Solved Overclocking Dominator RAM

Andreas W

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Hi

After reading a bit on RAM overclocking I decided I wanted to try get a bit more out of the ones I have, so far I have managed to get the speeds shown in the pictures I will post below, if I change anything on the rams right now the computer dont want to boot so right now I dont know what to change, everything in my bios is at auto, I have only changed the ram timings and nothing else, I tried increasing the ram volts but that did not help, I dont want to overclock my CPU could this be why I cant change the ram timings to anything else?

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Motherboard
RAM *Ran Pime95 and got errors with that settings, changed to 7,7,6,18 and no errors*

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My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel Core i7 860 (Lynnfield)
Motherboard
Asus P7P55D (LGA1156)
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 9,9,9,24 1600Mhz 1.50v 2x4G
Graphics Card(s)
Asus nVidia 560 GTX
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer P235H & NEC E201W
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 & 900x1600
Hard Drives
2
PSU
Corsair 650 Modular
Case
Corsair 800D
Cooling
Corsair H80 with Noctua fans
Keyboard
Ducky Shine
Mouse
tT Theron
Internet Speed
100/100
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theres little to no point overclocking ram. you wont see any speed benefits from day to day windows use, nor in things such as gaming.

youll see a small increase in performance in video encoding but very little.

i run my vengeance ran underclocked, as at default motherboard voltage it runs at 1333mhz, when its native speed is 1866mhz, but i go 0 performance gain in any tests i tried.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built by badgers!!!
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, & Mac OS X 10.9.2
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500k
Motherboard
Asus P8z68 LE
Memory
Corsair Vengence 8gb 1866mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 770 OC
Monitor(s) Displays
2x ASUS LED 22" IPS
Screen Resolution
3840x1080
Hard Drives
240GB Crucial M500 SSD
120gb Corsair Force 3 SSD
1TB Western Digital
PSU
Corsair HX650w Modular
Case
Corsair Air 540
Cooling
Corsair H60 Push/Pull
Keyboard
Corsair K70/ Logitech G27 wheel
Mouse
Saitek R.A.T 9
Internet Speed
Too slow!
Other Info
AMD fusion E350N Home server-Windows Home Server 2011 (also made by badgers!)
2011 Macbook 2.4ghz Core2Duo, 4gb ddr3, 120gb Ocz Vertex SSD
Oh I tought it would help with a bit performance in games, so should I just leave at auto in the bios, that would be 1333 and 9,9,9,27 I think, should I also leave them at 1.5 volt or use the xmp profile that put them at 1600 8,8,8,24 1.65v?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel Core i7 860 (Lynnfield)
Motherboard
Asus P7P55D (LGA1156)
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 9,9,9,24 1600Mhz 1.50v 2x4G
Graphics Card(s)
Asus nVidia 560 GTX
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer P235H & NEC E201W
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 & 900x1600
Hard Drives
2
PSU
Corsair 650 Modular
Case
Corsair 800D
Cooling
Corsair H80 with Noctua fans
Keyboard
Ducky Shine
Mouse
tT Theron
Internet Speed
100/100
Browser
IE10
well your motherboard manual will tell you the recommended voltage for your ram.

my corsair ram is stated it runs at its native speed at 1.65v, where as ive left it at 1.5v
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built by badgers!!!
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, & Mac OS X 10.9.2
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500k
Motherboard
Asus P8z68 LE
Memory
Corsair Vengence 8gb 1866mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 770 OC
Monitor(s) Displays
2x ASUS LED 22" IPS
Screen Resolution
3840x1080
Hard Drives
240GB Crucial M500 SSD
120gb Corsair Force 3 SSD
1TB Western Digital
PSU
Corsair HX650w Modular
Case
Corsair Air 540
Cooling
Corsair H60 Push/Pull
Keyboard
Corsair K70/ Logitech G27 wheel
Mouse
Saitek R.A.T 9
Internet Speed
Too slow!
Other Info
AMD fusion E350N Home server-Windows Home Server 2011 (also made by badgers!)
2011 Macbook 2.4ghz Core2Duo, 4gb ddr3, 120gb Ocz Vertex SSD
Okay, well since I wont get any performance boost in games I dont need to overclock them at all then, so thank you for clearing that one up, going to mark this as solved now

You learn new things everyday :D
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel Core i7 860 (Lynnfield)
Motherboard
Asus P7P55D (LGA1156)
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 9,9,9,24 1600Mhz 1.50v 2x4G
Graphics Card(s)
Asus nVidia 560 GTX
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer P235H & NEC E201W
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 & 900x1600
Hard Drives
2
PSU
Corsair 650 Modular
Case
Corsair 800D
Cooling
Corsair H80 with Noctua fans
Keyboard
Ducky Shine
Mouse
tT Theron
Internet Speed
100/100
Browser
IE10
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