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

submitted 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure they're Hynix C-bin. About middle of the road, as far as OC'ing goes. Unfortunately, not Samsung B's, so I can't really push these too far (and there's a manufacturing flaw in my mobo that causes the CPU temp sensor to freeze if mem voltage is too high).

[–] vikingtons 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's fine bubs, we can try for something like 3600 CL18, maybe hit 3800 at the same CAS latency?

The neat thing about the X3D parts is that higher frequency, low latency memory is less critical to application performance. I think you'll be fine perf wise if you scale back a bit.