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lower timings or higher frequency?

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fr0zn

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Jan 13, 2018
Hello everyone, I'm new around and just finishing my very first overclock on an Intel platform after years of having AMD, achieved 4.83 GHz on an i3-8350k at 1.28V, now I'm wondering about memory OC, if I should do it (if it's worth) and how, I know the basics because some of my previous platforms, FX in particular, involved some memory tweaking because of the multi + FSB overclock, but I don't know how this works on Intel, my rig has a single Corsair stick running at 2666MHz 19-19-19-44 (CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS). I use my computer mainly for gaming (Battlefield 1, Fallout 4) and some 3D rendering, photo and video editing and some 7z compressing, considering that, should I try to lower those timings that seem pretty high or just increasing frequency and overvolting will improve performance? On a side note the stick lacks any type of heatsink, it's just an standard model, but there's an empty space on my case to fit a 140mm fan that would remove the heat coming from the memory, I'm not sure if that would help.
Oh and the board is a Gigabyte Z370 HD3P
 
I would try leaving the timings what they are, then increase the memory speed and test for stability.
 
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