So with my new parts that I received for Christmas, I am finally able to overclock my processor. Not going crazy at the start I am only going up in 10MHz increments and running Prime95 and SuperPi for 15-30 minutes to test stability. Now I have done nothing to alter any ratios or any RAM frequencies in the BIOS but when I check CPU-z it reports my DRAM frequencies at 465MHz with FSB:DRAM ratio at 2:3. Now I have done a bit of reading on overclocking before even starting so I know that the FSB is reliant on the clock speed of the RAM. Now I have 800MHz DDR2 ram (400MHz ddr) and I am worried that I might be pushing the RAM too far above its rated speed.
Specs:
Mobo: GA-EP45-UD3P
Ram: G. Skill PC2-6400
-CAS latency of 5 t
-Timing of 5-5-5-15
Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 GHz (OC'ed to 2.48 GHz)
Are these speeds getting to excessive?
Should I change the ration to 1:1 or 3:4?
Would it allow for a better OC if I set the FSB:DRAM at 1:1?
I look forward to any and all help because I don't want to burn out my RAM. It is stable right now and the temps are well below 40C under load so I don't believe that should be an issue.
You probably won't fry your ram unless you set the voltage too high. It seems that you have some pretty good ram if it's still stable at those frequencies. If it starts crashing on you when you overclock the cpu further just set the ratio to 1:1, ram frequency being higher than fsb doesn't bring any big performance boost anyway.
Set your ram manually to it's specified speed. Lower the latencies, not raise the frequency.
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