Hey you guys. It's been a while I've been looking to overclock my computer in general, and I've found I've never bothered about RAM. I've read most of the guides around here, but I still can't figure some things out, mostly how the system reacts when overclocking RAM(as in, why x happens when it's not stable).
I have DDR2 RAm I've been trying to tighten timings on, but I'm not sure how to proceed. My RAM is in my rig details. It's currently @ 800Mhz, 5-5-5-18 @ 1.82V.
I figured as this wasn't not an increase in Mhz, it would not require more voltage(I fear this is wrong though, read on.)
My rig is pretty stable, about 4hrs in Prime95 before I manually set it off(stable enough for me, seems only heat problems arise after this much time, and normal usage, even on heavy gaming, does not scrape the load P95 offers).
I tried to go slowly, but only changing my CAS Latency to 4 from 5, and then rebooting to see if everything was still under control.
It booted normally, I had time to benchmark and see somewhat of a increase in performance. I then tried to boot up P95 to see if I could go on, and within seconds of it starting, Core #1, #3 and #4 failed and I stopped the tests.
Going back to the original timings resulted in stability once more.
I wonder if I should increase voltage; if it's actually worth it to do so and all. Furthermore, I wanted to know if my northbridge speed and timings would work together in offering a better system performance, or if tightening my timings would affect my northbridge overclock in a bad way.
I have DDR2 RAm I've been trying to tighten timings on, but I'm not sure how to proceed. My RAM is in my rig details. It's currently @ 800Mhz, 5-5-5-18 @ 1.82V.
I figured as this wasn't not an increase in Mhz, it would not require more voltage(I fear this is wrong though, read on.)
My rig is pretty stable, about 4hrs in Prime95 before I manually set it off(stable enough for me, seems only heat problems arise after this much time, and normal usage, even on heavy gaming, does not scrape the load P95 offers).
I tried to go slowly, but only changing my CAS Latency to 4 from 5, and then rebooting to see if everything was still under control.
It booted normally, I had time to benchmark and see somewhat of a increase in performance. I then tried to boot up P95 to see if I could go on, and within seconds of it starting, Core #1, #3 and #4 failed and I stopped the tests.
Going back to the original timings resulted in stability once more.
I wonder if I should increase voltage; if it's actually worth it to do so and all. Furthermore, I wanted to know if my northbridge speed and timings would work together in offering a better system performance, or if tightening my timings would affect my northbridge overclock in a bad way.










what were refering at?