Overlocking gskill 1066 AND where to get 64bit memtest

[firefoxx04]

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

 

[firefoxx04]

i have memtest bootable on my usb drive. that takes care of that

i guess ill start messing around until someone comes in here and tells me what i should be looking for

 

[Cygnus x-1]

If it's hot to the touch at stock volts and speed you probably don't want to overclock them, at least not an overclock the requires more voltage.

What motherboard and chip are you running?

 

[firefoxx04]

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

 

[henydiah]

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

 

[Cygnus x-1]

It should be safe to go with a .5 over volt on them just make sure they stay cool.

 

[firefoxx04]

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.