How does one utilize DDR2 1200 PC9600?

[Intelman07]

I have a set of HyperX PC9600 (KHX9600D2K2/2G) that I just found out are rated at 1.2Ghz. I have the Asus P5E using the latest non beta bios and was wondering how the hell does one get their memory up that high. I tried selecting DDR2 1200 in the bios, but then it wouldn't boot (I set the voltages to 2.3 as it said).

I've since set it to DDR 800 and increased my Front Side Bus to 378 so, it is like DDR 900 something. Nothing other than a 1:1 ratio seems to work, is this normal?

Thanks!

(I was so ignorant because I didn't really pay attention to the memory in this PC, I won it from Microsoft's student developer site)

 

[n7]

How?

By overclocking.

That RAM is really not designed for the average overclocker either.

Getting it to run @ 600 MHz won't likely be a piece of cake.

You mention 378 is your FSB?

You need to understand what ratio to use.

Based on 9x378, if you were to choose the 2:3 ratio, that'd put it at 567 MHz, or DDR2-1134.

That's likely your best bet.

 

[Intelman07]

I suppose I was being a bit ambitious, I can't seem to get it to run at DDR2 1134, but it will run at DDR2 1007, which I guess is the divider right below that. I am at 2.3V, I could bump up to 2.35, but I am really not too concerned if this isn't going to give me much of a performance boost.

I do not know if this is the placebo effect or not, but my windows boot time seems snappier starting at the welcome screen and continuing to the desktop load. I could push the CPU furhur as well, I'm sure, but once again how much performance will that really bring?

I encode a lot of videos, I do a lot of engineering drawing in Autodesk Inventor for school, I do gaming, so to an extent everything would be helped I'm sure.

What are your thoughts? How much of a difference should 3.4Ghz vs 3.0 and DDR2 800 vs DDR2 1007 make?