Overclocking Shizzle

marc69 · 4 Mar 2008 at 19:22

Hey Guys,

I've been messing about with overclocking for a bit and ive managed to get my Q6600 at 3ghz running stable.

Also overclocked my graphics card which is also running well.

My main problem at the moment is the RAM timings, the RAM is supposed to run at 4-4-4-12 but i cant get it to run at this. Maybe i need to change the FSB

RAM ratio? (Clueless about this bit)

The NB volts i set to 1.4 (Only way to get my CPU stable)
I also tried to run the ram at 2.0v but to no avail.

Screenshot of CPU-Z screens showing some info http://i30.tinypic.com/2wly33a.jpg

marc69 · 4 Mar 2008 at 20:57

Its in the screen shot mate "333*9"

marc69 · 4 Mar 2008 at 21:49

@ Rob : Yes thats the only way i know how to change them

@ Fish : The ram i have is the ultra low latency stuff, ill have a look on the box in a bit and see what its recommends (Dont want to over volt it)

Cheers

marc69 · 5 Mar 2008 at 15:29

lo guys,

Ive changed the Volts to 2.2v which is within the recommended values and dropped the latencys to what they should be.

Yet im confused, when i run CPUZ it tells me that the voltage is 1.8.

Screenies below:

http://i32.tinypic.com/24mg55j.jpg

(Yet to stress test so ill give that a blast in a minute)

Cheers

marc69 · 5 Mar 2008 at 15:47

Hey,

So i ran 3dmark 06 with the ram running at 2.2v (In bios) and got a black screen forcing me to restart. I ran it with the ram at 2.3v(In bio) and got: http://i32.tinypic.com/2qx3xx4.jpg

Clueless atm guys, any help is great

marc69 · 5 Mar 2008 at 18:10

Ah ok, fair enough then.

Still cant get the latency's low and stable, think changing the FSB

RAM ratio would do anything? (Dont even know how to do this) and would this decrease synthetic benchmarks scores?

Cheers

marc69 · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:37

Aye rams still running at 800mhz

marc69 · 5 Mar 2008 at 20:55

The ram seems to be fitted perfectly, running in dual channel also so the slots are correct.

Just been tinkering and now when i log onto windows i get registry errors and various other crap. Most likely not related to tinkering but should keep me busy.

Still cant get the ram at those latencys though

Cheers

marc69 · 6 Mar 2008 at 18:52

Yeah ill try dropping the CPU overclock and seeing if the latencys work then.

As far as the ratio goes, as i said im clueless about this

I tried running memtest and no errors were found.

You say try dropping the multiplier and then what upping the FSB so i get the clock speed back?

Elaborate please

Cheers