asus a8n - sli premium question

utajoker · 3 May 2006 at 19:59

hi i have the above board and thought the max memory you could put in it was pc3200

but i was reading custompc, the cpc elite page an noticed the dream machine they reccomend also has this board and it has 1gb of corsair xms 4400

can my board take higher memory than pc3200??

thx joker
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drunknmunky · 3 May 2006 at 20:00

Yup, it will let you oc more.

utajoker · 3 May 2006 at 20:10

at mo i have 1GB DDR XMS3200C2PT Platinum

what memory would u recomend that my board can take, note that i not realy into overclocking so could u reccomend some pre clocked mem ??

Delvis · 3 May 2006 at 22:42

Well, if your not overclocking i wouldnt bother getting new memory? Although according to the sig uv o/c'd your Cpu, then yea i guess it is "Theoretically" better to get higher speed memory, like 4000/4200 Etc over 3200, it would also help if you can get the timings lower if you'll be over clocking.

utajoker · 3 May 2006 at 22:49

well i only oc the cpu by 100mhz jus the 10% bios did auto

i would like the opertunity to oc just when i get water cooling in a few months i hope

i was lookin at the corsair twinx 1024-4400c25 but not sure if my board supports this

Delvis · 3 May 2006 at 22:58

In all fairness...if you "may" overclock, and dont have the money to spend all the time every other month (Like me) It may be worth looking into getting higher speed' memory if thats the case....Atleast you have the option to do it in the future

subxero · 3 May 2006 at 22:59

See how far you can push your current ram before you upgrade, might save yourself some lolly

Cyanide · 3 May 2006 at 23:21

I have the same RAM as you and mine was good at 2.5-3-3-8 at 250mhz (DDR500) with 2.75v, so you shouldn't need new RAM to overclock!

utajoker · 4 May 2006 at 01:25

well u see i have no idea about ocing memory so i thought y not buy it pre done

ErNciLator · 4 May 2006 at 03:16

1GB DDR XMS3200C2PT isnt too bad for overclocking in it's own right thou

Dobut that's holding your cpu back at 10+% overclock, so stick with that ram surely

Also, is 1GB DDR XMS3200C2PT the BH5 stuff right?

subxero · 4 May 2006 at 11:29

utajoker said:
well u see i have no idea about ocing memory so i thought y not buy it pre done

Pfffft, this is an overclockers forum

Only kiddin

Just slowly raise the speed of your FSB and keep your ram in sync, but slacken the timings, this will tell you how fast you can get your memory, you might need to add some volts to it, but dont go past 2.9-3.0V on your memory.

Then when you find your limit, you can do 2 things, tighten the other timings, or you can up your FSB more, but put your memory on a divider, making sure that it won't go past your limit.

If you need any help, don't be afraid to ask anybody on here

ted34 · 4 May 2006 at 13:13

utajoker said:
well i only oc the cpu by 100mhz jus the 10% bios did auto

i would like the opertunity to oc just when i get water cooling in a few months i hope

i was lookin at the corsair twinx 1024-4400c25 but not sure if my board supports this

Yes it does as i have used it when i had a asus premium. One thing though was that in slots a1 and b1 (slots manual recomends) i couldnt get memory stable past 250 but in slots a2 and b2 they could run at 270 but not above so i just left them at 270 with tighter timings (2.5,3,3,6 @ 2.95v).