Bus speed or multiplier to OC?

[Srourg]

It is my first OC and I am lost:
Red that the Bus speed is the same for both RAM and CPU:

http://benchmarkreviews.com/in...8&limit=1&limitstart=4

If so my CPU has a Bus speed of 200 and a multiplier of 15 (stock config), does it mean that my RAMs are running at 200 x 2 (DDR2) = 400 Mhz istead of 800????

Shall I double the Bus = 400 and set the multiplier to 9 to have 3.6 Ghz coupled with 800 Mhz RAM?

I am willing to reach CPU: 3.6 to 3.8 and Ram 1066 on standard cooling can anybody help me on how to do it: NB, Vcore and RAM voltage????

Million Thx for the help.

 

[MustISO]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2057083&enterthread=y

 

[Srourg]

Thanks for the link... Very interesting for C2D owners but didn't find answers for my questions:

1- Can I oc my ram to 1066
2- if yes shall I increase my fsb from 200 to 400??

 

[Billb2]

1.) You can set it to be overclocked to whatever you want. Whether it will run at that speed is another question.
2.) There's a lot more to memory overclocking than just setting a speed.

You need to find a stickie somewhere, preferably about your motherboard.

 

[WildW]

RAM speed doesn't work the way you think it does. Take a quick look at Wikipedia here.

DDR2-800 does NOT run at 800MHz. The memory clock is 200MHz, the same as the default Athlon/Phenom Bus clock. i.e. with everything set to auto in your motherboard, the memory will run at its rated speed.

The name DDR2-800 refers to the "effective data rate" - its how fast you'd have to run non-DDR (no longer in use) to run at the same speed.

Do _not_ try and jump to 400 bus speed.

Do we not have an Athlon/Phenom overclocking guide stickied? Edit: yes we do, here.