Memory question (move up to 1066, or stay with 800)

[jwei]

Hello guys....

Now as found in another thread, I was trying to hit 4.0 on my e8400 but failed and I figured it was because I bought cheaper RAM.

I've decided to purchase better RAM now and I have a question...is it better to go with lower timings than my current one (DDR2-800) 5-4-4-15, or head up to DDR2-1066 with timing slightly higher? (i.e, 5-5-5-15)

Also, could you rank each set of memory from 1-4 based on quality and performace (1 being the best)?

Corsair: http://www1.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=012571&cid=RAM.346.754

Patriot: http://www1.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=018562&cid=RAM.346.754

OCZ Fatality: http://www1.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=020311&cid=RAM.346.754

OCZ Platinum: http://www1.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=018216&cid=RAM.346.754

Thanks!

[Silver Bullet]

I don't think bumping the ram is going to make any difference. You can just lower the ram multiplier to keep ram in spec.

Taking a E8400 up to 4ghz isn't easy, what setup / bios settings are you using?

[jwei]

Used a variety of different settings.

Heres my history lol:

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=681210

[JShupka]

It depends on what sort of ratio you have your RAM:FSB. Like Silver Bullet said, you can just lower your divider to stay in spec. Faster RAM will likely be a waste of $$

[john widow]

If u had a choice between 2x1gb of 1066ram, or 2x2gb of 800ram of the same price. I would say go for the 800 . I had this choice once, and I bought some patriot extreme ram that's rated at 2.3v though the motherboard would only allow +.1,+.2,+.3 etc. increase in the ram voltages. I couldn't really get it to overclock even much at all. Even when upping the voltages, the motherboard didn't show it to be anywhere near the 2.3v rate. Stick with 800mhz, I was able to overclock it to 900mhz

[infamouskid]

why not?? ram is cheap these days. i just jumped from 800 to 1066 on that cc fatal1ty ram. after rebates its a good deal.