posted 01-08- 09:46 AM
The basic are pretty simple anyway, effectively you can't overclock your RAM (as such) you overclock your PCI/AGP clock, running the PCI FSB higher than it should be, this will almost always include over volting aswell to gain stability, thus increasing the heat and need for good cooling.As an example I can use my system.
Basic:
Duron 900
1x512PC133
100/33/66Mhz FSB
OK, overclocked I can do 2 things, with my new ABIT board I can overclock just the CPU FSB without doing the PCI/AGP aswell, or I can o/c the lot (which is more unstable)
So, method 1 gives me:
Duron 900 @1035mhz (almost eaqual to P41.5)
PCI/AGP normal clock (I/O voltage 3.4v CPU 1.6V
or method 2
Duron 900@1035
PCI = 37Mhz AGP = 75Mhz
I/O @ 3.5v CPU@1.8v
In the above examples my system is more stable using method 1, since I'm not overclocking the PCI/AGP, which often leads to instability that can only sometimes be cured with over volting, but still, I benchmark with SiSoftSandra Pro 2001, and this cheap little Duron 900 is only very marginaly slower than a Pentium4 1.5Ghz on CPU and CPU Multimedia tests 
In both case overclocking the FSB overclocks the RAM aswell, running it at 115Mhz, this obviously isn't a problem for the RAM since it's PC133in anycase, but in general most PC133 ram will run at 149mhz, increasing the voltage though (I/O) "may" allow it to run upto 160mhz if it's good ram (Crucial)
Anyway, I'm sure the article will explain better, but the point is you can't only o/c RAM you have to o/c other things aswell. If you need any help/advice feel freeto drop me a line
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