Ram Overclocking Help

not_a_real_boy · March 9th, 2008, 02:44 AM

I have 2Gb of Team Xtreem DDR2 8500/1066 ram and want to overclock but dont know how to overclock ram. Can anyone tell me (preferably step by step) how to overclock my ram to its best performance?

Has anyone overclocked this ram before?
If so what are your settings?

Thanks in advance

xiaomhome · March 9th, 2008, 05:27 AM

To overclock your ram just raise your FSB, note that raising your FSB will also overclock your CPU and some buses if they dont get locked or a higher divisor.

not_a_real_boy · March 9th, 2008, 05:55 AM

Thanks

how do you lock the FSB of the CPU and other things?

Mac Daddy · March 9th, 2008, 01:38 PM

Ideally you want nothing locked but that is dependent on your motherboard. Just a quick question I noticed in the other thread you have already O/Ced the CPU and changed the FSB which has already affected your memory speed.

Details on clock from CPU-Z:
Core Voltage: 1.36V
Core Speed: 3.3Ghz
Multiplier: x6
Bus Speed: 370Mhz
Rated FSB: 1480Mhz

The ratio is used so that the CPU speed can be controlled more independently without affecting the speed of other devices like memory. Can you please check the memory and SPD screens on CPU-Z and see what your memory speed is and should be

Here is an online .pdf manual for you mobo
http://many-electronics.shops4ecomme.../pics/4020.pdf

IModAmd · March 9th, 2008, 07:35 PM

You can overclock too by raising the voltage of the memory modules and decrease the latencies

not_a_real_boy · March 10th, 2008, 02:59 AM

here is the cpu-z results. i don't really get alot of the stuff in cpu-z. and i noticed that cpu-z keeps changing the multiplier but in the bios it is set to x9

i also think the the new bios update unlocked some stuff. i'm not sure if thats possible or not though.

and in response to IModAmd: i would love to get water cooling but cant afford it at the moment cause ive already spent alot of money on my new system and need to save for a holiday. hopefully when i upgrade or at the end of the year i will get water cooling. and the whole raising the voltage and lowering the latencies - i have no idea what works and what doesn't and i really don't wanna fry my ram if i give it too much voltage (even though i have warranty for that).

IModAmd · March 10th, 2008, 04:21 AM

Well but for the moment i just don't know why you overclock all your stuff... normaly when you overclock is for have more juice ... and if i see your specs you don't really need overclock anyways it's your choice

not_a_real_boy · March 10th, 2008, 04:42 AM

that is why i overclocked...im over having slow machines and i wanna get the most out of this machine. I will be buying another 2Gb of Team Xtreem ram when i get the money for it.

Mac Daddy · March 10th, 2008, 11:49 AM

What is the maximum rating on your RAM? SPD shows 400MHz you are running it at 570Mhz thats to high.

Check see if that update unlocked your multiplier if not do what I did and force the next lowest DDR setting to lower ratio and the ram frequency.

IModIntel · March 10th, 2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by IModAmd

You can overclock too by raising the voltage of the memory modules and decrease the latencies

Decreasing the latencies without decreasing the frequency is something you can't do. Unless you RAM supports it. Usually you can find these infos with Everest.