Does mean my corsair gaming ram can push to 847mhz no sweat? What's the safest limit?

u shouldnt change the pcie speed
else, ur video card might faster goin' kaput

then i should set back AUTO for the PCIE?

Just manually set it to 100mhz, that's the default PCIE speed.

yes i set to default 100mhz based on http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...48&hl=overclock

So is safe for my corsair gaming memory DDR2 800mhz 5-5-5-18 to run at 847mhz?

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Added on April 10, 2009, 8:51 pmBtw my northbridge heatsink is kind of warm during primetest95... is it normal to be warm?>

This post has been edited by jimmylim85: Apr 10 2009, 08:51 PM

its suppose to warm up during stress testing.

what i mean was, u can change any value in bios except the pcie value, some board default value was AUTO, while some 100mhz. just leave it 100 or if value auto, manually lock to 100

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CPU : Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9450 SLAWR
CPU clockspeed : 3.2Ghz
Motherboard : GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3
RAM model : GSKILL F2-6400CL5D
RAM capacity : 2GB X 2
RAM speed : 480MHz
RAM mode : Dual channel
Cooler : Xigmatek Red Scorpion + Crossbow Kit



This post has been edited by kilowatt: Apr 12 2009, 12:46 AM

the ram timing can be improve a bit.

try running it at 1000mhz @ 5-5-5-15

how eh bro

try 1000mhz@4-4-4-12 also...hehehe

Tighten it to 4-4-4-8, if can.

Or reduce the freq to say 950 and lower the timings to 4-4-4-8.

In benchies for DDR2, timings affect more than freq

is it possible with that ram???

sorry for noob question bro,

i dun have any cooling for my RAM..

can OC ka?....btw which 1 i safely can go?...kekekke..noob meh..

1000mhz @ 5-5-5-15 or
1000mhz@4-4-4-12 or
950mhz@4-4-4-8

...

Your ram can't go for 12-4-4-4 or 8-4-4-4 for that speed, even said that if u want to go for 1000mhz @ 15-5-5-5 u have to increase your ram voltage to 2.1, those guys are using high performance ram they can go for that setting or they are lucky they have a good ram chipset. you dont have to ask at what speed you can go for, you can always try yourself with trial n error becos every mobo n ram chipset performance is different morever there is nothing safe for oc, how to classified it's safe, safe mean it will con off. nobody can tell u when it will die or con off, only thing as always said take care of the temp. n voltage, just dont over do it.

This post has been edited by Dickong: Apr 12 2009, 02:44 PM

kekeke wokey bro...but ya...i do googling about my ram OC...most of it oc to 450-480Mhz max 500mhz...but they said up to 1k mhz =.=||...

but nevamind..plus i really new & dunno much about overclocking....

btw thx for ur explanation bro...i just go for Auto 1st ..

thx ya

the ram value is X2....so 500mhz = 500mhz X2 = 1000mhz...so that means your ram is 480 X2=960mhz

as for timings..im not sure what it does..but i put mine to 5-5-5-15 since the stock is 5-5-5-15 for dominators @ 2.1v

your rams seems to be able to handle it as well

guys, is it normal for northbridge P45 to run real hot? mine just using stock heatsink without fan. Any solution for this?

we never know... trial & error

how hot is hotttttt??
below 60 shud be ok
but i would still prefer it to run below 50 for daily usage