Matching RAM to Clock Speed

Howdy all

Just a quick question to ask how important it is to match my RAM frequency to my CPU clock ?

I have been reading that this should be aimed for but I am not sure if this is right for my system

I have a P4 200Mhz clock (800FSB)
Ram = I have x2 1GB DDR2 667Mhz PC5300 real clock 333Mhz

ok so my real CPU clock of 200Mhz is lower than my real DDR clock of 333Mhz

The Intel P4 is quad pumped taking it to 800 FSB and my RAM is dual pumped taking it to 667 mhz

So the CPU is effectivly running faster than the ram -

Therefore is there really a need to downclock my ram from 333Mhz to 200Mhz in order to keep in line with the base clock figures or does the "pumping" sort it out ?

Any advice would be appreciated

Cheers

 

no you dont need to drop your memory speed. if your overclock gets too high however your memory will automatically drop its speed to allow for a more stable OC. You can bump it back up to 333 manually which could cause instability but if your RAM can handle it then you should get a pretty good performance boost from it. Every setup is different, mess around with it yourself to figure out what works the best. you will probably have to relax your memory timings to get a higher CPU oc too

 

cheers for the come back

Since posting I decided to sell my 667 and buy some Crucial Balistix DDR2800 instead

That way the CPU = 800MHz & RAM = 800MHz

Thanks for the advice though

 

by the way on my previous post i meant DDR2 800Mhz