How easy to overclock this ram?

Brazo · 19 Mar 2017 at 20:29

I have an asrock z270 itx board and a kaby 7700k.

This is the ram

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series F4-3200C14D-16GVK 16 GB (8 GB x 2) DDR4 3200 MHz CL14 Memory Kit - Classic Black

I'm a complete noob when it comes to ram, can I just dial in a higher MHz? Any suggestions on settings?

Nickolp1974 · 19 Mar 2017 at 21:14

You can try 3600mhz and setting primary timings, so 14-14-14-28-2t with 1.2v IO and 1.25vSA with 1.45-1.55v for dram, trainning can take longer on Z270 so it may take a while on 1st boot, try and see how you get on.

Brazo · 19 Mar 2017 at 21:31

Nickolp1974 said:
You can try 3600mhz and setting primary timings, so 14-14-14-28-2t with 1.2v IO and 1.25vSA with 1.45-1.55v for dram, trainning can take longer on Z270 so it may take a while on 1st boot, try and see how you get on.

Wow thankyou! I thought I might have to increase the latency but that would be really great!

Silent_Scone · 20 Mar 2017 at 08:38

Establish stability at XMP

Brazo · 20 Mar 2017 at 21:31

Ok I bottled it!

If this doesn't work will I have to reset my bios?

It's just that i have raid configured and don't really want to faff about if it goes south!

Nickolp1974 · 20 Mar 2017 at 22:23

No, just save a profile

Silent_Scone · 21 Mar 2017 at 07:44

If using RAID, always best to keep backups regardless when overclocking.

Brazo · 21 Mar 2017 at 08:18

Silent_Scone said:
If using RAID, always best to keep backups regardless when overclocking.

If you mean a backup of the data on the raid array then yes I have 3

I know the pros and cons of raid and realise it's not a back up in itself more so the setting up of the raid array if my bios requires resetting.

Perhaps as above I could save a bios settings to give me some confidence!

Silent_Scone · 21 Mar 2017 at 12:11

It's not likely the array will break due to instability, but on the odd occasion it can happen - as Nick says, just save the profile and try it. If you have the data backed up there is nothing to fear.

Always best to test the memory stability whilst at XMP with something like HCI for 200-400% coverage before leaping into deeper tuning. Helps to avoid headaches

Brazo · 21 Mar 2017 at 14:25

Silent_Scone said:
It's not likely the array will break due to instability, but on the odd occasion it can happen - as Nick says, just save the profile and try it. If you have the data backed up there is nothing to fear.

Always best to test the memory stability whilst at XMP with something like HCI for 200-400% coverage before leaping into deeper tuning. Helps to avoid headaches

Thanks I will try it that first