Over clocking noob help

[marine1]

I haver the Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Rev 1.0
I also have the OCZ3G1600LV2G RAM, running at 1066.
All at 1.5V

It should be running at 1600 no?

How would I get it to run at that speed and is it actually worth playing around?

Below is from CPU-Z

Memory SPD
DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-8500F (533 MHz)
Part number OCZ3G1600LV2G
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-12-19 @ 380 MHz
JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-14-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-16-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-19-31 @ 609 MHz

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x52
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-8500F (533 MHz)
Part number OCZ3G1600LV2G
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-12-19 @ 380 MHz
JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-14-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-16-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-19-31 @ 609 MHz

DIMM # 3
SMBus address 0x54
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-8500F (533 MHz)
Part number OCZ3G1600LV2G
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 5.0-5-5-12-19 @ 380 MHz
JEDEC #2 6.0-6-6-14-23 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #3 7.0-7-7-16-27 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #4 8.0-8-8-19-31 @ 609 MHz

 

[NomNom]

Maybe you can use some information from here: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/384759-Need-help-overclocking

Otherwise ask Silverlight or Archer for help.

 

[Ono'rach]

The "1600" in the name of your ram essentially means that it is stable to overclock to that speed, but that is not its default speed.

It will only run at 1600 if you overclock it. Afaik, it is tied to your CPU fsb, and then multiplied by the memory multiplier. So if your CPU fsb is 133 and the memory multiplier is x8 at default then your memory default speed will sit at 133x8=1064.

You can change the memory multiplier in your bios to x10 or x12 to up the memory speed to 1333 and 1600 respectively if you don't want to overclock the CPU by upping the fsb.

This is all off the top of my head, so I stand to be corrected

 

[Dolby]

How odd!

I came here to ask the exact same thing ... but I'm even more of a n00b as I have no idea what you're talking about Thought it was a point and click thing - but I think I'll give it a miss!

 

[marine1]

How odd!

I came here to ask the exact same thing ... but I'm even more of a n00b as I have no idea what you're talking about Thought it was a point and click thing - but I think I'll give it a miss!

Nothing in life is simple anymore, no more just point and click, you have to be an expert on just about everything.