Is overclocking RAM with no thermal sensors a bad idea?

[Guest]

I have some Ripjaws V 2x8Gb RAM and I think it would be neat to overclock it a bit to aid in my iGPU performance until I get a 1070. The problem is that this RAM doesn't show up in Speccy with temps, just says 16Gb RAM and nothing else. How hot do these sticks usually get if I for example boosted it from 2400 to 2666 or 3000? Should I just avoid doing this altogether?

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[Mira Yurizaki]

RAM is one of those things that does not generate any significant amount of heat to warrant those heat sinks they come with. To put in perspective, regular DDR4-2166 RAM consumes 2-3W per stick. Even if all of that were heat (which is not doing that), it wouldn't be very much.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, M.Yurizaki said:

RAM is one of those things that does not generate any significant amount of heat to warrant those heat sinks they come with. To put in perspective, regular DDR4-2166 RAM consumes 2-3W per stick. Even if all of that were heat (which is not doing that), it wouldn't be very much.

So you don't think there'd be a problem with a modest OC on it then? I'd probably drop it back down after I got the GPU because it loses it's benefit at that point

[Guest]

Oh, I also don't know what "timings" are with RAM so I'll need to do some research >.>;

[Virtual01]

6 minutes ago, Gurrut said:

Oh, I also don't know what "timings" are with RAM so I'll need to do some research >.>;

It's basically trial and error anyway. OC your RAM, fiddle with the timings a bit, if it crashes change the timings and try again.

[Guest]

Thanks for the tips guys, always a helpful community <3

[TheSuspect]

Overclocking anything without thermal sensors isn't bright