Trouble with overclocking

[Varroa]

I don't think the P5Q pro turbo is low end, it is a middle end board capable or running 16GB of ram. I am posting on the Patriot forums to see if there is any help there.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Varroa

I don't think the P5Q pro turbo is low end, it is a middle end board capable or running 16GB of ram. I am posting on the Patriot forums to see if there is any help there.

Any board priced around the $125 mark is a low end board in my mind.

Just because a board is CAPABLE of running 16gb doesn't mean it will. The reason they say it can is because they have a list of memory that is certified to run on that board and if your not running that ram who knows what can happen. -> ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

And as someone already said.. that board didn't overclock well for them.. so.

[Varroa]

My memory IS on the QVL and I'm not trying to overclock my memory. I have figured out that I CAN overclock the CPU and I CAN run two sticks of ram at stock settings. I just want to be able to run 4 sticks at stock settings so my CPU can run at 3.4Ghz.

[Finch]

Originally Posted by Varroa

My memory IS on the QVL and I'm not trying to overclock my memory. I have figured out that I CAN overclock the CPU and I CAN run two sticks of ram at stock settings. I just want to be able to run 4 sticks at stock settings so my CPU can run at 3.4Ghz.

Yes you're memory might be compatible and yes you're motherboard supports 4 sticks up to 16gb but the fact is when you use all 4 dimm slot it stresses the chipset more then with 2 sticks even if rou're memory isnt overclock so that is why you have problems overclocking you,re cpu with 4 sticks and it works better with 2 sticks. it is what you should expect from a low-mid range mobo.

[Varroa]

Originally Posted by Finch

Yes you're memory might be compatible and yes you're motherboard supports 4 sticks up to 16gb but the fact is when you use all 4 dimm slot it stresses the chipset more then with 2 sticks even if rou're memory isnt overclock so that is why you have problems overclocking you,re cpu with 4 sticks and it works better with 2 sticks. it is what you should expect from a low-mid range mobo.

I would agree with your post if I wasn't also unable to get all 4 sticks stable at 800Mhz even when my CPU is underclocked. Please guys, I didn't come here to get into a flamer war or to have my choice or components criticized, I am just looking for help. There are a lot of people on the web who are running 4 sticks of ram on this board with no problems (with overclocked Quads are well), I just want to find out what I am doing wrong.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Varroa

I would agree with your post if I wasn't also unable to get all 4 sticks stable at 800Mhz even when my CPU is underclocked. Please guys, I didn't come here to get into a flamer war or to have my choice or components criticized, I am just looking for help. There are a lot of people on the web who are running 4 sticks of ram on this board with no problems (with overclocked Quads are well), I just want to find out what I am doing wrong.

And those people are probably running some crazy voltages to get things stable.

And nobody is criticizing your hardware, we are simply stating for the hardware you DO have your running a mediocre board and expecting a lot.

[Finch]

Originally Posted by Varroa

I would agree with your post if I wasn't also unable to get all 4 sticks stable at 800Mhz even when my CPU is underclocked. Please guys, I didn't come here to get into a flamer war or to have my choice or components criticized, I am just looking for help. There are a lot of people on the web who are running 4 sticks of ram on this board with no problems (with overclocked Quads are well), I just want to find out what I am doing wrong.

i am not flamming you here but rather telling you what to expect.

you said it your self that you were able to overclock with 2 dimm installed so dont try to look any further. the chipset gets additionnal stress when 4 sticks are installed and most likely this is what prevents you to overclock. i have many years of experience into overclocking and i know sometimes it gets very frustrating but i have seen several times the situation you are into here. and like i told you i once owned the same exact board you are using and couldnt manage any overclock at all with 1-2-3-4 sticks installed because that board is very picky on memory. Asus has very good boards for overclocking but they also have the worst boards in term of ram compatibility.

you're memory might be in the compatibility list and is tested at STOCK settings. I know you will say "but hey i told you my memory wasnt overclocked!", i know but still the chipset is stressed out with 4 dimms and you chipset also hapens to be the one that controls the overclock on both cpu and memory AND it gets aswell overclocked with the rest. there is to much variables in pc hardware so it is hard to overclock with EVERY parts.

the only thing i recommend you to do is work with fine tuning you're ram settings in the bios but i did that aswell and it did not work so i finaly changed for an other board model.

[Varroa]

OK, I am still waiting for support from Patriot at this point. If I cannot get support then which do you guys think is better, running my Quad at 3.4 - 3.8Ghz with 4GB ram OR running my Quad at stock 2.83Ghz and 8GB ram. I use my PC mainly for gaming and I am running Win7 x64.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Varroa

OK, I am still waiting for support from Patriot at this point. If I cannot get support then which do you guys think is better, running my Quad at 3.4 - 3.8Ghz with 4GB ram OR running my Quad at stock 2.83Ghz and 8GB ram. I use my PC mainly for gaming and I am running Win7 x64.

3.4-3.8 with 4gb

unless you need 8 its not worth it

[Finch]

Originally Posted by enaberif

3.4-3.8 with 4gb

unless you need 8 its not worth it

I will back enaberif on that one. 8gb of memory is overkill in my book