what board are you getting? it depends on sandybridge cpu or ib,x79 will have better clocking potential and z77 even better
thats with 8gb using 2600k and asus z68 v pro,if i throw in my other 8gb kit to make 16gb i need to raise dram voltage from 1.55v to 1.625v,im guessing that mixed batch numbers arnt helping idk
ok thanks, will start on my cpu today.
to be honest it doesn't really matter either way - but always only clock one element and test, before testing both together otherwise you've no idea whats unstable the RAM or CPU.Clock the CPU first to see how high she goes with stock ram. Then set the CPU to stock and see how far the ram gooes. Lastly find the best combination of the two. With IB and SB processors, CPU MHz makes much more difference than RAM MHz. Once you go past 1600MHz on the ram there is little real world gain. Going from 1600MHz to 2133MHz gives me about 1-2% overall system gains. That's about the same as going from 4.9GHz to 5GHz on the CPU.
