E4300 OC, RAM question

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Feileung

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Hi there.

I'm about to purchase and E4300 and a GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 motheroboard. I've found a good price on some corsair RAM (2x1GB for $100) but they're only 533MHz. I know that the E4300 is supposed to be pretty forgiving on RAM. Do you think these will work out for me? Will I be able to get a decent OC on this E4300?

Thanks!
 
Well, the e4300 is good in that it uses the same 9x like the higher end e6600. So what's your goal speed? If it's say 3.2ghz, 3200/9=356fsb. Running 1:1 that'd put ram also at 356, or 711, a 33% hike from your 533 at stock. However, with that said, your corsair probably runs 533 at only 1.8v? It is very likely you'd be able to achieve 711 with 2.1-2.3v.
 
Depends which Corsair, and what chips are in there. I have some Kingston DDR2-533 ValueRAM from 2004, Micron D9 chips, and it does 311 4-4-4-12 at 1.85V. Haven't even tried pushing it further but I could probably get somewhere stupid with 2.1V or more.

For most chips (Elpida, Promos, etc.) 333 at 5-5-5-5-15 is probably doable, anything more than that would be gravy.
 
Could someone provide more insight/examples on which ram to purchase for the e4300 too overclock the processor to around 3.2 ( suppose to be easily reached with stock cooler )
I also plan to purchase the same motherboard listed above.

Thanks
 
theelectic said:
Depends which Corsair, and what chips are in there. I have some Kingston DDR2-533 ValueRAM from 2004, Micron D9 chips, and it does 311 4-4-4-12 at 1.85V. Haven't even tried pushing it further but I could probably get somewhere stupid with 2.1V or more.

For most chips (Elpida, Promos, etc.) 333 at 5-5-5-5-15 is probably doable, anything more than that would be gravy.
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Ehhhhh.... I would disagree... Promos is almost completely un-oc'able IMO....
 
Damuman said:
Ehhhhh.... I would disagree... Promos is almost completely un-oc'able IMO....
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I got up to 460 @ 2.1V, 5-5-5-15 with my crap OCZ Platinum Rev 2, which were Promos. Did not get any higher with more voltage. 470 would POST but was not stable.
 
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