Overclocking Ram

Jay85

Jay85

Jay85

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Hey,

I asked you a long time ago about overclocking my ram but it was on a very limited board. i now have a MvG board and the Corsair Dominator Platinum 1600mhz 8gb kit and wondering if you can help me overclock it further than the XMP profile?

i have an overclocked i5 3570K atm which is clocked to 4.7ghz.


Thanks!
 
Yes I sure can.

Try this for 2133mhz

Remove CPU overclock.
VCCIO 1.1
VCCSA 1.1
DRAM 1.65

Then down the Dram page set the following and report back.
10-12-11-28 1T, auto, 6, 196,Auto,16,10,30,10,6,8.

Disable MRC reboot fast.

Now memtest 86 from USB stick and do prime for twenty on blend.

Then try 9-11-10-28 1T as primarys with the secondarys the same and report back!!! Then we adjust again.
 
I get an error while its trying to boot. The motherboard code reads 55


Edit: Just checked and error 55 means memory not installed :S
 
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Error 55 means the IMC on teh CPu is able to reach the frequency your trying to boot at but the RAM settings need tweaking.

Try the 9-11-10 at 1866mhz and 2000mhz. If this does not work post back a bios screen of all your RAM settings at 1600mhz.
 
Thank you 8pack, im at work at the moment so will get back to you later when i get in.



How will this overclock affect my cpu overclock? I got 4.7ghz stable using manual over volting (couldn't work offset as it kept crashing and bsod'ing when stress testing) and would like to keep my 4.7ghz overclocking if possible.
 
Hey!


I tried those timings with the settings you gave me before and still no go. I get the "55" error code.


Here are my XMP settings as requested:



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Did you remove the CPU overclock before trying to overclock the RAM this is essential as then you know if its RAM or just the CPU frequency thats causing incorrect training of the Dimms.

I have the 1866mhz kit here and it does 2400mhz+ easy on 1.65v. I dont have that kit though but I am guessing its just lower binned stuff.

Reset Bios then, Lets try 2000mhz and 2133mhz

Go initailly Maximus Tweak Mode 1, 11-11-11-31 2T Latency Boundary 14. Try and boot at those frequencys. Use the voltages previously suggested.

Then try 10-11-11-31 2T Latency Boundary 14.

Then 9-11-11-31 2T LB 14 and post back.

This is not easy for me because I dont have those specific sticks here at home but I am guessing they are Samsung IC from the XMP settings.
 
I did, i reset to optimised defaults and then went ahead and started to apply the settings by which after i couldn't post.

I'll try at those settings now and see how i go. Overclocking is so much harder than cou overclock lol
 
Hmmm


I just did the timings you suggested at 2133 and 2000 with Maximus Tweak Mode 1, 11-11-11-31 2T Latency Boundary 14

and.... still error 55.


Do i use the secondary timings you suggested at the start or leave those on auto? and MRC reboot fast disable or enable?



starting to feel i have some crappy sticks of ram here or my cpu isn't letting me do it.
 
Its not the CPU at 55. Its the RAM. 23 is CPU controller cant make the frequency.

Ok lets see if the RAM truly cant do the frequency.

Boot. reset bios. Go into the RAM profiles section select RAW MHZ profile. Save and reboot. See if you get into bios with the RAM at 1.65v. If not the sticks will not do what your wanting. Remember they are not crap sticks they are running as they are expected to at 1600mhz. Overcocking is a bonus not a given. If the better binned chips go into the 1866 kit. I cant say I am totally surprised we are getting nowhere fast here. The 1866 do 2400 easy for 24/7 cas 10 and cas 9 at bench voltages.
 
Okay gonna give that a shot now.


If the ram can't do it, i may consider buying some higher frequency ram for overclocking.



Have you tested the G.skill Trident 2400mhz kit?
 
Okay so i just loaded up the profile, rebooted, went into bios fine. Then manually set dram volage to 1.65v cos it was still on auto and rebooted again and now im in windows.


What does this mean??
 
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