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NeilJames1978

NeilJames1978

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Hi there I join this forum because I have heard VERY good things about the general level of intelligence and technical expertise some of you hold, my question is probably a very simple one and any help would be greatly recieved. I have an asus rampage formula x48 motherboard of which I am currently enjoying an overclock from 2.66g to 3.2g on my q9450cpu. My question is this I have CCZ reaper 1066mhz ram (6g) but do not seem to be able to oerclock it. I would like to know how to run my cpu at 3.4g and my ram at 1066, (I have heard of many people acheving this), as I am currently saving for a new system and believe this overclock would breath a bit of "new life" into my system during this gap. I have overclocked using the auto level up option but get a bit lost when I switch to manual being overwhelmed with the options. I thank you in advance for your consideration!
 
the rampage formula (I used to have one) may not be overclocking the ram since it takes dual channel ram so running three dimms wouldn't produce as good results as running two because that would make the ram run in single channel. So have 4GB in dual channel would get you better performance than running 6GB in single.
 
The q9450 is a quad pumped 333MHz processor with a 1333 FSB.

You will need either to have a memory multiplier of about 3.2 to get 1066MHz from 333MHz or overclock the bus from 333 and use a different multiplier.

For example ramp the bus to 400MHz from 333MHz, use an 8x multi for the CPU (8 x 400 = 3200) and an 8/3 multi for the memory (8 x 400 / 3 = 1066).

This may work without altering any other settings than above, but make sure your PCI/PCIe frequency is fixed at 100 in the bios. I am not familiar with this motherboard, but may read up on it later.
 
Thank's for your reply NKATA, ok people after a helpfull instruction video from youtube I am now running at 3.4ghz stable. I have set the following in BIOS:
1: AI clock tuner=manual
2: CPU ratio setting=08.0
3:FSB frequency=425
4:PCIE frequency=100
5:CPU voltage=1.25v
6:loadline calibration=Enabled
8:RAM timings=5-5-5-15
9:RAM voltage=2.10v
I do have the option to run my ram at 850, 1021 or 1066mhz under the DRAM frequency, however if I choose anything other than 850 I get the blue screen madness, CPUZ is showing my ram as running at 425.0mhz does this mean it is actuall running at 850mhz (being ddr2)? and id so how can I get the full 1066mhz from it, help me obe wan you're my only hope!
 
NeilJames1978 said:
Thank's for your reply NKATA, ok people after a helpfull instruction video from youtube I am now running at 3.4ghz stable. I have set the following in BIOS:
1: AI clock tuner=manual
2: CPU ratio setting=08.0
3:FSB frequency=425
4:PCIE frequency=100
5:CPU voltage=1.25v
6:loadline calibration=Enabled
8:RAM timings=5-5-5-15
9:RAM voltage=2.10v
I do have the option to run my ram at 850, 1021 or 1066mhz under the DRAM frequency, however if I choose anything other than 850 I get the blue screen madness, CPUZ is showing my ram as running at 425.0mhz does this mean it is actuall running at 850mhz (being ddr2)? and id so how can I get the full 1066mhz from it, help me obe wan you're my only hope!
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It may be that the ram timings need slackening from CAS5 to CAS6 or even 7 to use 1066MHz. The voltage on DDR2 should not be much more than you have got already.

Yes, you are right, 425 is 850DDR and 533 would be 1066.

In fact the memory speed is probably not a huge issue on overall performance, but if you can get it working, why not.
 
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