actual speed of 800MHz and 1033 MHz DDRs

theberserker · 05-10-2008, 05:16 PM

I am getting myself a new computer and I am curious about this thing for ages:
Let's say I have an (Intel) processor and the motherboard working at 1066 MHz. Is in case i have pair of 800 MHz DDR2s speed of system affected at all, because the clocks are not synchronized, or are those values negligible due to RAMs latency? A little explanation (or links) would be much appreciated.

thanks

colt1911 · 05-10-2008, 04:28 PM

You want have any problems using 800 speed memory. I have a Q9450 quad at 1333 MHz and I'm running 1066 speed memory . I use to run 800 but due to overclocking I needed a higher ceiling for my cpu and memory to be able to run at a 1:1 ratio.. I would try to find the lowest latency I could which will yield better performance. My ram is 5-5-5-18 and I'm running it at an command rate of 2.

05-10-2008, 05:16 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
theberserker Geek Trainee Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 Status: Offline	actual speed of 800MHz and 1033 MHz DDRs I am getting myself a new computer and I am curious about this thing for ages: Let's say I have an (Intel) processor and the motherboard working at 1066 MHz. Is in case i have pair of 800 MHz DDR2s speed of system affected at all, because the clocks are not synchronized, or are those values negligible due to RAMs latency? A little explanation (or links) would be much appreciated. thanks

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colt1911 Geek Trainee Join Date: Sep 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 25 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	You want have any problems using 800 speed memory. I have a Q9450 quad at 1333 MHz and I'm running 1066 speed memory . I use to run 800 but due to overclocking I needed a higher ceiling for my cpu and memory to be able to run at a 1:1 ratio.. I would try to find the lowest latency I could which will yield better performance. My ram is 5-5-5-18 and I'm running it at an command rate of 2.

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