Ram Upgrade

[axle 121]

Can anyone help? At present i am running 4gb corsair pc6400 800mgz into maximus formula motherboard x38 chip set, Intel E8400 processor shop overclocked to 3.79ghz, OS is 64 bit Vista. Could i get an improvement fitting better / faster Ram if so what would you recommend?

 

[gotmaxpower]

4GB DDR2-800 is fine in this day and age. If you're desperate for a performance increase, you could whip the RAM up to 1066 and loosen the timings a bit.

 

[axle 121]

How do you go about increasing ram speed and changing timings?

 

[gotmaxpower]

You can do it through the BIOS.

Seeing as it's quite a lengthy process, learning about all the lingo and whatnot, here's a guide;

Hardware Secrets - Overclocking Memory

Hope this helps.

 

[axle 121]

Ram upgrade

Cheers mate, looks like ive got some reading to do.

 

[axle 121]

4320 mhz 1.392v very impresive! cant get mine stable after 3.85Ghz. What Mobo you using and what voltages?

 

[Ghosthud1]

you should be able to get to 900mhz 4-4-4-12 with that ram set if you need help pm me