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Ryzen ram overclocking advice

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NickUdy
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02-04-2017, 12:43 AM
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Hey there,
I just set up a system for the first time, and thanks to the forum community it really helped me understand a lot.
Now I'm trying to overclock and have some questions.
I use an MSI B350 Tomahawk with a Ryzen 1600 and a GTX 770 4GB, plus a 4GB dual-rank stick with Ballistix Sport at 2400 MHz.

1) Will I end up bottlenecking my CPU if my RAM is slow (2400 MHz, 16-16-16-39)? Should I replace the RAM, and if so, what speed would be best?
2) I'm a total newbie to overclocking, but I increased my RAM speed to 2666 MHz. I went to BIOS, enabled XMP, and set it to DDR4 2666 under the RAM profile. Didn't change anything else—just changed the voltage. Does that sound correct? I checked CPU-Z and it showed 1333, so maybe it's okay.
3) Do I need a better power supply just for RAM overclocking? I tried running 2933 MHz on my RAM but the system didn’t even restart (I reset the CMOS and it came back to 2667).

Thanks a lot!
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NickUdy
02-04-2017, 12:43 AM #1

Hey there,
I just set up a system for the first time, and thanks to the forum community it really helped me understand a lot.
Now I'm trying to overclock and have some questions.
I use an MSI B350 Tomahawk with a Ryzen 1600 and a GTX 770 4GB, plus a 4GB dual-rank stick with Ballistix Sport at 2400 MHz.

1) Will I end up bottlenecking my CPU if my RAM is slow (2400 MHz, 16-16-16-39)? Should I replace the RAM, and if so, what speed would be best?
2) I'm a total newbie to overclocking, but I increased my RAM speed to 2666 MHz. I went to BIOS, enabled XMP, and set it to DDR4 2666 under the RAM profile. Didn't change anything else—just changed the voltage. Does that sound correct? I checked CPU-Z and it showed 1333, so maybe it's okay.
3) Do I need a better power supply just for RAM overclocking? I tried running 2933 MHz on my RAM but the system didn’t even restart (I reset the CMOS and it came back to 2667).

Thanks a lot!

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CandyBugz
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02-09-2017, 03:42 PM
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When operating at 2666MHz, focus on reducing latency slightly; lowering it by 2 points would match the performance at 2933MHz while increasing latency.
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CandyBugz
02-09-2017, 03:42 PM #2

When operating at 2666MHz, focus on reducing latency slightly; lowering it by 2 points would match the performance at 2933MHz while increasing latency.

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02-09-2017, 11:49 PM
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When operating at 2666MHz, focus on reducing latency slightly; lowering it by 2 points would match the performance at 2933MHz while increasing latency.
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02-09-2017, 11:49 PM #3

When operating at 2666MHz, focus on reducing latency slightly; lowering it by 2 points would match the performance at 2933MHz while increasing latency.

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