Is my RAM limiting my overclock??

drumdogg · 6 Dec 2010 at 23:40

Hey, i have been overclocking my Q8300 recently and trying to get as much as i can out of it. I have got it to around 3.1GHz stable and any further and it crashes. I have just been increasing the FSB and the Voltages to get this overclock. The FSB is at 410 and the voltage is around 1.40.

I have 5G of PC - 5400 DDR2. Is this not allowing me to overclock any further???

Also not sure what to set the DRAM Freq or FSB to north bridge strap to.. As i know when increasing the FSB it increases the RAM speed also. Can i set the RAM at a certain speed and just increase the CPU speed??? Sorry not experienced in overclocking

I have an ASUS P5QL Pro mb

Thanks in advance

drumdogg · 7 Dec 2010 at 11:59

I have just been playing around an set the FSB to 415, FSB strap to NB to 400GHz and left DRAM freq at Auto and i have got it stable.

Not even sure if this is the correct way but it seems to be stable with Prime95.

drumdogg · 7 Dec 2010 at 12:27

Think I will invest in some PC-8500 RAM

Would that allow my CPU to clock more?

drumdogg · 7 Dec 2010 at 16:32

Ok thanks a lot that's making sense now

thanks for the help. Will go shopping for some RAM now haha