910trx Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 time has come to overclock the PC i have now to squeeze more out of it before in about a years time going to an i7 chip, board and ddr3 Currently 8gb kingston value ram 2X 5870 Ati cards in crossfire win 7 64bit e8400 intel dual core @3.00ghz as the KV ram @ 800mhz i have at the moment is a bit unreliable once the overclocking begins i'm looking into going some decent gamin ram like dominator etc i'm unsure if my gigabyte ga-ep45-ds3p card can handle 1066 ram and if it doesn't will it work and be of any benifet i'm lookin for about 3.5ghz to allow for detailed clouds whilst running fsx with a frame rate >25 with nearly full graphics thanks Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/366782-ram/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
R31Nismoid Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 You can just buy some PC2-8500 sticks (1066) for $100 I CBF checking all my settings, but depending on the clock rate etc you might have to lower the ram timing anyway. You could probably get away with the sticks you have now, if you go back to 4gb of ram. My 1066 sticks are @ 450, 1:1 with 2T. Thats for 4.1ghz with the mutli on 9x My CPU has run this basically 24x7 for the last 3-4 years so if you have good cooling you should aim a bit higher than 3.5 IMO. You'll hit 4 easily. 4 sticks wont help your over clocking, should stick to 2. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/366782-ram/#findComment-5850959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DivHunter Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 You sure you aren't just forgetting to change the ratio for the RAM? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/366782-ram/#findComment-5851361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
25GTT Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Hmmm i will check if that is my old motherboard i used to have, if so, no it dont like 1066. Head to the gigabyte website as well as i am sure it also listed what ram etc as well as the cpu. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/366782-ram/#findComment-5852707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
910trx Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 apparently this mobo can use up to 1333 ram but i cant find any anywhere, its all ddr3 now have 4 sticks of 2gb ram and the overclocking has not begun, doing more research before i begin. the KVR are woeful at overclocking and i would rather just get better ram than spending ages messing with average hardware. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/366782-ram/#findComment-5854723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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