Is it even worth over locking a 1800X

EvilDreams · 17 Aug 2017 at 18:07

Mine is stable at 4GHz/2933MHz RAM but I have to give it 1.4v.

There is a video somewhere where some official AMD guy says over 1.425 will shorten the lifespan of the chip.

breathe3asy · 17 Aug 2017 at 18:34

smogsy said:
@Rossi
i wanted an extremely quiet rig. Due to the HUGE wattage i9 require that's not possible.

I got the 8pack Kit on the way and settled for 3.8Ghz @ 1.248v for now, Quiet & Fast. Lower Voltages than "Stock"

I'm struggling to decide whether I should keep my Vengeance 3000MHz kit or swap it out for something better.

Is there really that much of a difference? I can run my RAM @ 2800MHz

james_2k · 17 Aug 2017 at 19:15

what would you swap it to? if you cant get your ram to even run at its stated speed, what can another kit do for you? maybe a little lower timings?

breathe3asy · 17 Aug 2017 at 22:39

james_2k said:
what would you swap it to? if you cant get your ram to even run at its stated speed, what can another kit do for you? maybe a little lower timings?

I'm reading there are "b die" kits out there that run faster without any fuss, but not 100% if its worth it

Hotwired · 17 Aug 2017 at 22:51

james_2k said:
-Is on a forum called overclockers, asks if its worth overclocking..

With boost clocks it is a real question.

Overclocking all cores to a stable level may be lower than the boost clocks that individual cores can reach.

Yaayuh! · 18 Aug 2017 at 17:03

ceaton88 said:
I'm struggling to decide whether I should keep my Vengeance 3000MHz kit or swap it out for something better.

Is there really that much of a difference? I can run my RAM @ 2800MHz

Yes. Gaming alone there's a big difference, there's a bottleneck under 3200MHz. I recommend you get some 8Pack Team Group Dark Pro stuff, guaranteed to be B-Die.

smogsy · 18 Aug 2017 at 17:55

@Rossi
dpd missed my pickup from ocuk today so ocuk was kind enough to sort it out & deliver tomorrow.

So should have it sometime tomorrow

So i go straight in with the XMP profile of 3600? to give it a try or start at 3466 and go down?

breathe3asy · 18 Aug 2017 at 18:53

Rossi~ said:
Yes. Gaming alone there's a big difference, there's a bottleneck under 3200MHz. I recommend you get some 8Pack Team Group Dark Pro stuff, guaranteed to be B-Die.

I had to order in a hurry this morning and ended up going for

G.SKILL F4-3200C14D-16GFX 16 GB (8 GB x 2) Flare X Series DDR4 3200 MHz PC4-25600 CL14 Dual Channel Memory Kit - Black

breathe3asy · 18 Aug 2017 at 23:07

Rossi~ said:
Yes. Gaming alone there's a big difference, there's a bottleneck under 3200MHz. I recommend you get some 8Pack Team Group Dark Pro stuff, guaranteed to be B-Die.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4k_ErEg-FU

Looks like its not applicable to me after all

smogsy · 19 Aug 2017 at 17:37

this is what i got atm
(temp is really 64C fully stressed
https://valid.x86.fr/96ai44