Adding more RAM to OC system

Dride

Dride

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Hi guys, im new to the forum and to the whole overclocking thing. I bought a pre-overclocked bundle from overclocks a bit back and it came with 6gb of ram which I thought would be enough for what I wanted to do. However doing my work on it recently has shown that I need more ram so looking to add another 6GB but im unsure of how to go about it. Would I have to redo the overclock on the processor, etc?
The gear I've got in my computer is:

CPU: Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4GHz

Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E

RAM: Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel

PSU: OCZ StealthXStream 2 700W Power Supply


If there are anymore details you guys need let me know and I'll post them up.

Cheers
 
cheers for the reply, I was hoping that wasn't the case, as I have never overclocked anything. But I suppose its never to late to learn. I dont think i can avoid it, I really do need the extra RAM. However according to CPU-Z my RAM is running at the full stock speeds.
 
I had heard that said a few time, would it be stable or would some slight tweeks be needed, also not sure but I think a couple of ram settings may have been changed so would have write those down to?
 
Cheers Leeroy that would be great, I'll be getting the ram in a few weeks, so If I have any problems I'll post it up on this thread.

Thanks again
 
Well guys I got my ram today and just plugged it straight in and touch wood it seems to working fine, everything is recognised. The DRAM LED comes on when I turn the comp on but I think it did that with 6GB anyway. So im running on 12GB fine....I did a stress test for a hour just to do a quick test and did find that compared to others with a similar set up to me my processor is getting verryyyyyy hot. Some people getting max temp at 75C mine was hitting 80-90C (Using CPUID Hardware Monitor) could this be due to the OC settings OCUK set? I have noticed the other guys Core Voltage is about 1.25 and mines at 1.336. Idle im running at 38-45C.

Any tips or hints would be great.

Cheers
 
Hi kaeo

well i know the settings havnt been changed. But the system seems stable. Ive done some stress tests and some rendering and all seems fine. The settings are the same that OCUK gave it. Also the temps I am reacting is no different before i put the ram in. At 6gb ram the cpu was still hitting 90C after a period of stress testing. I dont really know what would need changing. Only thing i can think of is getting 2 viper fans on the h50 radiator block.
 
also kingshaun yeh that sounds pretty much like my bios settings how they look now. Doesnt look like must has been changed. Just the volts and multipler. Any suggest any good places to start looking for oc guides for my set up? Would love to get it same speeds as i have now but with lower temps. But at idle is runs cool ish so im not in a rush to change anything. But would be ideal to tweak it.
 
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