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Will I need to overclock RAM again? (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/buildapc

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I'm saving up to get a 5700X3D around Christmas, upgrading from a 5600G, but I want to make sure I prepare properly before I do the swap.

The RAM I bought couldn't match the C18 @ 4000 M/Ts advertised and still remain stable, but I managed to manually overclock to C16 @ 3666. Should I drop to JDEC specs before I upgrade, or is it a non-issue?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It should rember the RAMs clockspeed but watch out when taking the cpu out.

If you got the 5600g when it released the thermal paste might be hard as concrete by now. I had to rip my CPU out the socket and pry it off the cooler afterwards with a scary amount of force.

I dunno what AMD uses for thermal paste but we should be using it to construct megastructures rather than a thermal compound.

I also forgot to update my BIOS so had to put the old CPU back in again to do the upadate. So definitely check your BIOS versions CPU compatibility first. Updating the BIOS will wipe out all your configurations though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Every motherboard I've used resets the ram speed, and everything else back to default when I've swapped the CPU (or even just removed it sometimes). But if your board supports saving "profiles" those may be saved, and if you can save them to a flash drive then even better.

But honestly just take a picture on your phone of the memory timings screen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a good point. I dunno if my current BIOS version would recognize the 5700X3D, so might need to check on that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Worth noting that running a medium to heavy load on the cpu for a bit will generally loosen the thermal pate a bit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'ma run prime95 for a bit first.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

And use something like dental floss or fishing line to saw through it instead of ripping components off the CPU.