Memory Speed and Overclocking

[Cilx]

I just ordered 8 Gb of Corsair Vengeance ram to accompany other 8 Gb already in my system. I used CPU-z before I bought the ram to make sure everything was the same and compatible but I saw that it was running at 800 MHz and the ram I bought, Crucial Ballistix Sport 8Gb[/url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148544], were advertised at 1600 MHz. Should I overclock them to be at 1600 MHz or is 800MHz what it is suppose to run at? If I should overclock what would I set the values to be or is there any good tutorials on the forum or anywhere else? But before I even do this I don't even really know what is the point of faster memory. I mostly game but I also use Photoshop frequently and I like usually have 30+ tabs open in chrome at the same time when I use Photoshop.

My specs are:

Processor | Intel® Core i5-3570K CPU @ 4.40GHz

Memory | 8192MB RAM

Hard Drive | 2.5 TB Total

Motherboard | ASRock Z77 Extreme 4

Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Video Card | AMD Radeon HD7750 1Gb

[Darell3]

Double 800= 1600mhz, its the sasme from my 1333mhz ram, it says 669.7

[Transfusiionz]

The speed shown is half your ram speed.

They're running at the correct speed (Darell3 got to it first D:)

[Cilx]

Ok but still what is the benefit of having faster ram really? I always know faster is good, but why is it with ram?

[Transfusiionz]

File transfers can benefit a small amount, and you might be able to get a few extra FPS from games.

Other than that, I'm not really sure.. In fact, I'm not even sure about the ones I said

Do a few google searches and you might be able to find some good info.

[Cilx]

I already did before making this post. All I found was that it helps on-board graphics and it helps Photoshop run faster some how...

[Wats]

Helps with calculations(Pi, Ect.), rendering, extracting RAR files and physics.

Only by a tiny amount...