how do I OC ram?

[Diogenes2]

Just a quick check that confirms the applications I use the most do not benefit very much if at all, from RAM speed increase..

Went from 1366 - 9 9 9 24 to 1600 - 9 9 9 24

Handbrake - DVD files from VOB to MP4 - 5 seconds faster in a ~four minute job.

DVD Shrink - no difference

Folding@Home - no difference

Would not post at 2133 with voltage at 1.5 ..

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Just a quick check that confirms the applications I use the most do not benefit very much if at all, from RAM speed increase..

Went from 1366 - 9 9 9 24 to 1600 - 9 9 9 24

Handbrake - DVD files from VOB to MP4 - 5 seconds faster in a ~four minute job.

DVD Shrink - no difference

Folding@Home - no difference

Would not post at 2133 with voltage at 1.5 ..

Good enough. Someone posted an earlier article from XBit with tests showing the sliver of difference at all latency settings between 1600, 1866, 2133 . . . .

So it's definitely "not worth the trouble" -- as I described the "trouble" I have with waiting for stress-tests. Where does that leave ME, though? I'm "that close" to certifying total stability, two kits or 4x4GB, ~1.5V at the 1866 setting for DDR3-1600 modules. Put another way, there's no reason for me to change the voltages (either RAM or VCCIO [currently at 1.10V]) just to drop BACK to 1600.

I'm not even sure, if I'd seen your results before I started down this path, that I wouldn't have done it anyway. Yet I'd tell others "not to bother" just the same . . . . :biggrin: