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Overclocking with mismatched rams

hussain

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Processor AMD VENICE 3800+
Motherboard MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM
Memory 2X256 TWINMOS (333DDR), 1X512 KINGSTON (400 DDR)
Video Card(s) ATI X850 PRO (UNLOCKED 16 PIPELINES)
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Please see my signature for my system specs. Kindly tell me if i will be able to overclock my venice 3800+ with stock fan and mismatched ram i.e. i have the following rams.
1. 2X256 ddr 333
2. 512 ddr 400

If i will be able to overclock than a walkthrough of how to do it shall be much appreciated.

Thanx

P.S: Also can somebody tell me what is the performance hit i am getting by using mismatched rams.
 

cdawall

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please pull out the ddr400 stick and use a64tweaker to change the memclock to ddr400 if it remains stable with this you can download spdtool off the main page and use it to set the ddr333 as ddr400 thus removing your clocking problem :D
 

PuMA

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ur overall ram speed is as high as ur lowest ram. In ur case ur ram speed is ddr333
 

hussain

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Processor AMD VENICE 3800+
Motherboard MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM
Memory 2X256 TWINMOS (333DDR), 1X512 KINGSTON (400 DDR)
Video Card(s) ATI X850 PRO (UNLOCKED 16 PIPELINES)
Storage SAMSUNG EIDE 80GB, WD SATA 250 GB
Display(s) VIEWSONIC 19" CRT
Audio Device(s) CREATIVE X-FI
Power Supply CHANNEL 400 WATTS
Software WINDOWS XP MEDIA CENTER EDITION
is there any way i can overclock without tweaking the ram
 

PuMA

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Cooling NOCTUA NH-U9, 3 2x120mm 1x180mm case fans
Memory 6GB A-DATA vitesta DDR2 900mhz (2x1gb + 2x2gb)
Video Card(s) LEASTEK GTX 260 (701/1408/1105)
Storage SAMSUNG F1 640GB SATAII/SEAGATE 250gb SATAII
Display(s) SAMSUNG 226BW 1680x1050 2ms
Case ANTEC three hundred
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX, SONY surround AMP
Power Supply XION 630W
Software VISTA ULTIMATE x64
Benchmark Scores 3dmark06:15126 (701/1408/1105) vantage: 11698
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