Hi Guys,
Got an i7 8700k from here back when they launched which I'm really happy with. I just wanted to ask some overclocking advice re memory stability. My PC is stable on the core at 5ghz (1.295v) - done 4-5+ hours of Prime95, etc. However, achieving 100% memory stability has been more problematic. (I was initially getting errors with MemTest and this was linked to stuttering in games, so i knew i needed to work on memory stability).
I am using the XMP for a G Skill kit of 16gb 3600 DDR4 RAM (CAS 17)
For the memory stability I increased IO and SA voltages to 1.16. When I was initially finding the OC sweetspot this seemed to be it (further incremental increases didnt seem to have any notable improvement on stability for the number of games I've tested- but i'm willing to test this further.)
So I decided to increase the DDR4 voltage from 1.35v to 1.39v and this seems to have fixed the memory stability.
But I was just wondering whether DDR4 voltage increase is the right way to go about this, or should i spend more time tweaking IO and SA?
I'm also interested to know which of these three voltages have the most effect on heat?
Cheers,
Dan
Got an i7 8700k from here back when they launched which I'm really happy with. I just wanted to ask some overclocking advice re memory stability. My PC is stable on the core at 5ghz (1.295v) - done 4-5+ hours of Prime95, etc. However, achieving 100% memory stability has been more problematic. (I was initially getting errors with MemTest and this was linked to stuttering in games, so i knew i needed to work on memory stability).
I am using the XMP for a G Skill kit of 16gb 3600 DDR4 RAM (CAS 17)
For the memory stability I increased IO and SA voltages to 1.16. When I was initially finding the OC sweetspot this seemed to be it (further incremental increases didnt seem to have any notable improvement on stability for the number of games I've tested- but i'm willing to test this further.)
So I decided to increase the DDR4 voltage from 1.35v to 1.39v and this seems to have fixed the memory stability.
But I was just wondering whether DDR4 voltage increase is the right way to go about this, or should i spend more time tweaking IO and SA?
I'm also interested to know which of these three voltages have the most effect on heat?
Cheers,
Dan