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overclocking E8400 w/DFI LT x48

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I was able to get the cpu to do 4.2G fairly easily, getting over that proved very difficult though, wasn't able to hit 4.3. I read posts of people getting 500 fsb, but I couldn't get it that high, I even followed a guide on anandtech that says how to get 500 fsb w/ this board, the settings wouldn't work at 4.3 though, they were using a pretty low vcore too, I didn't get it.

So I can get 4.2 stable (haven't tested for a long time yet), but my memory has to run at ~945, or I can get 4.0 with dram at 1069. with 4.2 the closest i could get w/o going under 1066 was ~1154, which threw tons of errors in memtest. this memory doesn't seem to want to go over 1066 at all, even with dram v at almost 2.2. does anyone who has this memory get over 1066? i have my trd set at 8.

My question is, is it better to have the memory set as high as i can get it, at 1069, w/ the processor running at 4.0, or to have the processor at 4.2 yet sacrificing some mem bandwidth by running it at ~945??
 
I would suggest you to run benchmarks like pcmark or sandra to compare 2 different setting.
Numbers don't lie.
In real life it doesn't really matter that much. I'll pick the most stable setting.
 
H911 said:
I would suggest you to run benchmarks like pcmark or sandra to compare 2 different setting.
Numbers don't lie.
In real life it doesn't really matter that much. I'll pick the most stable setting.
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yeah, that'd prob be the first scenario w/ 4.0/1069, since 4.2 was on the fringe, that's what i was going to go with. at this point i just want to get it stable too, 4.0 is pretty sweet, i like overclocking a lot, for fun, and mostly the performance gain, but at a point, it's enough already and i just want to get on with some games or something.
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