I need help with the Ram

[mgsvr]

It's me again. Since you got the same mobo as mine, can I ask you some question? I got a 3400+ Clawhammer. I went to the BIOS, change the multi to 10x, and 240 for the CPU clock mhz. Anyhow, I read in the Overclocking thread that in order to make the OC work, I must also do something with the Ram.

So I went into the Ram setting, but it only let me choose the pre-defined Ram speed. The highest speed they have is 166. I know that 80% of 240 is 192 as a 5:4 ratio. Do you know what I should do in order to make the whole OC work? My Ram is Corsair Value Select

ps: The whole system work fine with 240x11 . But it run in 3Dmark as 9513 from the default of 9499.

thanks

 

[BlueWeasel]

What RAM are you running? PC3200? PC4000?

If your RAM can't run at the 240 Mhz FSB speed, then just run as close to 1:1 as possible.

 

[ts3433]

Those pre-defined RAM speeds act like dividers. For example, the 166 setting should be about a 5:6 divider. If your Corsair Value runs perfectly stable at 240MHz, though, go ahead and keep it there.

 

[mgsvr]

It's a PC-3200. So it's only 200mhz for me. What should I do to make it keep up with the OC of the CPU? Even though I OC the CPU, the speed still feel like the same. There must be something to do with the memory in order to get a big different after I OC though.

 

[mgsvr]

Okay so if I change my CPU clock to 219 x 11 multiplier = ~2400 mhz. If it run stable, then I just keep the Ram setting at default? If it's not stable, then I must change it to 166 as pre-defined?

ps: I heard that OCing can make data corrupt. I download lots of stuff, and if it corrupt then maybe I shouldn't OC at all?