Simply put. Help me overclock this Corsair XMS2! [PC = p4 520, Asus P5-QPL AM, 1x2gB XMS2. Other specs dont matter!]
Story, that i will try to keep short:
1: So went like last year to get some parts. I am a Corsair fan to the end! but my luck wasn't good that day and i couldn't find either the xms2 or even the Value rams of Corsair. So bought Kingston value rams.
2: When came to overclocking. It was just a matter of increasing multi's. Was a piece of cake! RAMs (2x1gb) at 940 and proc at 3.3 which was good blend of required power and heat factor. So it was a sweet spot. Prime95, memtest86+ etc etc. Everything showed that PC was as normal as it can be.
3: Definitely felt gain with 500mhz of OC .
4: So few months ago, went and bought xms2 FINALLY!
5: When came to overclocking... FAIL!
6: It failed working on the previous spec. Even 1mhz increment and BSOD!
6.5: Good to note: I even got a BSOD with settings on stock but manually through BIOS. So threw them to auto and everything is fine.
7: With same settings (940 RAM), i changed the timing (as suggested by some user at other forum) to 6-6-6 next being the stock 18. He/she said that its about the mobo's mhc . ha i asked then why is it working on stock ? No answer...
8: Worked but wasn't stable. I now have no time to be running memtests and prime95's! So didn't bother. Now after using for awhile or some days when i went to shutdown, there was an error of explorer.exe etc.
9: Threw everything at stock and everything was fine.
10: Now i am siting sad from the time i bought this RAM! How can Corsair be like this! This is such a shame! But thankfully i read that these rams are actually great and people have overclocked it to weeeasy 1000mhz. Now where the hell are those people when i need help!
11: So after reading some xms2 user guides i tried messing with voltage. Yes my board has voltage control . Went till 2.01 but lulz 'BAD_POOl_HEADER'... BSOD YEAH!
12: Everything at stock now, AGAIN!.
Now please guys help me! But please dont forward me to some stupid {expletive} guides! I have read them all but lets say i went to sleep reading them, and will again .
{Expletive} THESE TROLLS! . First when i asked this question somewhere else, i got trolled so bad .
1: Don't tell me to upgrade'! I will in November but in that mean time i am playing some games in which i need some processing power. I am pretty sure i can get 5fps at least so i really need them. Lets say you dont believe me, but believe me here when i say that i am not able to watch a video encoded at 1440x1078 at stock fluidly while on 3.3 its mince meat. So yeah need those few more MHz.
2: I have seen a guy with a quad having these bad boys at 900mhz on 2.0V. Hell i will push them to 2.4 if it has too. That's the max my board can go too.
3: I am total amateur when it comes to ram timings.
Now this community should help me achieve what i want! For the name sake . Hell most of you should have used these rams! Shake your head abit and tell me what you did.
Story, that i will try to keep short:
1: So went like last year to get some parts. I am a Corsair fan to the end! but my luck wasn't good that day and i couldn't find either the xms2 or even the Value rams of Corsair. So bought Kingston value rams.
2: When came to overclocking. It was just a matter of increasing multi's. Was a piece of cake! RAMs (2x1gb) at 940 and proc at 3.3 which was good blend of required power and heat factor. So it was a sweet spot. Prime95, memtest86+ etc etc. Everything showed that PC was as normal as it can be.
3: Definitely felt gain with 500mhz of OC .
4: So few months ago, went and bought xms2 FINALLY!
5: When came to overclocking... FAIL!
6: It failed working on the previous spec. Even 1mhz increment and BSOD!
6.5: Good to note: I even got a BSOD with settings on stock but manually through BIOS. So threw them to auto and everything is fine.
7: With same settings (940 RAM), i changed the timing (as suggested by some user at other forum) to 6-6-6 next being the stock 18. He/she said that its about the mobo's mhc . ha i asked then why is it working on stock ? No answer...
8: Worked but wasn't stable. I now have no time to be running memtests and prime95's! So didn't bother. Now after using for awhile or some days when i went to shutdown, there was an error of explorer.exe etc.
9: Threw everything at stock and everything was fine.
10: Now i am siting sad from the time i bought this RAM! How can Corsair be like this! This is such a shame! But thankfully i read that these rams are actually great and people have overclocked it to weeeasy 1000mhz. Now where the hell are those people when i need help!
11: So after reading some xms2 user guides i tried messing with voltage. Yes my board has voltage control . Went till 2.01 but lulz 'BAD_POOl_HEADER'... BSOD YEAH!
12: Everything at stock now, AGAIN!.
Now please guys help me! But please dont forward me to some stupid {expletive} guides! I have read them all but lets say i went to sleep reading them, and will again .
{Expletive} THESE TROLLS! . First when i asked this question somewhere else, i got trolled so bad .
1: Don't tell me to upgrade'! I will in November but in that mean time i am playing some games in which i need some processing power. I am pretty sure i can get 5fps at least so i really need them. Lets say you dont believe me, but believe me here when i say that i am not able to watch a video encoded at 1440x1078 at stock fluidly while on 3.3 its mince meat. So yeah need those few more MHz.
2: I have seen a guy with a quad having these bad boys at 900mhz on 2.0V. Hell i will push them to 2.4 if it has too. That's the max my board can go too.
3: I am total amateur when it comes to ram timings.
Now this community should help me achieve what i want! For the name sake . Hell most of you should have used these rams! Shake your head abit and tell me what you did.
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