1333MHz to 2000MHZ, What DO I Lose??

jedihobbitjedihobbit Central Virginia, USA New
edited April 2011 in Hardware
Again eBay and a desire for “bling” has added a set of Corsair CMD8GX3M4A1333C7 DOMINATOR 8 GB (1333Mhz) memory into my world. ;D While these were supposedly created for AMD processor have a question about “what will I lose” if I pair these with a 1090T in a MSI NF980-G65 as compared to using a set of G. Skill F3-16000CL9D-4GBTD Tridents (2000MHz)?? The Tridents have worked well with my 1055T in the same mobo.

You can throw out the mem cooler on the Corsair has I already have an after market Zalman I will be using. I also realize we’re talking 8GB but as 4 x 1 sticks a 4GB setup is not out of the question. SO that leaves 1333GHz vs 2000GHz, to me right off the bat my overclocking room on the 2000s would be larger?

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2011
    Mixing RAM will run the RAM at the speed of the slowest sticks.
  • jedihobbitjedihobbit Central Virginia, USA New
    edited April 2011
    Thrax wrote:
    Mixing RAM will run the RAM at the speed of the slowest sticks.

    Not mixing it is a "which one" situation. Just wondering how much of an impact replacing the 2000s with the 1333s would have on performance. :wink:
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited April 2011
    Unless you run lots of memory transfer intensive apps, you will not see much of a change. Overclocking "room" meaning % change from stated specs is going to vary greatly from stick to stick, not related to speed. Overall speed will always be higher on 2000s.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited April 2011
    Were you actually running the 2000's at 2000? If yes, what timings?
  • jedihobbitjedihobbit Central Virginia, USA New
    edited April 2011
    RyderOCZ wrote:
    Were you actually running the 2000's at 2000? If yes, what timings?

    Nope, low 1500s with a MSI NF980 and a 1055T as I had to use FSB to overclock which pushed the memory.

    Didn't really have the time to do a whole lot of testing and currently have dropped the over clock for every day, but did manage a S & Gs 4M rum of HyperPi for 4GHz. Just haven't had the time to refine any settings.

    http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1616907
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited April 2011
    Your link there shows the memory in the ~1500's (766 memory speed) at 9-9-9.

    The 1333 is CL7-7-7 so that should equal things out. Maybe even overclock the 1333's to ~1500 at 8-8-8?
  • jedihobbitjedihobbit Central Virginia, USA New
    edited April 2011
    Corrected....my bad! :o

    I think 1600 can be a given if one can tinker a bit more and is using something other than a nvidia chipset to overclock! :rolleyes:
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