HOW TO OC RAM (SORRY IM A NEWB)

[Alex]

hey, sorry for the dumb newb question! lol
so how do you oc ram? i mean ive heard of video and processor ocing but ram!?!??!

 

[SaturnX]

Usually RAM is overclocked through upping the FSB (Front Side Bus), which also effectivly overclocks your CPU. Some motherboards allow asynchrous speeds between RAM and the CPU, such as allowing your CPU to run at 100Mhz and RAM at 133Mhz, this is motherboard dependant. Overall, if you up your FSB, then you're overclocking your RAM.

--Mark

 

[AMDPwred]

Nice description

 

[Budman]

Nice comment on his description

 

[VBboy]

I would look for tutorials online on how to do this right.

That way, you won't be blaming someone here Seriously, it's best to read a tutorial - they usually explain what overclocking is, why it is good/bad, etc.

Google.com -> "overclocking tutorial", and also search on the CPU forum for "overclock".

Don't even try to overclock until you know how to do it.

 

[Sleater]

Upping the FSB does overclock the RAM -- and it also proportionately overclocks your CPU, AGP, PCI, etc.

Some mobos, as mentioned, allow an asyncronous 100fsb with 133mhz RAM. In addition to that, some BIOS' have very agressive timings that effectively overclock your RAM without increasing the fsb. For example, the default setting in most BIOS is to have the ram timing set 'by SPD'. Often, SPD sets your RAM at cas3. Instead, if you choose to manually set your RAM timings to cas2 then you are squeezing more performance from your RAM. My board (ASUS A7V) also allows the RAM to be set at 7ns and 143mhz. Additionally, enabling '4-way interleaving' and byte merge are agressive timings that will squeeze more performance from your RAM.

Of course, as with any overclocking, any of these settings can make your system unstable. My advice is to try enabling these timings one at a time and then testing your system for a few days before trying the next thing.

Personally, with a 1.4ghz Athlon (200mhz) and generic PC-133 sdram I;ve been able to get my fsb up to 110 so my RAM is running at 147mhz. Also, I have it set to Cas2 with interleave enabled and byte merge enabled.

 

[Alex]

ahh!! lol thats what i thought!

thx for all the feedback guys!

and like i do know how to oc but i just wasnt sure about ram...neways peace out!