noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

[Death Merchant]

im thinking about taking my 3800+ up 200mhz to 2.6ghz (on stock cooling) the 3800+ can go to 2.7-2.8ghz fine but im not sure if my ram will be able to take it

i have 2x512mb corsair value ram with a latecy of 2.5 (think that what it is)

also im going to get 2gb of ram soon and that will be 4x512mb 2t command rate i read somwhere that that reduces overclocking for AMD processors

theres no way i can change my RAM as i dont have money to burn

so would you reccomend i overclock or not?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

Overclock and just use a ram divider.

[Death Merchant]

Re: noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

and what would one of those be?

[Death Merchant]

Re: noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

whats a ram divider?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

It's an option in your BIOS to run the ram at a lower speed than the FSB is set to.

[Death Merchant]

Re: noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

well to get 2.6ghz i will only need fsb of 260mhz right?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

well to get 2.6ghz i will only need fsb of 260mhz right?

If your multiplier is 10, yes that would be right.

[sackynut]

Re: noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

u would think, if you have a 3800+, you dont really need to overclock, but then again its your choice.

[Death Merchant]

Re: noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

so the fsb on my ram is even slower than that?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: noobie overclocking a amd 3800+

Here, try reading this, it may help you a little more.

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=151373