How safe is it to OC RAM with MSI "Try it!"?

[Mark Kaine]

I want to OC my RAM a bit from 3200 currently to maybe 3400+ if possible. 

 

Specs R5 3600

2x8 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 (hynix) 

MSI B350M Mortar 

 

I figure since XMP puts already a lot of voltage anyways (1.35v) I could as well try it since I read that feature generally works well but I want to know more about potential risks first. 

Thanks 

 

[Deli]

It's safe up to 1.45v, or even 1.5v for DDR4. The worst case if you run the RAM too high clock, it 'd be unstable and BSOD, or simply won't post. Just reset everything to try again.

 

Risk? What risk? You think your house will be burned down?

[ddennis002]

23 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

I want to OC my RAM a bit from 3200 currently to maybe 3400+ if possible. 

 

Specs R5 3600

2x8 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200 (hynix) 

MSI B350M Mortar 

 

I figure since XMP puts already a lot of voltage anyways (1.35v) I could as well try it since I read that feature generally works well but I want to know more about potential risks first. 

Thanks 

 

You can go as high as 1.5v but lower will be better what are your stock timings?

No much risk unless you start playing with SOC voltage this could cause damage to the IMC.

Memory has lifetime warranty and you won't be at a stable OC with enough voltage to do any damage anyway.

Depending on your stock timings you should beable to hit 3600Mhz pretty easy. If you like help I can probably get you there. Im pretty decent with Memory OC.

[Praesi]

With try it you dont have to think about timings. MSI have a torturial. 

[Jurrunio]

1.45V 3600MHz, timings 18-22-22-42 (your kit, if it's CL16, is usually 16-18-18-38), SOC voltage 1.1V, FCLK at 1800MHz. See if this works first

[Mark Kaine]

1 hour ago, Deli said:

It's safe up to 1.45v, or even 1.5v for DDR4. The worst case if you run the RAM too high clock, it 'd be unstable and BSOD, or simply won't post. Just reset everything to try again.

 

Risk? What risk? You think your house will be burned down?

 

1 hour ago, ddennis002 said:

You can go as high as 1.5v but lower will be better what are your stock timings?

No much risk unless you start playing with SOC voltage this could cause damage to the IMC.

Memory has lifetime warranty and you won't be at a stable OC with enough voltage to do any damage anyway.

Depending on your stock timings you should beable to hit 3600Mhz pretty easy. If you like help I can probably get you there. Im pretty decent with Memory OC.

Thank you guys. Alright I'll just try the "try it" thing and will see how it goes but if that doesn't work I'll definitely need some help! 

 

 

39 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

1.45V 3600MHz, timings 18-22-22-42 (your kit, if it's CL16, is usually 16-18-18-38), SOC voltage 1.1V, FCLK at 1800MHz. See if this works first

Yes I think it's CL16.  

 

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Memory/vengeance-lpx-black/p/CMK16GX4M2B3200C16

[ddennis002]

20 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

Thank you guys. Alright I'll just try the "try it" thing and will see how it goes but if that doesn't work I'll definitely need some help! 

 

 

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Memory/vengeance-lpx-black/p/CMK16GX4M2B3200C16

I'd be glad to walk you through it if need, I just help another guy a few days back get from 3200Mhz to 3600Mhz with little effort really took a whole some of a couple hours just to run some short stability tests before he ran a over night test.