1866mhz to 1600mhz?

[madmeatballs]

So I have a 1090t AMD. I only get 1600mhz but I have a Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866 with timings of 9-10-9-27 on 1866. Can I adjust the timings lower since its running on 1600? I am a complete noob at overclocking.

heres the link to it just in case

 

[soulwatch5]

You probably could lower timing on it to 9-9-9-24 but just make sure you lower one setting at a time meaning try 9-9-9-27 then if that is stable start lowering the tRas (i think thats what thats called). Or you could just oc the system clock to oc the ram but this also oc's cpu, northbridge and hyperlink.

You should also check out this guild. There is a lot of great info there. Help with overclocking not only cpu but ram and nb.

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=555058

 

[madmeatballs]

Thanks! But what program do I use to see if its going to be stable? Prime?

 

[Bobnova]

HyperPi's 32m test is probably the best ram test out there.

9-9-9 might fly, 8-9-8 is worth trying also.

Have you bumped the CPU-NB voltage up yet? You'll probably need to in order to get 1866MHz ram speeds.