Darkanean Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 The question is in regards to the RAM, motherboard and processors and how they work together to achieve an OC. I'm currently having this delivered to me but i have a few questions about OC because I definitely don't want to screw anything up. I'm new at this overclocking business, but from what I understand at this point is: -My mother board has a FSB 1600/1333MHz, "GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45" - E8500 uses a multiplier of 9.5x333ghz...I increase the ghz to OC the cpu. I already have purchased a Zalman heatsink for it. Voltage may be necessary. -Memory runs at 800mhz, which I thought correlates to the FSB. Is the RAM I have purchased too slow for the task? (800mhz, pc2-6400)?. Should I have purchased RAM that ran at 1600/1333? How will this effect the performance of the cpu? What do I need to modify to make the RAM match the increase of the processor? do I even have to modify the RAM or just buy better? Thanks for your time, just having a hard time grasping all these numbers and factors, especially with different timings of ram, different sizes or power of ram, and how what that all means when you OC. I've looked at a number of guides but my brain is getting fried reading this and that and sometimes never answering my exact question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Set the FSB to 400Mhz and the memory to 800Mhz. This will give you 3.8Ghz and 800Mhz on the memory. Set your Core Voltage to 1.30v and test with Memtest for DRAM stability and Prime95 (Small FFts) for CPU stability. If stable, then you can increase the FSB via 5Mhz increments and test for stability. When you find instability, you can increase the Vcore incrementally, or drop down the overclock if temps are too high. If this doesn't make much sense to you, then you might like to check out this newbie overclocking site: http://www.overclock.net The question is in regards to the RAM, motherboard and processors and how they work together to achieve an OC. I'm currently having this delivered to me but i have a few questions about OC because I definitely don't want to screw anything up. I'm new at this overclocking business, but from what I understand at this point is: -My mother board has a FSB 1600/1333MHz, "GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45" - E8500 uses a multiplier of 9.5x333ghz...I increase the ghz to OC the cpu. I already have purchased a Zalman heatsink for it. Voltage may be necessary. -Memory runs at 800mhz, which I thought correlates to the FSB. Is the RAM I have purchased too slow for the task? (800mhz, pc2-6400)?. Should I have purchased RAM that ran at 1600/1333? How will this effect the performance of the cpu? What do I need to modify to make the RAM match the increase of the processor? do I even have to modify the RAM or just buy better? Thanks for your time, just having a hard time grasping all these numbers and factors, especially with different timings of ram, different sizes or power of ram, and how what that all means when you OC. I've looked at a number of guides but my brain is getting fried reading this and that and sometimes never answering my exact question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkanean Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 Makes sense to me because of everything I've read recently, but didn't quite answer all of my questions, but I'll repost in the newbie general questions, thanks for info, it will be useful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Actually, your questions were answered with some via inference. With regards to the memory being fast enough for the overclocking. When I mentioned it depends on the overclock you wish to reach. The General section is not the place for overclocking. I gave you a site to check out and you will find more responses and much help there. At the moment there are Currently Active Users: 1567 (394 members and 1173 guests) at Overclock.net. You will not find a better site for newcomers to the Enthusiast overclocking market. Makes sense to me because of everything I've read recently, but didn't quite answer all of my questions, but I'll repost in the newbie general questions, thanks for info, it will be useful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkanean Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 That was my original source of some information, I am checking that out again, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Sure thing. It's a great site and they treat people well there. That was my original source of some information, I am checking that out again, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Please do not double post. Your other thread has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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