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OC Noob Q: Lowered DRAM frequency

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September 1, 2014 12:27:01 PM

Hi,

Im new to overclocking, but seeing that we all have to start somewhere, I overclocked my fx8320 on my asrock 970 extr4 to 4ghz by increasing the multiplier to 20.

I ran the intelburntest for ten mins and the max temp on HWMON never exceeded 59.

I noticed on CPUZ that my DRAM Freq. had lowered from 800 to 400 (i have 8gb ddr3 1600). Will this adversely affect my computers performance in gaming and should I adjust it, or leave it as is? Also, why did this happen?

Im using a hypertx3 as cooler, not the best but a lot quieter than stock ;) 


Cheers,

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a c 424 K Overclocking
September 1, 2014 1:08:06 PM

Yes, run DRAM at it's full 1600 freq, running it slow slows down the overall system, it's not going to have any adverse affect on your OC
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September 1, 2014 1:10:28 PM

Hey,

Thanks for the feedback. How do I set my RAM to the original 800 dram frequency?

Cheers,
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a c 424 K Overclocking
September 1, 2014 1:15:10 PM

Different mobos use different approaches with DRAM - the most common on AMD mobos are look for DOCP, EOCP or XMP - enable whichever is there and select 1600
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September 1, 2014 1:30:12 PM

Hey,

Did as you said, and managed to set frequency to 1600. When set to auto it sets it 800 apparently (with overclock).

Funny thing though, when I OC to 4ghz I get this crackling sound when alt tabbing between programs which I dont get when I revert to stock 3,5ghz. Any ideas on that? Weird sounds freak me the F out.

Cheers and tnx for the help,

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a c 424 K Overclocking
September 1, 2014 1:57:04 PM

Not sure what that might be........
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