Ram Timings Lower Or Raise FSB

No reason to put the Arctic Cooler to waste. If you aren't familiar with overclocking, read the OC stickies and the Temp guide by Computronix.

I would at least run that chip at 378x9 to get to 3.4GHz, start at 356x9 and check temps. You should eventually be able to run a 2.4 mem. multiy @ 356. That will OC your RAM to 854 which shouldn't be a problem. You might even be able to drop to 4,4,4,12 at that if you increase the DDR Voltage. I don't know what that RAMs valtage is rated at but I run my Kingston Hyper X at 2.4V and it's only rated for 2.2V

If you don't want to OC the RAM, just run your chip at 400x9, 1:1, Mem freq. 800. Might take some time and knowledge to get there but it's doable.

Just make sure you follow the Temp guide so you can monitor temps accurately while running PRIME. You'll be getting a lot more advice soon. If you want the most out of your gear, just be patient.

About the question of memory timings vs memory speed. As a note to keep in your mind and to give further proof to Toms who I think mentioned this in an article. I ran my FSB at 800Mhz. And then at 1000Mhz. Both were using the very synthetic benchmark 3DMark06, which would take advantage of just bigger numbers although in reality it may not give any gain. Anyways the difference between the two was literally nothing noticeable, the scores were practically identical. I would suggest running lower timings if possible (I am now 4-4-4-12 with tRD 8) Now I have read articles but have yet to do the right testing to see if lowering the tRD settings improves FPS. There were tests done by a reviewer who's site I forget, but by simply decreasing the tRD value, he gained upwards of 3~4fps in certain games. Even if it didn't work for all games that a nice little boost for little to no effort. But remember even with everything considered, having the higher freq/low latency's in reality hardly prove way better compared to lower settings, especially if your system is giving you a hard time with the higher freq/lower latency's.