Dominator Platinum upgrade

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Hey, guys, I've only just got myself a 16GB 2400MHz Dominator Platinum kit, but my chip struggles to get it higher than 1866 with any level of stability. I think it doesn't like the memory density, as it quite happily ran my Dominator GT 1866 CL9 kit at 2133 CL10. I think it has to do with one being a 3x2 and the other - 4x4.

Before anyone criticises, I bought this mainly for CFD and FEA simulations, so any bit of extra bandwidth is absolutely welcome.

Can anyone point me towards any voltages I need to tweak to stabilise it and any limits?

As far as I know, the memory controller on my SB chip is labelled VCCIO. The board says there's a 0.8-1.7V range, but I have no idea what's a safe memory controller voltage on this chip, and I really don't want to find out by killing it.

I realise that 2400MHz is very unlikely, simply due to CPU limitations, but it would be much appreciated if someone helped me run 2133. I know the chip can handle the speed, but I'm not sure how far I can move the VCCIO and potentially other voltages. Hopefully Vcore doesn't need to move up by much either, but I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks everyone!
 
Might want to tell us what chip for starters......

And it would be a good idea to say what mobo and post some bios shots.

If you want us to help you then you need to help us. LOL
 
Knew I'd forgotten something :/

It's a 2500K on an ASUS P8Z68, with the prospect of getting a 3770K at some point in the near future.

At this point, I've got it hovering around 4.2 @ 1.25V until I get the memory sorted, then I'm going to see if I can get it back up to 4.6-4.8.

Will get a BIOS screenshot in a bit.
 
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Put the VCCIO voltage up to 1.15 and then try, then 1.2 if it doesnt work.

Remember the lower the volts the better.
 
Tried both - BSOD every time I try to boot. Raising VCCIO seemed to get it further into the boot up sequence though. How far can I push it?
 
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