Quick RAM question

Scxe

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So, do i need 1066 ram to OC a phenom 9950 effectively? Or will 800 ram work fine? Is OC'ing the CPU ram dependant, i guess, is what im asking.
 

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Overclocking depends on more than just the ram. cpu, mobo, cooling, skills, and luck. No 2 chips overclock identically.

AMD overclocking is competely different from Intel overclocking. The exception is nvidia chipset that can link & unlink cpu & ram speeds. With AMD, you find the maximums of cpu, htt (hypertransport) and ddr/ddr2, then you use a compromised overall maximum of the 3. With Intel, you just up the fsb of cpu which is linked to ddr2 mhz at a ratio.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3360&p=3

Faster ram does help Phenom overclock. Is it worth the money? Up to you.
 

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Thanks for the info. Do you know of any websites that would act as good ''guides'', for lack of a better term, for AMD overclocking? i.e. which products seem to work well together, ect..