Techfan Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 Hi, i am planning in buying an Asus P6T and put the core I7 920 only @ 3.0ghz , to do this would i need to overclock my memory: Corsair DOMINATOR 1600MHz 8-8-8-24. 1.65V 6GB (3x2GB) TR3X6G1600C8D http://www.corsair.com/corei7/default.aspx ? Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
battery Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 lol @ oc nood Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scr4wl Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 (edited) To give you a straight answer no you would not need to overclock the memory, but when you change the base clock the memory speed will change. So you'll need to adjust the memory multi until it's at the correct speed. The timings you can leave alone, unless you want to push things as far as they can go of course. EDIT: OMG I spelled straight wrong. Edited June 14, 2009 by tacohunter52 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techfan Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 lol @ oc nood Was in a worry, i mean noob No i have to thanks to tacohunter52 witch made a really useful reply! Thanks tacohunter52! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgv115 Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 On X58 motherboards, the clock of your CPU isn't associated with your RAM. Is that right? If that is so then you can overclock your cpu without overclocking your RAM. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scr4wl Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 On X58 motherboards, the clock of your CPU isn't associated with your RAM. Is that right? Nope changing BSCLK and nothing else will adjust the memory speed. See Slight change to BSCLK. Memory changed as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techfan Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Yes but i think these Corsair DOMINATOR 1600MHz 8-8-8-24 sticks once put in the mobo for the first time they default to 1066 9-9-9-24 so if i over clock the i7 920 to 3.0 ghz i can put them at 1600MHz 8-8-8-24 i think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scr4wl Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 That would depend on how you overclocked it. If you keep the multi at 20 and only increase the FSB to 150, that would give you 3GHz. If your memory ratio is 5 (I believe it is at stock settings) then at that FSB your memory will be clocked at 1500MHz. If you want your memory to run at the correct speeds without changing the multiplier or the ratio you'll need to increase your FSB to 160. This would put you at 3.2GHz. You could also get close to 1600 at 3GHz by using a higher FSB lower multi and lower memory ratio. It all depends on you I guess. However if you don't want to overclock your CPU you could set the memory ratio to 6, and bring yourself to the rated speeds at the stock settings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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