Hey guys,

A friend of mine has a really old mobo (Asus P5N32e-SLI Plus - here ). He has a E6420 @ 3.2GHz (400x8) since he bought the mobo, his XMS2 are @ 800MHz (default speed), therefore he has a 1:1 ratio in his overclock.

What he asked me, and I'm asking you, is this: the motherboard specs says it supports RAM up to 800MHz and he feels his overclock is limited to 3.2GHz if he is to maintain the 1:1 ratio.

He knows his RAM can still be overclocked (it's running @ stock speeds and clocks) but he wanted to know if he can overclock the RAM even though the mobo only supports up to 800Mhz.

Thanks!

well there is the issue there is no way to tell how far his ram will oc but he can drop his ratio and get his oc high as possible then try it with a higher ratio till he gets it stable

shrekdaklown


well there is the issue there is no way to tell how far his ram will oc but he can drop his ratio and get his oc high as possible then try it with a higher ratio till he gets it stable

 
--> I'm the OP's friend <--
 
hey,
 
the question here was not really how much I could OC it, but rather IF I could OC it: because my mobo only supports up to 800MHz memory (and they already are @ 800MHz)
 
thanks!

again its a 50/50 my old mobo said it only supported 1333 and i had my ram running at 1600 sometimes it will sometimes it wont looking at the manufacturers website it says this
 - Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- 1333**/1066/800/533MHz 
(** available when CPUs are ready for 1333MHz FSB)
so it depends on your cpu more