Overclocking sandy with 4 mem slots occupied

reiyushin · 11 Oct 2011 at 23:49

What's peoples experiences with overclocking the 25/2600ks with all four slots filled? 16gb if it makes a difference.

Thanks in advance.

Leeroy123 · 11 Oct 2011 at 23:58

I have all 4 filled for 8 gig. Doesnt really effect the overclocking too much.

SeraphX · 11 Oct 2011 at 23:59

it would be the same as Oc'ing with only 1 slot filled, because SB clocking is only done by the multiplyer, not the bus

Surveyor · 12 Oct 2011 at 00:03

Seraph said:
it would be the same as Oc'ing with only 1 slot filled, because SB clocking is only done by the multiplyer, not the bus

You've missed the point

The question the OP asked has nothing to do with the speed of the RAM.

Overclocking can be more difficult with 4 RAM slots filled instead of 2 due to the extra strain on the memory controller.

Having said that I upgraded 2 i7-2600K systems from 2x4GB to 4x4GB and the overclock wasn't affected in the slightest.

reiyushin · 12 Oct 2011 at 07:37

What sort of overclock are we talking? I'd like to hit 5Ghz.

Surveyor · 12 Oct 2011 at 08:18

reiyushin said:
What sort of overclock are we talking? I'd like to hit 5Ghz.

Mine were "only" at 4.8GHz.

Not every chip will hit 5GHz regardless of the number of sticks of RAM or any other factor.

Spit · 12 Oct 2011 at 08:24

I have 16gb of Corsair Vengeance 8-8-8-24 ram and a 5ghz over clock.

I use the Asus maximus extreme Z and have had no issues.

reiyushin · 12 Oct 2011 at 10:38

Surveyor said:
Mine were "only" at 4.8GHz.

Not every chip will hit 5GHz regardless of the number of sticks of RAM or any other factor.

Thanks, I'd be happy with anything over 4.5Ghz but as the chip will be under water I'd like to push it

Spit said:
I have 16gb of Corsair Vengeance 8-8-8-24 ram and a 5ghz over clock.

I use the Asus maximus extreme Z and have had no issues.

Good to know, thanks

What voltage was required and what cooling?