E8300 + GA-EX38-DS4 OCing

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: E8300 + GA-EX38-DS4 OCing

Great to hear you are running better!

Post back anytime if you have some questions or need some help with something

[Nova Phoenix]

Re: E8300 + GA-EX38-DS4 OCing

Bit of an update. Not really a bad one though.

I've found that when the E8300 is at 3.4Ghz, I can change the strap to "2.66D", or 5:6 as CPU-Z names it. This brings my memory from 800mhz to 1066mhz. This failed to boot with 4-4-4-12 and 5-4-4-12, but it worked with 5-5-5-12. DIMM Voltage did not need to be changed.

Tested the CPU to a max of 3.75Ghz, but even voltage adjustments to everything, and loose timings, it did not work. It isn't a terrible loss though.

EDIT: Tried to go higher on that strap, but when the PC was about to POST, what came up was a weird grey screen, with a single blinking cursor between the top and middle of the screen.

Back now to the safety of 1:1 CPU+Memory. :)