Overclocking Possibility with an E8400 & P5Q PRO

[RJR]

it came to my attention that because of my ram I won't be able to get speeds of 4.0ghz on my processor.

Can someone confirm/deny this? (My ram is 6400/800 running at 5-5-5-15)

Just lower your cpu multiplier (to take your cpu out of the equation) and raise your FSB to see how far you can push your ram. You may need to loosen up the timings or up the dram voltage or up your NB voltage. You would need 445 (890) for a 4.0 Ghz OC. On mine I couldn't even get the ram to 890 so I wound up getting 1066 memory, but that's when DDR2 was still cheap.

[Makka]

Well I can pick up 4GB of 1066mhz ram for AUD$150

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=13990

 

G.Skill F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK (2x2GB) DDR2

 

I'm not in a rush to overclock so when I get some money I probably will grab some new ram. I guess it'll save me stuffing around with more bios settings with ram. With the 1066 I probably will only need to modify the voltage settings so that the motherboard recognises it's at 1066.