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spaceballsrules · 06-30-09

I have a set of these G. Skill DDR2-800 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231148
Would an upgrade to these Mushkin DDR2-1066 be worth it? - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146785
I do quite a bit of video encoding, so would there be any advantage of going from DDR2-800 @ 4-4-4-12 to DDR2-1066 @ 5-5-5-15?

felipeanon · 06-30-09

get more gskill 800

spaceballsrules · 06-30-09

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Originally Posted by felipeanon

get more gskill 800

I actually have another 2x2GB set of the G. Skill set which I maxed the board out with, but that led to a minimal performance gain. 4GB is definitely the sweet spot.

31337 · 06-30-09

I would suggest OC'ing what you've got, but Gskill doesn't OC well. I don't know how much of a change you'd see from 800 to 1066, but if it were me I'd do it. I'd be willing to be that you can get a decent OC out of those Mushkin's and bring the timings down too.

linskingdom · 06-30-09

That mushkin 1066 looks good. Also, may take a look at OCZ blade series.

Slider46 · 06-30-09

If you're going to get a higher speed i'd go higher than 1066 (since your coming from 800)

Go for 1200 speed ram.

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spaceballsrules · 06-30-09

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Originally Posted by 31337

I would suggest OC'ing what you've got, but Gskill doesn't OC well. I don't know how much of a change you'd see from 800 to 1066, but if it were me I'd do it. I'd be willing to be that you can get a decent OC out of those Mushkin's and bring the timings down too.

If I could lower the CAS latency to 4, then it would definitely worth it. Do you think the Mushkins would be able to do that?

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Originally Posted by linskingdom

That mushkin 1066 looks good. Also, may take a look at OCZ blade series.

I have heard nothing but good things about OCZ memory. Would you recommend the low voltage set over the 2.1V set?

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Originally Posted by Slider46

If you're going to get a higher speed i'd go higher than 1066 (since your coming from 800)

Go for 1200 speed ram.

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Would I just set the 1200 RAM to run at 1066 and OC from there? Thanks

31337 · 06-30-09

I couldn't say for sure, every RAM is different and I don't know about that particular set. Try reading some of the customer reviews.

spaceballsrules · 06-30-09

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Originally Posted by 31337

I couldn't say for sure, every RAM is different and I don't know about that particular set. Try reading some of the customer reviews.

Good call

kaivorth · 06-30-09

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Originally Posted by linskingdom

That mushkin 1066 looks good. Also, may take a look at OCZ blade series.

The low voltage RAM set isn't meant for high volts. Try to stay under 2.0v

I've seen those run about 1200mhz 5-5-5-15

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