If you are a super-performance enthusiast with money to burn, then yes, overclocked memory is worth the extra cost, extra heat, increased chance of instability, and extra cooling that may be required. If those things sound like bad things to you (as they do me) then overclocked memory is probably not worth it.
Chris On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Greg Donald <gdon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I want to get some hardware advise from the NLUG collective. > > I'm about to build myself a new desktop system. I'm going i7, with an > Asus motherboard: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131359 > > I'm unsure about the memory. The motherboard I have chosen supports > over-clocked ram: DDR3 2000(O.C)/1600(O.C)/1333 > > When considering cost, stability, and cooling.. Is over-clocked ram > really worth it? > > And finally, it seems like using over-clocked ram means I'd have to > give up half the memory slots for fans or heat sinks, is that true? > > > Thanks, > > > -- > Greg Donald > http://destiney.com/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
