Overclocking to use faster memory

[shoutout33]

What's up people? I need to know, if you use OC Genie (Yes, I know I shouldn't use it, but please bear with me...) on a MSI mobo to overclock your CPU, is it enough to allow you to use faster memory?

 

[Woomack]

you can use faster memory without OC Genie, it's only feature to enable OC profile , nothing else

 

[shoutout33]

Ok...so even if I'm NOT using OC Genie

you can use faster memory without OC Genie, it's only feature to enable OC profile , nothing else

Do I have to still have my CPU OC'd in order to run faster memory or is this not necessary either? Just want to clarify, because when I look at the memory on some mobo's, they'll have some speeds with an OC by them. To me, that means I need to have my CPU OC'd in order to take advantage of the faster memory.

 

[OptyTrooper]

no the CPU link or bclk are not tied per say.

 

[Woomack]

OC in board's specification near memory clock means that board's manufacturer won't guarantee stable work at these settings even though it supports higher memory clock/ratio.
In most cases you have clocks up to 1866 and anything above is marked as OC just because 1600/1866 ( depends from used CPU ) is max in Intel specification for memory controller.

 

[shoutout33]

Thanks.

OK guys, thanks for the replies. It is greatly appreciated.