Changing Latency and Timings

[bumblebee_tuna]

What the worse that can happen if I change my RAM's latency and/or timings?

 

[pdc76]

all i've ever seen was a pc that wouldn't boot and whose bios jumper had to be reset.

 

[bumblebee_tuna]

would lowering the values produce any improvement in performance?

 

[Bobo]

Generally not a noticeable improvement.

 

[Geoff]

would lowering the values produce any improvement in performance?

Yes it will, but you may need to increase the voltage as well.

And the worst that can happen from changing timings is that it wont boot.

 

[Impr3ssiv3]

just dont change them up too high too fast

i got my RAM preset at 5-5-5-12 and right after i set it up i put the timings up to 4-4-4-12 and i left everything else the same

it wouldnt boot and had to reset the BIOS. my mobo isnt the best for oc'ing ram and my ram is unstable at anything other than 5-5-5-12-2t 1.9v