RAM questions

[rumbled]

Can anyone explain tightening and losening up ram? I'm currently running Kingston Hyper X 1600MHz with 9,9,9,27 at 1.65v recommended timing and voltage. Also would it be faster to run 1300MHz with the CPU-Z recommended JDEC of 9,9,9,25 at 1.5v? Thanks for the advice....

Case: NZXT Phantom 7 fan setup in Black
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz
Heatsink: Coolmaster V8 idle @ 26* load @ 44*
RAM: Kingston Hyper X 1600MHz 9,9,9,27
Video Card: Radeon 1 GB HD 5570, Asus 1 GB 8400
PSU: Thermaltake 650 Watt
Storage: (2) Hitachi 1TB 7200 rpm Sata, Seagate 2 TB 5200 rpm ext
Speakers: Logitech THX 5.1
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
OC: 3817 MHz, 19X - 1.296V, NB 2400MHz

 

[jsc]

"Tightening" means decreasing the timing numbers, giving more speed. "Loosening" is just the opposite. You would need a very good memory benchmark program to tell the difference between the two.

Your memory system will use about 20% more power at 1.65 volts than it will at 1.5 volts.

 

[rumbled]

Got ya. Thanks for the info. One more question. If I'm running with a multiplier of 19 at 3.82Mhz and 1.296V. What should my FSB be running at? Its currently set at 2400MHZ. Im new to this so thanks for the advice.


Case: NZXT Phantom 7 fan setup Blk
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz
Overclock: 3.82GHz @ 1.296v FSB 2400MHz X19 Multi
Heatsink: Coolmaster V8 idle @ 25* load @ 48*
RAM: Kingston Hyper X 1600MHz 9,9,9,27
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 1 GB 5570, NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS 1 GB
PSU: Thermaltake 650 Watt
Storage: (2) Hitachi 1TB 7200 rpm Sata, Seagate 2 TB 5200 rpm ext
Speakers: Logitech THX 5.1
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

 

[clarkjd]

Divide your clock speed(MHz) by your multiplier (3820/19=201MHz) will give you your FSB speed in MHz.

Or, download CPU-Z and it will tell you exactly.

 

[rumbled]

Ty I appreciate the info...

 

[paulos12]

I have a 512mb ram kingston DDR 200mhz speed and I want to add a TwinMos 512mb ram speed 400mhz..You think i can add the second ram?? Also i have Pentium R CPU 3.2 Ghz....

Plz reply...

 

[paulos12]

Both memories are PC3200 / CL 2.5V ... Forgot to add it in my previous post.