RAM Timings

[V1Viper]

Hey. I have not clue how to sharpen RAM timings. Is there any guides out there which will guide me how to do this?

Thank you.

 

[FragTek]

Basically just start decreasing each number one at a time, do a stability check after each decrease until you are no longer happy with the stability of the system and bump it back up a digit, do this for each number (time consuming, but worthwhile) until you are done.

 

[V1Viper]

So check CPU stability. I use Intel Burn Test. Is this sufficient to test RAM stability?

 

[FragTek]

You could run Memtest86 or an instance of Orthos for a bit.

 

[V1Viper]

You could run Memtest86 or an instance of Orthos for a bit.

Can you link me to memtest please?

 

[FragTek]

http://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html

 

[V1Viper]

Thanks. Asked for link as Im seeing lots of memtest sites that may not be genuine.

 

[FragTek]

No prob!

 

[AxJaWz]

Sorry to steal thread but what RAM is best for lowering timings? 2133Mhz DDR3 or Lower Voltage RAM?

Also why does 1600Mhz RAM have lower timings than 2133Mhz?

 

[FragTek]

The "faster" RAM usually is only faster because they have programmed it with looser timings to allow it to achieve those speeds.

The great debate is clock speed vs. timings, which one actually gets you further? I'm sure someone has done a writeup on which is more effective.

 

[Olivia Wagner]

RAM timings refer to a set of CL, tRCD, tRP and tRAS arranged in series of four numbers separated by dashes in their respective order. These parameters define the various forms of latency that affect metrics of random access memory. Lower numbers indicate fewer clock cycles which in turn implies faster performance. Following site has more details. http://kb.iu.edu/data/ahty.html