Question: Does the RAM frequency have to equal 3x the processor frequency to keep from bottlenecking? Here is my info from cpu-z:
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Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 2
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Codename Conroe
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 0h)
CPUID 6.F.6
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping B2
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 1600.1 MHz (6.0 x 266.7 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 1066.7 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 9.0x
max VID 1.150V
Northbridge Intel P965/G965 rev. C2
Southbridge Intel 82801HB (ICH8) rev. 02
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 2048 MBytes
Memory Frequency 266.7 MHz (1:1)
CAS# 4.0
RAS# to CAS# 4
RAS# Precharge 4
Cycle Time (tRAS) 12
DIMM #1 (&2)
General
Memory type DDR2
Manufacturer (ID) Kingston (7F98000000000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-4300 (266 MHz)
Part number
Serial number A21CF5E1
Manufacturing date Week 11/Year 05
Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
EPP no
Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 200 266 266
CAS# 3.0 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 4 4
RAS# Precharge 3 4 4
TRAS 9 12 12
TRC 12 16 16
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So one thing that I noticed right away is that my memory is clocking at 266.7MHz, whereas it should be 533MHz (based on what I purchased). Unless you are supposed to add them together? - I have two 1GB sticks.
Also, for whatever reason the core freq is 6 times the memory freq, though I don't know enough about this to understand why. If 6 times the memory = your processor freq, then yes I do have a problem. I would then need 50% more bandwidth in the memory to reach the proper 2400MHz frequency in the cpu. Thus, if I had 800MHz ram (ie 2x 400MHz per stick), then 6x 400MHz = 2400MHz, and therefore I would need the 800MHz ram to keep from bottlenecking my cpu. But really, I don't know enough about this to know whether this is correct.
cpu-z does seem to suggest my CPU has 2 cores, and 2 threads. I probably could use more assistance, a guide on knowing what things to tweak would be much appreciated.
