WHY would you overclock ram?

[Lollipop]

title says it. Why would you even go thru the hassle? There isn't much of a performance increase from 1600 to 2000 is there?

 

[S_I_N]

more bandwidth is the main reason but your correct there isnt much to gain in benching. But tighter timing is where you can see some improvements

 

[SieB]

I overclocked my RAM on stock volts 1.5v from 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 to 1866mhz @ 10-10-10-24, I don't know if it's just in my head but things feel like they load a little bit faster.

 

[kilobravo]

This could explain what you need to know about speed v timings.

It also look at cost/performance ratio,but we want performance

My link

 

[Lollipop]

Thanks for the link

 

[Bungral]

That is just another example of what I said in another thread which I'm gonna look for in a min and repost that link. (Cheers Kilobravo).

Higher memory speed over tighter timings wins out especially if overclocking.

 

[Scarey]

I guess it comes down to cost vs interest. If you don't have SSD storage for example, putting your cash that way is a far wiser option than buying faster ram. If you can overclock your ram for no more cash, then it's a no brainer. If it's your hobby, then there is no limits. Balls it all out!

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[Ya93sin]

Its free performance, and it doesn't have to be hassle if you approach it with the right mindset.

I got 9-9-9-24@1600MHz@1.35V to 10-9-10-24@1866MHz@1.35V, and imo there is a difference in responsiveness. Maybe its just purely psychological lol

 

[AxJaWz]

Yeah faster timings do gain performance. I just overclocked my RAM today. It loaded windows up 2 seconds faster. Not much of a difference but its stills something.

 

[Lollipop]

So what i get out of this is that OC'ing RAM is utterly useless... Unless you want a bigger e-peen

 

[Scarey]

Not useless, just very little extra. 'Every little counts'

Doesn't X58 CPU overclocking require some ram over clocking, as mandatory, anyway to achieve the CPU clock speeds.

Over clocking to 1 man is making the most of his/her budget, to another its a hobby to pursue to its limits.

 

[Ya93sin]

So what i get out of this is that OC'ing RAM is utterly useless... Unless you want a bigger e-peen

Well then gather the fact that quite a few people have mentioned better responsiveness, myself included.

And what are you on about e-peen? I've never come across somebody bragging about a RAM OC hahah

 

[Bented]

I overclocked my RAM on stock volts 1.5v from 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 to 1866mhz @ 10-10-10-24, I don't know if it's just in my head but things feel like they load a little bit faster.

Sorry for my n00b like Q...

But am I correct on thinking that loosening the timings like showed above ups the Mhz? And how is this better performance wise when I thought it was better to have as tight as you can go timing wise? Would someone please help me to understand this?

thank you

 

[SieB]

Sorry for my n00b like Q...

But am I correct on thinking that loosening the timings like showed above ups the Mhz? And how is this better performance wise when I thought it was better to have as tight as you can go timing wise? Would someone please help me to understand this?

thank you

Some people say more mhz > timings some people say timings > mhz.

My RAM wouldn't Run on any other timings when I overclocked to 1866mhz other than 10-10-10-24 and as far as I know the timings are in miliseconds so going from 9-9-9-24 miliseconds to 10-10-10-24 there ain't going to be any slow down especially when you increase the mhz.

That's the way I understand it anyway other people might know a bit more about it but if you ask me the higher mhz is more important than timings as long as you don't have to increase the timings massively.