I am new to overclocking and through following the guide on this site, and by reading around some of the posts believe I have overclocked my system.
I am using an E6750 and a Gigbyte DS3 board and 2gb of Corsair XMS 6400 DDR2 RAM. At stock, the values are 8 x 333 = 2667mhz and the memory multiplier set to 2.4 to give 800MHZ (1:1).
Reading around the guides, it is recommended that you max out your CPU first before overclocking the RAM by reducing the memory multiplier. However I am currently running 8 x 450 - 3600mhz and the memory multiplier at its lowest option (2) giving me 900MHZ.
Is there a way of reducing the memory multiplier further so I can just concentrate on CPU or am I worrying about nothing?
Also as the mhz of the RAM is increasing, I am seeing that the timing values (in CPU-z) are also increasing (which i assume means its running slower). Where do you recommend I stop increasing the FSB so as to get the best balance from CPU overclock versus running memory at a less advantageous setting? I suppose what I am asking is does extra CPU speed net more benefit than a lower CPU speed and more favourable RAM settings?
Sorry for the long post and thanks for the help!
I am using an E6750 and a Gigbyte DS3 board and 2gb of Corsair XMS 6400 DDR2 RAM. At stock, the values are 8 x 333 = 2667mhz and the memory multiplier set to 2.4 to give 800MHZ (1:1).
Reading around the guides, it is recommended that you max out your CPU first before overclocking the RAM by reducing the memory multiplier. However I am currently running 8 x 450 - 3600mhz and the memory multiplier at its lowest option (2) giving me 900MHZ.
Is there a way of reducing the memory multiplier further so I can just concentrate on CPU or am I worrying about nothing?
Also as the mhz of the RAM is increasing, I am seeing that the timing values (in CPU-z) are also increasing (which i assume means its running slower). Where do you recommend I stop increasing the FSB so as to get the best balance from CPU overclock versus running memory at a less advantageous setting? I suppose what I am asking is does extra CPU speed net more benefit than a lower CPU speed and more favourable RAM settings?
Sorry for the long post and thanks for the help!