Actually though, I've been to a lot of sites and read a lot of background on OCing - however, I'm already established as a post-it @ RWA, hence the Q's here) I also work with a few gurus who know more than me ...
current thought from everyone is: I should be able to get the RAM to run @ 1600 mHz by adjusting the frequency in BIOS, and adjusting the memory clock multiplier on the cpu to 8.0
should't cause any issues. shouldn't need to up the RAM voltage any. Of course, if doing that causes icky BSODs, well, then I'll just set it back to [auto]
the other point of view is, am I really going to notice the extra 266mHz RAM speed?
(at work today, so experiments begin tomorrow sometime)
While I'm on my little soap box, the main reason I've never OC'd my system is I don't want the hassle of constantly tracking down irregularites (I just want things nice and stable) not because I lack know-how (I just lack the experience). In this case, I don't look at it as OCing, it's more like tweaking to get the advertised performance.
I've been building systems for about 15 years and messing around the innards of PCs long before that (10 more years). That said, I am fairly cautious in my approach and like to have an idea exactly how playing with a setting should affect outcomes before trying it.
On a whole new area of fun: tomorrow I'm going to try out using Windows System Preparation Tool to make the big move to the new PC. (Speaking of things I've never tried before) If it works as I'm told it will be painless and awesome.
Stay tuned!
-barnez
