kingmax pc3200 overclocking

Bigshow1030

Bigshow1030

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I was wanting to know if anyone has kingmax pc 3200 ram and what is a safe overclocking voltage and so on.....or is it even feisable?
 
LOL i vaguely recall you asking a nearly identical question except about processors ... it's trial and error :D (usually you wont be able to jack it to dangerous levels anyways)
 
If i were you id do something along the lines of trial and error (I cant tell you obviosuly as its dependent on the modules)
 
ok.....I feel you on that........Can you give me a good number to start at?
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Start at 2.6V (which should be the default lowest anyways) ... like i said, its trial and error without much for hard-and-fast rules
 
General answer as best as i can do:

Start with totally default settings (what your RAM is supposed to run at according to Kingmax) Now, in 1MHz increments, push your RAM speed up. Test it (run a game or something pretty intense) and make sure its stable. If you are set, go 1 more MHz...and test. Repeat...until you get to a point where you can't go any higher.

Now thats is EXTREMELY slow...but safer. If you want to go in 5MHz (thats what i do) And go until you hit instability. Once you crash or w/e, go down 1MHz and see if you are stable. When you figure out what MHz speed is stable...write it down.

That should get you started overclocking. Next thing to mess with is voltage, go in the SMALLEST increments your board allows. For generic PC3200 i really wouldn't try above 2.8v. You will eventually hit a point to where no matter how much voltage you get, you cannot get any more MHz out of your RAM. That's when you start loosening timings and seeing if you can THEN get 2-3MHz more with loosened timings. Timings might give you a few more MHz, or maybe a whole lot more...or you may adjut them and your computer won't boot.

Like Praetor said no one can sya what you might hit...trial and error. But i can tell you how i SUGGEST you trial and error...and maybe you can tell us what you did hit lol.
 
alright....gives a good start

However, I do also have one other question..........What is worst case senerio if you oc you ram to much.....will it damage it or will the computer just come unstable and shut its self off? :rolleyes:
 
Most likely it will BSOD or freeze if you go too far. but in some cases you can blow the PSU (if its cheap) and sometimes that will take out some other stuff too. not too common though.
 
any electronic device than generates heat can potentially catch fire but you have to be doing something very wrong to it for it to happen
 
any electronic device than generates heat can potentially catch fire but you have to be doing something very wrong to it for it to happen
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Yeah hence the qualification about volt-modding etc .... generally speaking 2.9V (which is the most for average mobos running DDR) is damn near impossible to set fire to the memchips
 
Praetor said:
Yeah hence the qualification about volt-modding etc .... generally speaking 2.9V (which is the most for average mobos running DDR) is damn near impossible to set fire to the memchips
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agreed...i can run mine 2.9v for a week and they barely get warm lol. you'd need in excess of 3.4v i would think.
 
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