Asus 990FX MB, Fx 6300, 2133 ram

[LTVETTE2]

I have a system I have been upgrading. It has an Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 motherboard, FX 6300 black edition, and gskill 2133 ram. 10-12-12-31. It all runs pretty good, even when turbo is on. I want either to see if I can get the processor to run at 4.1ghz, and get my ram timings to run at what is stated on them. When I set CPU to DOCP, I get an opportunity to set ram timing at 2133, other times it gives me numbers that are very different like 1728mhz, and 2033mhz. And it won't give me a chance to set timings to 10,12,12,31. It has it's own idea of 11,13,13,?. Probably no big difference, and now Speccy says Ram @ 1070, which is better that 600-800 I was getting before. Just that I am inexperienced at setting up OC parameters.
I also am considering going to a higher clocked CPU such as a 8350 or 8370? Any thoughts from people who recognize my issue (lack of knowledge), and whether a higher clocked CPU will really make me see any real world difference? I do not game on this system, but I do like system that are close to instant with surfing, etc.
Thank you for reading LT

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

FX6300:
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Bulldozer/AMD-FX-Series%20FX-6300.html

Memory controller The number of controllers: 1
Memory channels: 2
Supported memory: DDR3-1866
Maximum memory bandwidth (GB/s): 29.9

 

[LTVETTE2]

So as I am reading that, and I appreciate the link, good stuff. I am lead to believe that the 6300 will only use 1866mhz RAM? I do have a brick wall in the room that that systems is in, so as I constantly try to increase the ram speed, I can lean over and bang my head against the brick wall, and more or less, get a similar result Even if Speccy is saying 1070mhz, which we know is halved in DDR, the processor can't, or won't utilize it? And is this true of all FX series AMD's. I do have an I5 recent build that I am on now, and was trying to build up an older system (the AMD), to see if I could get it to run as quickly as the i5. Apples to oranges I guess. Although the AMD is much better with a new motherboard and the change from an Athlon 630 to this fx-6300, just wondering if a 8350 or 8370 might bring her that much closer to my i5 experience? 6300 is returnable to Amazon for about 2 more weeks, but will another hundred towards a 8350 or 8370 bring much to the table if able to OC it?