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Putting this as descriptive as possible... I recently ordered an Intel E8500 3.16Ghz from Newegg with a custom Heatsink and Fan(Thermaltake). I also recently bought some of Crucial's Ballistix Tracer memory (DDR2 800Mhz at 6400 stock).
On my P5B Asus motherboard, with my old processor(E6400 2.13Ghz) I had everything finely set, could mess around with ram timings and make sure that my ram was set correctly timed to what the manufacturer labeled it as.
Once I put in my E8500, the first thing that happened was normal, my Motherboard recognized a new CPU and asked if I wanted to configure it myself or set default values. Of course I didn't want to reset the timings for the ram it had before because it was the same ram and had the same timings, so I just told it to save changes and exit. Upon this action, the computer attempted to reboot, but did not post, causing me to think that the CPU was not working. I unplugged the power and let the motherboard reset itself, allowing me to reconnect to the Bios via the POST page. This time I told it to use default values and it booted fine. I did notice it said "Overclock Failed, Please place settings to default" but I am not interested in overclocking it.
Now that gives and idea of what my past 2 days have been like, but now here is the issue. Before I put the E8500 in my motherboard, my ram could be set to its correct timings and frequency (800Mhz at 6400 with the timing 4-4-4-12) and I had no issue. Now when I have my E8500 in the motherboard, it defaulted(because I told it to so I could get the machine running) to 667Mhz at 5300. I knew this wasn't right and tried to change it, but to my surprise, when I went to up the Mhz frequency to 800, it wasn't 800 anymore. It is now 833Mhz. I currently have it set to 833 at 6700, since I do not want to underclock the ram. Is this fine to do to the ram or am I risking its life-span?
Also, when I go to change the timings to 4-4-4-12, my bios reboots the computer and won't POST. I do the power cord removal and wait and replug to get the POST to return, and I get the same message that says "Overclock Failed!" The settings on the memory now(for the timings) is off of the manufacturer's presets. I tested the computer with World in Conflict today and it ran flawlessly for around 6 hours. Any idea if I am potentially harming my system? If this is fine then I'll live with it, but I usually like having all of my settings to be set correctly to the manufacturer's presets so the life-span of all my goodies is as long as intended.
Pre-thanks for the help
[To elaborate on my concern/question (and to prevent you from having to read most of the above paragraph) I'll discuss what my concern for the RAM is.]
Before I put in the E8500, my RAM Frequency options were 533/667/800.
After I put my E8500 in, my RAM Frequency options are 667/833/1033.
When the RAM is set to auto, it defaults to 533. I personally want my ram to run at its potential, so I put it at 833; the RAM itself is DDR2 800Mhz 6400. Is it damaging to the RAM to run it 33Mhz over its stock setting?
On my P5B Asus motherboard, with my old processor(E6400 2.13Ghz) I had everything finely set, could mess around with ram timings and make sure that my ram was set correctly timed to what the manufacturer labeled it as.
Once I put in my E8500, the first thing that happened was normal, my Motherboard recognized a new CPU and asked if I wanted to configure it myself or set default values. Of course I didn't want to reset the timings for the ram it had before because it was the same ram and had the same timings, so I just told it to save changes and exit. Upon this action, the computer attempted to reboot, but did not post, causing me to think that the CPU was not working. I unplugged the power and let the motherboard reset itself, allowing me to reconnect to the Bios via the POST page. This time I told it to use default values and it booted fine. I did notice it said "Overclock Failed, Please place settings to default" but I am not interested in overclocking it.
Now that gives and idea of what my past 2 days have been like, but now here is the issue. Before I put the E8500 in my motherboard, my ram could be set to its correct timings and frequency (800Mhz at 6400 with the timing 4-4-4-12) and I had no issue. Now when I have my E8500 in the motherboard, it defaulted(because I told it to so I could get the machine running) to 667Mhz at 5300. I knew this wasn't right and tried to change it, but to my surprise, when I went to up the Mhz frequency to 800, it wasn't 800 anymore. It is now 833Mhz. I currently have it set to 833 at 6700, since I do not want to underclock the ram. Is this fine to do to the ram or am I risking its life-span?
Also, when I go to change the timings to 4-4-4-12, my bios reboots the computer and won't POST. I do the power cord removal and wait and replug to get the POST to return, and I get the same message that says "Overclock Failed!" The settings on the memory now(for the timings) is off of the manufacturer's presets. I tested the computer with World in Conflict today and it ran flawlessly for around 6 hours. Any idea if I am potentially harming my system? If this is fine then I'll live with it, but I usually like having all of my settings to be set correctly to the manufacturer's presets so the life-span of all my goodies is as long as intended.
Pre-thanks for the help
[To elaborate on my concern/question (and to prevent you from having to read most of the above paragraph) I'll discuss what my concern for the RAM is.]
Before I put in the E8500, my RAM Frequency options were 533/667/800.
After I put my E8500 in, my RAM Frequency options are 667/833/1033.
When the RAM is set to auto, it defaults to 533. I personally want my ram to run at its potential, so I put it at 833; the RAM itself is DDR2 800Mhz 6400. Is it damaging to the RAM to run it 33Mhz over its stock setting?