ballistix sport overclock

[krister.avall]

I have 4x4gb of ballistix lt sport 2666mhz so how much could I overclock it and on what settings

 

[atomicWAR]

every Stick of RAM (even same make and model) will have different OC potential. So your limited by your slowest stick and it makes it tough to say, "use this voltage at these clocks with this CL rating." It is kind of a trial an error kind of thing. I would bump the frequency first and see if it is stable...Then i would try bumping the voltage a hair if it is stable followed by loosening the CL rating (ie going from cl 16-18-18-38 to cl 17-19-19-39 for example). It is a bit of a balancing act. Find what is stable by testing with memtest86 to verify the frequencies stability.

 

[krister.avall]

every Stick of RAM (even same make and model) will have different OC potential. So your limited by your slowest stick and it makes it tough to say, "use this voltage at these clocks with this CL rating." It is kind of a trial an error kind of thing. I would bump the frequency first and see if it is stable...Then i would try bumping the voltage a hair if it is stable followed by loosening the CL rating (ie going from cl 16-18-18-38 to cl 17-19-19-39 for example). It is a bit of a balancing act. Find what is stable by testing with memtest86 to verify the frequencies stability.

wdym "slowest stick"

 

[atomicWAR]

Just that...the sticks are rated at 2666mhz only. Any faster then that you are overclocking the memory. So not all the sticks will have the same overclockablity due to the silicon lottery. This is why Ram overclockers tend to use 2 sticks in dual channel setups and 4 sticks in quad channel setups. The more sticks you add the more id decreases the potential OC of all the sticks.

 

[krister.avall]

Just that...the sticks are rated at 2666mhz only. Any faster then that you are overclocking the memory. So not all the sticks will have the same overclockablity due to the silicon lottery. This is why Ram overclockers tend to use 2 sticks in dual channel setups and 4 sticks in quad channel setups. The more sticks you add the more id decreases the potential OC of all the sticks.

so is it worth even overclocking?

 

[atomicWAR]

It is worth a try just understand things that might limit your OC potential so you don't get your hopes up to high. You could get lucky and hit 3400mhz or you might max out at 2933mhz or get nothing at all. Only one way to find out!!!