Originally Posted by
lynx
Just to clarify things, with most mobos/processors it is the mobo which determines what speed the ram runs at, not the cpu. That changes with Athlon 64, but we don't need to worry about that here.
Check to see if your mobo allows you to set the speed of your memory independently of your processor. If it does, then reduce the speed of your memory.
Once you've done that you can try increasing your processor speed again. If it isn't successful then your memory is not the limiting factor so there's no point in buying faster memory, just restore the memory settings to what they were before. However, it will probably be your cpu which is the limiting factor in this situation, so you may get more speed from it if you raise Vcore a little (if you can).
On the other hand if it is successful then you know that your ram was the limiting factor so it may be worthwhile getting faster memory. But it may not be worth it if you can only get a few more MHz from your processor.
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