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kt926

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I need help overclocking my PC. I have a Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 mobo, OCZ Reaper HPC 4 x 2GB DDR2 1066 (PC2-8500) Ram, Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz with FSB 1333, EVGA 01G-P3-N869-AR GeForce 9600GT 1GB PCI-X 2.0 video card, and Xion 1000W power supply. The only thing I want to overclock is my Ram. Does anyone know the BIOS layout of my gigabyte mobo to know what settings I need to overclock my Ram for stable settings?
 
In order to OC only the RAM at an FSB of 333 MHz, you would need to use the 200 / 667 (3:5 NB strap) divider, which equates to a DRAM freq. of 1110 MHz. And of course without raising the FSB, which in turn would OC the CPU, a 333 / 1066 (5:8 NB strap) divider will run the RAM at 1065 MHz... which is the divider used when the NB strap is set to Auto.

Code:
CPU Clock Ratio: 9
CPU Frequency: 2997 MHz
CPU Host Clock Control: Enable
CPU Host Frequency(Mhz): 333 MHz 
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz): 100 MHz
C.I.A.2: Disable
Performance Enhance: Standard
System Memory Multiplier (SPD): 3.33
Memory Frequency(Mhz): 1108 MHz

Being able to run 4 x 2GB sticks of RAM that's rated for 1066 MHz at 1108 MHz is going to be quite difficult, but the 3:5 divider results in the closest frequency to the default of 1066 MHz.
 
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