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Hi, I know how to overclock cpu but haven't don't that yet. My computer started to get slow and using alot of ram so just bought 2gb gskill working with my 4gb ocz. Now my dram freq is 334.

I know nothing about it, I want to use overdrive for it. If anyone can help that'll be really nice dont want to fry my ram =(

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ok the first thing you will need is Memtest86+. This is a free program and will test your ram for stability.

In order to raise the ram frequency you need to raise the FSB/base clock rate/ referance clock rate. these all are the same just called something different. By raising this it will also increase every thing else's speed including the CPU, Ram and hyper-transport speed so watch your temps and speeds.

to counter this you can lower the multipliers for these till you find you max ram speed then OC each one at a time to get a stable OC.

After upping the referance clock you will need to test the ram each time for a minimum of 10 passes. Doing this will help insure a stable OC. Don't rush the testing! If you do you can end up with...
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ok the first thing you will need is Memtest86+. This is a free program and will test your ram for stability.

In order to raise the ram frequency you need to raise the FSB/base clock rate/ referance clock rate. these all are the same just called something different. By raising this it will also increase every thing else's speed including the CPU, Ram and hyper-transport speed so watch your temps and speeds.

to counter this you can lower the multipliers for these till you find you max ram speed then OC each one at a time to get a stable OC.

After upping the referance clock you will need to test the ram each time for a minimum of 10 passes. Doing this will help insure a stable OC. Don't rush the testing! If you do you can end up with an unstable OC and not know which part is causing it. It will take days if not weeks to find the maximum stable OC because of testing times.
 
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Do you know exactly how much do I raise everything? I know nothing of this sort, sad I know lol

I don't need anything high just a tad now to raise temps high, just a little boost. Atm my games been crashing and my browsers so it must be the ram, thats why I'm here to at least get to 400mhz or a little higher than that. That's the stock speed but its not even at stock lol.
 
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No the multiplier is different. The multiplier us the number of times you multiply the FSB. Example 200 FSB x 13 multiplier = 2600 MHz = 2.6 GHz . the reason I said lower the multiplier to start with is to keep you just OCing the ram. Example 205 FSB x 13 Multiplier = 2665 MHz = 2.665 GHz. as you can see the FSB also speeds up the CPU. This also effects teh Hyper transport speeds. If the North bridge's voltage can not handle the increase of the HT speed then that will error and shut down or BSOD the PC. Keeping the other components as close to stock or just under while trying to OC one part at a time will give you your stable OC of just that part.

Once you know the stable OC of all the parts you can put them together and test to see if the settings will be stable together and tweak as necessary to make them work together.

EDIT: have a note pad handy for numbers and notes.
 
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