Hi, I hope I'm posting in the right section.
I have 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 2048 PC6400 in my system timed at 4-4-4-12 2.1v. It gets the job done....but I also want to overclock my CPU further. It's an e6420 and currently it's clocked at 3.2Ghz. My motherboard is the hybrid 650i from Asus (P5N32-E SLI Plus).
I've upped the voltage of my vcore to 1.4, HT to 1.35, NB to 1.5, SB at 1.5, LDT to x4, spread spectrums all off. I'm running FSB unlinked at 1600 and RAM at default 800 for a 1:1 setup.
I cannot go any higher. The system will not even POST unless I take the FSB back down to 1600 (400).
I'm still fairly new to the OC game and I advice and or opinions from you, the enthusiast community. Is the RAM holding me back? Shall I loosen the timings to say 5-5-5-18, keep the voltage 2.1v and upp the freq. on the RAM? If that is indeed what I should try, shall I try to keep it at 1:1? I have heard of people saying that my memory can go up to 1000Mhz easy on loose timings but that's from the reviewers on Newegg.com :roll: Please advise! Thanks.
I have 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 2048 PC6400 in my system timed at 4-4-4-12 2.1v. It gets the job done....but I also want to overclock my CPU further. It's an e6420 and currently it's clocked at 3.2Ghz. My motherboard is the hybrid 650i from Asus (P5N32-E SLI Plus).
I've upped the voltage of my vcore to 1.4, HT to 1.35, NB to 1.5, SB at 1.5, LDT to x4, spread spectrums all off. I'm running FSB unlinked at 1600 and RAM at default 800 for a 1:1 setup.
I cannot go any higher. The system will not even POST unless I take the FSB back down to 1600 (400).
I'm still fairly new to the OC game and I advice and or opinions from you, the enthusiast community. Is the RAM holding me back? Shall I loosen the timings to say 5-5-5-18, keep the voltage 2.1v and upp the freq. on the RAM? If that is indeed what I should try, shall I try to keep it at 1:1? I have heard of people saying that my memory can go up to 1000Mhz easy on loose timings but that's from the reviewers on Newegg.com :roll: Please advise! Thanks.