DanDaMan315
Golden Member
The first thing I suggest is downloading Memtest. Have it on your computer even if it's not already installed on your BIOS. If it is on your BIOS I suggest just using the pre installed one even if it is not the newest edition. This just saves some time and frustration.
First find out how much voltage your RAM will take. Components these days can handle a little extra voltage load. If you are scared just place the voltage at the maximum the warranty supports. If you get one error before the 3rd Memtest than reboot and adjust your voltage lower. The 3rd test seems to expose any immediate instability in your system. Just waiting until the 3rd test is again going to save a lot of time and frustration. My objective here is avoid ever having to reset the CMOS as this can be a pain when overclocking anything for that matter. I have active cooling over my RAM and you may not but it is certainly worth it. It will allow for higher voltage, meaning higher clocks, and longer memory life. Pay attention to your warranty as high voltage RAM a lot of times needs active cooling to be supported under warranty.
Now adjust your timings one lower at a time, they seem to be much more important than bandwidth. Run Memtest after each movement until after the 3rd test. If you get one error set your timings back to the last working configuration. If you do fail a test work on the other timings. I do not know which timings are going to improve your speeds the most, but if you do a little research on the topic you can find out. Adjust the settings that improve Memtest speeds the most first.
After you find the lowest timings you can get at the highest voltage you do not get errors at move on the bandwidth. This may be where you gain a lot of computing speed depending on a lot of factors including mostly: your RAM, your CPU, or your chipset. Always leave your CPU overclock at the highest maximum as this improves computing speed the most. Adjust your ratio faster one at a time. Run Memtest after each movement to see if you are getting errors after the 3rd test runs. After you find your maximum timings and bandwidth go ahead and run Memtest for the entire test. You probably will not see any errors since Memtest will catch most of them after the 3rd test. If you do run into an error adjust your settings a little lower as you go through this guide again.
Now you should be getting all your money out of your RAM.
Doing this method got me 1-0-0-0 timings at 210mhz giving 4 sticks of DDR Dual Channel (512MB sticks) 4 volts. This is incredible to me as the RAM is only advertised as 2-2-2-8, 200mhz at 3.2v. I do understand my voltages are high, but with active cooling I'm totally fine and stable.
First find out how much voltage your RAM will take. Components these days can handle a little extra voltage load. If you are scared just place the voltage at the maximum the warranty supports. If you get one error before the 3rd Memtest than reboot and adjust your voltage lower. The 3rd test seems to expose any immediate instability in your system. Just waiting until the 3rd test is again going to save a lot of time and frustration. My objective here is avoid ever having to reset the CMOS as this can be a pain when overclocking anything for that matter. I have active cooling over my RAM and you may not but it is certainly worth it. It will allow for higher voltage, meaning higher clocks, and longer memory life. Pay attention to your warranty as high voltage RAM a lot of times needs active cooling to be supported under warranty.
Now adjust your timings one lower at a time, they seem to be much more important than bandwidth. Run Memtest after each movement until after the 3rd test. If you get one error set your timings back to the last working configuration. If you do fail a test work on the other timings. I do not know which timings are going to improve your speeds the most, but if you do a little research on the topic you can find out. Adjust the settings that improve Memtest speeds the most first.
After you find the lowest timings you can get at the highest voltage you do not get errors at move on the bandwidth. This may be where you gain a lot of computing speed depending on a lot of factors including mostly: your RAM, your CPU, or your chipset. Always leave your CPU overclock at the highest maximum as this improves computing speed the most. Adjust your ratio faster one at a time. Run Memtest after each movement to see if you are getting errors after the 3rd test runs. After you find your maximum timings and bandwidth go ahead and run Memtest for the entire test. You probably will not see any errors since Memtest will catch most of them after the 3rd test. If you do run into an error adjust your settings a little lower as you go through this guide again.
Now you should be getting all your money out of your RAM.
Doing this method got me 1-0-0-0 timings at 210mhz giving 4 sticks of DDR Dual Channel (512MB sticks) 4 volts. This is incredible to me as the RAM is only advertised as 2-2-2-8, 200mhz at 3.2v. I do understand my voltages are high, but with active cooling I'm totally fine and stable.
