Overclocking my RAM, would it do any good?

Hello folks, I'm considering overclocking my RAM a bit.

Why? Because I'm bored and it's pretty much the only thing I haven't overclocked yet

I have gathered that the performance boost would be meager in games, but may be noticeable in other applications.

Do you have any recommendations on how to proceed (if I should proceed at all)?

Here's a gpuz screendump from my memory tab, not sure if you need to know more to make a suggestion. Didn't want to flood the post with possibly useless info

Memory OC is simple:
- Raise memory ratio , test stability and if it's stable then move to the next point. If not then raise voltage or change memory timings to more relaxed ( 10-10-10 or something similar )
- When you stabilized memory one step higher then try some more - raise memory ratio and the same, or add some volts or relax timings

To test memory stability can use HCI memtest ( Win ), memtest86+ ( Dos version, UBCD bootable CD etc ), AIDA64 memory/cache stability test, Prime95 blend or something else.

Sandy Bridge is limited to about 2133 max clock so focus on 1866, 2000, 2133 and try to set tighter timings keeping memory voltage at about 1.65V max.
Memory timings which I would try on your memory will be something like this:
1866 8-9-8, 9-9-9, 9-10-9, 9-11-9 1.50-1.65V
2000 9-9-9, 9-10-9, 9-11-9. 9-10-10, 9-11-11 1.50-1.65V
2133 9-9-9, 9-10-9, 9-11-9, 9-11-10, 10-10-10, 10-11-11, 10-12-11 1.50-1.65V
All depends from memory chips etc.
Can also raise VCCSA or/and VCCIO voltages. If you are missing one then can be also marked as VTT. +0.10-0.15V should be enough for higher clocks.

Woomack said:

Memory OC is simple

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Good! I'll give it a go.

Edit:

Remembered something about limited frequencies supported because of my CPU:



Wont this be a problem?

Nah, it's default specification. For new series it's DDR3-1600 but can run up to DDR3-2933 even on locked CPUs. Your series is older and max working memory ratio is x21.33 so DDR3-2133.
Higher memory clock won't really improve general performance so much but you can play to gain that 1-3% higher performance in some programs.

1-3 %.. Wow, that is really not that much

Dont think I'll bother if thats all there is to gain on it.. Thanks anyway