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What would mean better performance in the long run?
P4 Prescott 2.4A
OCZ 2x256 PC3700 Gold Series Rev.2
P4 = 2.65GHz
Mem = 433MHz
or...
P4 = 3.22GHz
Mem = 356MHz
As you can see both options are overclocked. At least in terms of the CPU. If I underclock the memory I can achieve a higher CPU overclock. If I run the memory at the speed it was built for, I can't get as high as I want with the CPU. My MSI board is screwy with overclocking. My options from the BIOS: DDR266 (1:1), DDR333 (4:5), DDR400 (2:3), DDR433, DDR450. Option 1 from above was achieved with the DDR400 selected in the BIOS. Option 2 was achieved with DDR266 selected in the BIOS. The odd thing is, if I do the 4:5 and set it up so that I get 2.88GHz CPU, 400MHz Mem, thats all I can get. If i try to go any higher the comp will not POST. Yet as you can see it can run just fine at 433. Ticks me off. Cuz I'd like to overclock both to a decent speed. Now if I got water cooling, I could do the 1:1 ratio and have the CPU run at 3.6GHz and mem run at 400, then attempt more from there, but I don't have money to spend right now so that option is out, so I have to do what I can with air cooling. Under full load at 3.2 it runs at a cool 45C. But thats cuz I got a Swiftech MCX-478 on it with a 92mm Tornado above it. Plus a 120mm exhaust. So I am set for cooling. I have gotten up to 3.6GHz, but it never ran stable enough. I bet it could if the fan ran at full speed, but my comp will sound like a jet when I turn it on. So anyway, what would mean better performance in the long run, faster mem or faster CPU?
P4 Prescott 2.4A
OCZ 2x256 PC3700 Gold Series Rev.2
P4 = 2.65GHz
Mem = 433MHz
or...
P4 = 3.22GHz
Mem = 356MHz
As you can see both options are overclocked. At least in terms of the CPU. If I underclock the memory I can achieve a higher CPU overclock. If I run the memory at the speed it was built for, I can't get as high as I want with the CPU. My MSI board is screwy with overclocking. My options from the BIOS: DDR266 (1:1), DDR333 (4:5), DDR400 (2:3), DDR433, DDR450. Option 1 from above was achieved with the DDR400 selected in the BIOS. Option 2 was achieved with DDR266 selected in the BIOS. The odd thing is, if I do the 4:5 and set it up so that I get 2.88GHz CPU, 400MHz Mem, thats all I can get. If i try to go any higher the comp will not POST. Yet as you can see it can run just fine at 433. Ticks me off. Cuz I'd like to overclock both to a decent speed. Now if I got water cooling, I could do the 1:1 ratio and have the CPU run at 3.6GHz and mem run at 400, then attempt more from there, but I don't have money to spend right now so that option is out, so I have to do what I can with air cooling. Under full load at 3.2 it runs at a cool 45C. But thats cuz I got a Swiftech MCX-478 on it with a 92mm Tornado above it. Plus a 120mm exhaust. So I am set for cooling. I have gotten up to 3.6GHz, but it never ran stable enough. I bet it could if the fan ran at full speed, but my comp will sound like a jet when I turn it on. So anyway, what would mean better performance in the long run, faster mem or faster CPU?