Im going to start messing with my memory settings. First things first, where can i get memtest 64bit and am i able to boot from a flash drive?
My ram is gkills ripjaw ddr3 (2 x 4GB dimms) 1066.
cpu z says they run at 533mhz, sounds right to me
stock timings are 7 7 7 18 1t @ 1.5v
not sure how i should go about this. im thinking of running them at 1333 with the same timings and seeing where that gets me. How far can i push the voltage on these? if they get hot to the touch, is this bad? I have decent air flow in the case (2 side fans but nothing dirrectly on the ram dimms)
Thanks for any suggestions guys.
edit:
full specs
Phenom x2 II 560 OCed to 4ghz (1.536volts when under load, 1.55 idle)
RIP jaw gskill 1066 ddr3 (4gb, i have another 4 that will go in once everything is stable)
ATI 4350
RAID MAX 530w psu.
Asus m4n75td
sorry, i should have listed my full specs. Ill edit the main post!
and btw, stock settings on ram does not leave them hot AT ALL. I did fail blend test today after about 4 hours, changed my memory to 8 8 8 24 with 1.5volts and ive been stable in blend for almost 6 hours. Mem is rated at 7 7 7 18 but maybe this is why asus put it to 8 8 8 24 when i first booted
For better no need compare stable ram with software memaxx2 : www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/MaxxMEM2.shtml
Just 3minutes You can compare it by self, cpu still under oc x data tranfer rates of ram in your system with cl7 , cl8 and cl9 . Take the best result of ram
downloaded that program. and ill try .5 volt over once i get my cpu OC figured out again.. failed large ffts in 4 hours so i need to work that out first.