I increased my RAM to 2666 and then did what next?
I increased my RAM to 2666 and then did what next?
I own a 4x2gb HyperX Fury kit and have increased its clock speed to 2666mhz without altering the voltage or settings. With a Ryzen system, I believe further improvements are possible by slightly raising the overclock beyond this point. I'm unsure how much to adjust timings gradually or how much to boost both speed and voltage. This is my first time dealing with this, so I want to learn properly. Thank you.
I don't have experience with the Ryzen 3 1200 model or the specifics of achieving 3.6 GHZ through multipliers and bus frequency adjustments. Regarding memory overclocking, for stability it's better to slightly raise the voltage and adjust timings to match standard settings for a downgraded XMP profile, such as CL16-16-16 at 1.225 V or CL16-17-17 at 1.225 V. Alternatively, you could try 1.2 V with similar changes.
Greeko85 :
What's the exact model of your ram? Actually post full system specs please
Sorry, I have a ryzen 3 1200 clocked @3.6ghz, msi b350 pc mate, 2x4gb ddr4 hyperx fury (HX424C15FB/4) oc'd to 2666mhz at stock voltage, gigabyte r9 390, 1tb toshiba hdd, 620w seasonic m12ii.
I don't have experience with the Ryzen 3 1200 model or the specifics of achieving 3.6 GHZ through multipliers and bus frequency adjustments. Regarding memory overclocking, for stability it's better to slightly raise voltage and adjust timings to match standard XMP profiles, such as 2400 MHz for DDR42666 memory. I recommend testing stability with CL16-16-16 at 1.225 V or CL16-17-17 at 1.225 V, or using 1.2 V if needed.
I don’t have experience with the Ryzen 3 1200 or the specifics of achieving those frequencies. For memory overclocking, it’s better to slightly increase voltage and adjust timings to match standard profiles. I considered options like CL16-16-16 at 1.225 V or CL16-17-17 at 1.225 V, but found no stable results. Some people tried timings like 15-15-15-36 at 1.35V, though it didn’t work for me. I’m thinking about pushing it higher to around 2800, but I’m unsure what adjustments to make. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the follow-up, I wanted to share how I managed to overclock it by picking a frequency from a drop menu. If it worked stably, I’d go up to 2800 but would make minor adjustments to timing and voltages. It looks like memory overclocking really helps here—Ryzen 3 1200 and 2666 seem to be the optimal settings for about a 5% performance boost.
Ryzen 3 GAMING Performance & MEMORY Speeds... 2133 Vs. 2666 Vs. 3200Mhz __
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B20sgr-zgj0
Thanks for the update as well, what method did you use to overclock it by picking a frequency from a drop menu? If it works stably, that's great. You could then raise it to 2800, but you should adjust timing and voltages slightly—there’s a clear advantage of memory overclocking with Ryzen 3 1200 and 2666, which seems to offer about a 5% performance boost. >> Ryzen 3 GAMING Performance & MEMORY Speeds... 2133 Vs. 2666 Vs. 3200Mhz __ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B20sgr-zgj0
You're welcome, good luck with your overclocking experiments, I know for a small amount of performance increase there seem to be a source of such an enjoyment, maybe because of the feel of pushing the limits of the silicon and the sentiment of free upgrade! I know the feeling as I am a semi retired moderate overclocker: still clutching to my 6 years older rig running an FX-8350 and man what I didn't try to overclock the transistors out of it and the 2133 memory hooked to it in the first years I had it.
Ram has limits, it's still silicon, just like a cpu, so is still bound by the silicon lottery. No guarantees whatsoever on just how much OC can be applied.
HyperX doesn't really use xmp, it has a propriety controller, it prefers to run at its rated speed, if it's 2400, then it'll run 2400 out of the box, not 2133 with an xmp profile of 2400 like most other ram.
So if your hyperX is 2400 and you got it to 2666MHz manually, theres a good chance due to silicon lottery that that's as high as stable will allow. Especially on a Ryzen, as particular as they are about ram. Many ppl who bought 3000 or 3200MHz ram could only get 2933 and remain stable.
Only 1 way to find out, try it.