X38-DS4 overclock limit already?

jambus · 20 Apr 2008 at 23:05

Check my signature for specs. Basically, my ram can only take 800 Mhz while my CPU I reckon can take 3.8 GHz easy, however, I can't underclock my RAM enough to push the CPU that far, I am being stopped at 3.6, by this time even on the minimum multiplier for the ram it's at 800 MHz... anyone got any ideas?

jambus · 21 Apr 2008 at 08:53

I'm not really sure about the ram, however I don't know if this'll solve the problem, if I push up the FSB more, again I'll have to overclock the RAM as I can't reduce it's multiplier anymore :S

jambus · 21 Apr 2008 at 21:54

Roughly how much should I slacken timings bearing in mind my RAM is CAS-4... should I lower to 55515?

jambus · 22 Apr 2008 at 21:58

many thanks GT, the 55515 worked fine for me, just running orthos on 3.8 now ^^ Will update with progress tomorrow.

jambus · 23 Apr 2008 at 15:25

Great news, the overclock worked, managed to push the CPU up to 3.85 with the ram overclocked, abit but not too much. The timings are on 55515 and it's all orthos stable for 19 hours. Many thanks for the help GT