Is it necessary to overclock ram while overclock cpu?

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karcar549

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• Jun 4, 2014

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Im overclocking my 4770k(im a newbie)and i have 1866 gskill sniper ram at 1.5 volts.i dont want to increase my ram speed as im happy with 1866 mhz.But is it compulsary to overclock ram while overclocking cpu??or i can getaway with leaving the ram settings untouched(1866 mhz,1.5 volts,9-10-9-28 latency)
thanks!

 

Lvcoyote

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• Jun 4, 2014

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Nope, just set your ram to its XMP profile and overclock your CPU. It shouldn't change a thing about your memory.

 

caddi daddi

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• Jun 4, 2014

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no, you don't have to. it can help a little in 24/7 use but mainly for benching.
I run an amd fx8350 well above 5.0, 1333 1600, 1866, could not tell which one in day to day use.

 

mimart7

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• Jun 4, 2014

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Make sure you have decent cooling if you are trying to oc that cpu.

 

Shell

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• Jun 4, 2014

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Using faster memory is one of the least cost effective things you can do.

Really expensive and unreliable DDR3-3000 is 0-10% faster(probably averages 3%) compared to "cheap"(fing price fixing) and common DDR3-1600 CL8/7.

 

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• Jun 5, 2014

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DDR 1866MHz is as good as it gets for real world performance.