your pc 24/7 you might put that into the equation. nowadays best buy is Q6600 but that's way too expensive compared to E6550... go for the E6750...you will have a diference of 800Mhz at idle against a 400Mhz dif with the E6550. Idle they would be at 2400 that i think it's very high and at load it would be E6550-2800Mhz - E6750- 3200Mhz.i would put the E6750 at 350Mhz and it would equal the oc on the E6550 but at idle it would be at 2100... 20 bucks more than E6550.if you still can get a 266FSB cpu it would be better than the overated E6X50 series. i have no info on the E8400 whatesoever but if there is availibility why not. better termals and power savings. someone correcty if i'm wrong. i thing that a system should rest as much as possible when at idle. except the hard drivers... that wake and sleep kills them. oh, my sys is running at 2200 at idle because the temps here are near 0 celsius... cpu temps are near 15... in the summer it rest at 1200Mhz... below that i have troubles... and at load... 1800. no it doesnt overheat. but in the summer there are better things to do than play CS:S... or spend electricity.