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king_alcohol
09-21-08, 11:34 AM
Hey

Trying to do my first overclock here.

I have a E8500 and a P5Q-E board and i already ordered some corsair 2x2gb 1066 memory kit and im waiting for it to arrive, but it take like 10 days or even more i think, since i bought them from another country.

Until then im using a kingston 2x1gb pc5300 667mhz memories that i took from my previus computer and wanted to do some overclock with it.

So, the memory frequency will raise as i raise the cpu FSB ? As default it is 333mhz with 9.5 multiplier at full load.

What should i do ? Is there a way to lock the memory frequency at 667mhz (what happens if i ser DRAM Frequency to 667mhz and CPU FSB to 400mhz)?3.8ghz is my goal, so should just try to overclock the memories to 800mhz ?

Or am i completly lost in those things i said ? lol

Thanks a lot

smokie mcpott
09-21-08, 11:49 AM
there should be an option in your jumper free configuration in BIOS to force the ram to run at whatever speed you like while you increase the FSB on your CPU