General info.

[oxide7]

Im still a bit new to overclocking, and I read the tutorial, but I have a few questions.

1st, the Idea as I understand is to get the FSB to RAM ration to be 1:1, yes?

So currently at stock my e6400 is running 266, and my ram is DDR6400 which runs at 400.

So would i want my ram to slow down to 266 for best result, or my CPU up to 400, or even for both of them to be a matching at some number in between?

now i understand how to get exact number from the FSB, just type it in, but for memory its all about timing, are there specific calculation that get me the freq I need?

I think thats all i want to know right now.

Thanks.

 

[Assman]

basically you got the right idea, if you're shooting for 400fsb oc with ddr2 6400 ram than you can run your ram @ stock speed, timings and voltage (note when i say stock i mean manually enter in bios your speed timing and voltage from your ram's spec sheet, do not enable SPD detection), just oc your cpu gradually, checking stability/temps with prime95, orthos etc.

 

[oxide7]

If i cant get the CPU up to 400, should i then lower the ram a little or leave it?

 

[Assman]

leave it @ stock that is 400mhz (or ddr2 800)