What should my DRAM timing settings be?

[jassinlive]

So I am trying to configure my BIOS for a 3.6GHz overclock on my i7 920. I can basically get everything going exactly as I want except for the DRAM but I will get to that in a minute. I followed a few tutorials and found the best settings for me. Here is my current BIOS settings:

Here are my BIOS settings:

Ai Overclock Tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio Setting: Auto
Intel Speedstep: Enabled
Intel Turbo Mode: Enabled
BCLK Freq: 171
PCIE Freq: 100
DRAM Freq: DDR3 - 1371MHz
UCLK Freq: 2742MHz (lowest)
QPI Link Data Rate: 6171MT/s

DRAM CAS# Latency: 8 Dram Clock
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay: 8 DRAM Clock
DRAM RAS# Pre Time: 8 DRAM Clock
DRAM RAS# ACT Time: 24 DRAM Clock
The rest set to Auto

CPU Voltage: 1.18125
DRAM Bus Voltage: 1.64
Load Line Calibration: Enabled
The rest set to Auto

Now my only concern is the DRAM timing settings. I had no real idea what to set them as because I have no idea where to get the right numbers from my RAM sticks. I have taken some photos of the sticks and was expecting to finds numbers for the timings like 8-9-8-24 or something but I can't find any of these readings on the card. Here it is here:


So what should my DRAM timing settings be that are shown on this stick?

And one more concern. I have 3 sticks of 2GB 1600MHz RAM @ 1600 but with my current BIOS settings they only get to 1371 with 171x21. When I change the BCLK to 200 and multiplier to 18 I get a DRAM of 1600 but when I run Prime95 I immediately get errors and the software stops. What could be doing this?

What would be the ideal BIOS settings for my rig?

Thanks so much to those who can offer some help

Sam

[White_Ice]

I believe going by the model and numbers there that is triple channel memory ? To me those numbers mean it is a CL 9 memory, so id say should be 9-9-9-24 @1.5v

To me thats what it means, not CL 8 timings. Try it out or wait for what the pro,s think.

[Tarkhein]

According to the Elixir website, it's 1600MHz 9-9-9 1.5V memory.

[the3coopers]

I am wondering why you are fiddling with the timings. All you actually need to do is set it to Auto, and plug in the RAM.

You won't get any noticeable benefit form overclocking it anyway.

[snappy1]

Originally Posted by the3coopers

I am wondering why you are fiddling with the timings. All you actually need to do is set it to Auto, and plug in the RAM.

You won't get any noticeable benefit form overclocking it anyway.

Wrong and wrong.

Auto would set it to 10-10-10 or 11-11-11

X58 loves bandwidth, fps get a nice boost, especially when set up like this



If you don't know, don't dig up an old thread

[notzeropluszero]

2000 7-7-7-21 is a bit of a stretch for a lot of ram on X58 though snappy. i think you own all the hypers that will do it, if im not mistaken.

[snappy1]

Originally Posted by notzeropluszero

2000 7-7-7-21 is a bit of a stretch for a lot of ram on X58 though snappy. i think you own all the hypers that will do it, if im not mistaken.

most not ALL

Those are actually rated timings