Overclocking Suggestions on Athlon x4

[Lorenzomista]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611%20600006050%20600006127%20600006067&IsNodeId=1&name=4GB

 

What do you guys think I should get? Or rather, which one can I run my overclock stably at? They all look the same except for the most expensive one. But I'm trying to not spend a lot of money since I just bought a house :/

 

Does memory voltage really matter?

[IVIYTH0S]

I guess the GEILs, they seem to be the best deal

[Lorenzomista]

I guess the GEILs, they seem to be the best deal

You think I could run them at 1600mhz with the fsb at 250 instead of 200? Or would they have to run at 1333?

 

Edit: What about overclocking my RAM? Is this a good idea, to increase voltages and such? My current RAM.

Edited January 20, 2011 by Lorenzomista

[IVIYTH0S]

what speed are they running at 3.8ghz?? if they can run stable at that OC than you don't need to upgrade

[bobby898]

Just as long as you get the right timings matched with the right speed then your pc will be stable, upgrading is completley unecessary, like mentioned in my sig, i have kingston value ram default speed of 1333mhz oced to around 1600, it is possible to do this without any timing change, pretty much any ram is capable of this. The only reason your pc is unstable is because you have to find the perfect match of ram frequency/timings, once accomplished your pc will be stable, you are trying for a 260 bclock, with mine set to 280 im am sure you can run yours at 260. Just a matter of trial and error unfortunately but it isnt worth spending the extra money on other ram. Hope this helps

[GabrielT]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611%20600006050%20600006127%20600006067&IsNodeId=1&name=4GB

 

What do you guys think I should get? Or rather, which one can I run my overclock stably at? They all look the same except for the most expensive one. But I'm trying to not spend a lot of money since I just bought a house :/

 

Does memory voltage really matter?

No no, 2x2gb for best performance

http://www.newegg.com/Shopping/ShoppingItem.aspx?ItemList=N82E16820144461 or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427&cm_re=ddr3-_-20-231-427-_-Product

Honestly it would be personal preference. Both companies are reputable.

[Lorenzomista]

Okay Bobby you convinced me! I have been at this for like 4-5 hours but I think I finally got a good timing with my overclock. Unfortunately I couldn't get it stable for more than 10 minutes in Prime95 at 3.8 or 3.75. But at 3.7 I am getting some good progress. I used a frequency of 1318 with timings 9-9-9-25-34 2T. But it crashed after half an hour. But still that's a big difference from it crashing after 5 minutes. Right now I'm running it again but with timings at 10-9-9-25-34. It's already been twenty minutes. I increase the voltage of my RAM from 1.61 to 1.7 and increased my HT Link voltage from 1.2 to 1.3. I did a lot of reading and this seemed like the optimal thing to do. I'm not quite sure if I should raise my RAMs voltage anymore but I guess I'll find out through these awesome forums!

 

And thanks everyone for suggesting different types of RAM. I will keep them in mind when buying them but looks like I will buy them later down the road. Next time I will get some better quality RAM though so I can lower my timings a bit.