Overclocking mem, any point?

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Never done it before, do you get much gain out of it?

I've currently got:

E6600 @ 3.2 (400x8)
P35c DS3R
4GB (4x1) DDR2 GeiL Ulta 6400 @ 800 (5-5-5-15)
 
Hello dokko, you could try overclocking your E6600 a bit further which in itself would start overclocking your memory. In all honesty though, just overclocking your memory, I would be surprised if you could notice the difference in day to day tasks. :)
 
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Fire Wizard said:
Hello dokko, you could try overclocking your E6600 a bit further which would in itself would start overclocking your memory. In all honesty though, just overclocking your memory, I would be surprised if you could notice the difference in day to day tasks. :)
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Then i wont bother. Its stable so i should be grateful really.

1st time i'ver ever overclocked anything, had a right faff on getting this stable, thought it was my mobo, turned out to be faulty memory, and the reason why i;ve now got 4gb of the stuff due to RMA.

Its at 3.2 with stock volts, don't really want to push it any further, although i know this chip does 3.6 on air quite comfortably with a bit extra voltage.
 
Fire Wizard said:
Hey dokko, if you are happy with your overclock and the system performs all of the tasks that you do reasonably well then keep it as it is. :)
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Yeah i suppose i am, could do with a bit more oomph when gaming, should really think about overclocking my 8800GTS 512, but i just bought it and i'm a bit scared of doing any damage since i've heard a few horror stories of pushing them already.
 
In my testing a while back, a good memory OC is worth from 2-5% in "some" tasks but not all. As noted, you won't see any significant gains until you get more CPU speed to make use of that extra memory bandwidth.
 
Maybe a couple of frames higher in games at the most but it's hard to notice. Why are you running 5-5-5-15 when it's capable of 4-4-4-12?
 
steve258 said:
Maybe a couple of frames higher in games at the most but it's hard to notice. Why are you running 5-5-5-15 when it's capable of 4-4-4-12?
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I dunno, i was told to.

:D

Should i set it at what you reckon? Would that make much difference and will that work ok for 4 sticks?
 
Only one way to find out :)

Try running some benchmarks to see the difference between 5-5-5-15 and 4-4-4-12, something like Everest or Sisoft Sandra will do.
 
Well i'm here!

4-4-4-12, although vista is now detecting a new device on start up.

Edit: Agh it was just my external having a paddy.
 
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