question about cpu speed and ram

[haadij404]

i got my e6300 to 3.24ghz

the FSB is 1850

1850/4 = 462.5 x 7 = 3.24ghz

so my ram =

1850/2 = 925mhz

its rated for 800mhz at 5-5-5-15 timing. its super talent ram so not the most overclockable ram so i eased the timing to 6-6-6-16 to get to 925.

should i leave it like that or ease it down to 2.8ghz with a FSB of 1600 and ram at its native 800hmz?

thanks for any imput

 

[engiNURD]

Tweak the RAM... see if you can get it down to CL5. As for which speed you should run it at, leave it on one setting for a week and test it out. The next week, try the other setting. See which one you think is faster. I'm betting the one with the higher clock speed will be faster even though the CAS Latency is 6.

 

[haadij404]

Tweak the RAM... see if you can get it down to CL5. As for which speed you should run it at, leave it on one setting for a week and test it out. The next week, try the other setting. See which one you think is faster. I'm betting the one with the higher clock speed will be faster even though the CAS Latency is 6.

Yeah, I'll try that. I'm going to run 3dmark06 at both speeds and timings and see which yields more performance.

I'm betting its going to be the faster clockspeed like you said.

 

[PC_User]

Yeah, I'll try that. I'm going to run 3dmark06 at both speeds and timings and see which yields more performance.

I'm betting its going to be the faster clockspeed like you said.

Make sure you also run MemTest+86 for a couple of hours to ensure that your memory/system are stable at the selected timings.