Question about overclocking RAM

[Slick5150]

My current system is an Athlon XP 2500+ overclocked to 2800+ speeds (166 x 12.5 I believe), 1gb PC2700 Crucial RAM, Epox 8RDA+ motherboard.

It seems I could overclock the CPU more if I could bump the FSB up to 200mhz, but I'm curious if I can get my Crucial RAM to run at 200mhz? How do I know if it can? Will it damage the RAM if I try it and it doesn't work? What "timings" should I set the RAM at (I honestly don't really understand what those timings mean)?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[gistech1978]

i couldnt get my crucial 2700 to get higher than 185 on an 8RDA, i dont know if it was the board or the ram holding me back.
of course YMMV
as far as timings 2.5-3-3-11 would be where to start when OCing on an NF2 board.

2-3-3-11
2-2-2-11

althought i could never get 2-2-2-11 with crucial or my corsair ram.

 

[Slick5150]

How do I test it though?

Just go ahead and bump it up to 200mhz w/ those timings, then run memtest86? Is there any potential damage to the RAM that could occur in this process?

 

[someone16]

3-4-4-10 @ 2.7 Vand see what happens

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: PinwiZ
How do I test it though?

Just go ahead and bump it up to 200mhz w/ those timings, then run memtest86? Is there any potential damage to the RAM that could occur in this process?

Well first, if you want any sucess, lower the timings , especially CAS latency. And you cannot damage memory by trying to access it faster, the only real damage you could cause is by overvolting it above 2.7v significantly.

MemTest86 - Standard on most Linux ISOs as of lately, from the boot CD options.

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: someone16
3-4-4-10 @ 2.7 Vand see what happens

Ok. I'll give that a shot tonight and see what happens.

Thanks