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Do I need to overclock my RAM or not?

Uvi
By Uvi
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I am mostly planning to Editing and Current RAM Speed is - 2133 MHz

My Configuration:

CPU - Intel Core i9-9900K

Motherboard - GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS PRO

RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C19D-32GVRB

Hard Drive - Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2, QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Graphic Card - GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Super WINDFORCE OC 3X 8G Graphics Card

PSU - CORSAIR CX Series CX650 650W ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE

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Turn on XMP and select 3600MHz. Selecting frequency might be done by ratio, which will be 36

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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56 minutes ago, Uvi said:

I am mostly planning to Editing and Current RAM Speed is - 2133 MHz

My Configuration:

CPU - Intel Core i9-9900K

Motherboard - GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS PRO

RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C19D-32GVRB

Hard Drive - Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2, QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Graphic Card - GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070 Super WINDFORCE OC 3X 8G Graphics Card

PSU - CORSAIR CX Series CX650 650W ATX12V 80 PLUS BRONZE

If you:

  1. Ask this question, and
  2. Plan to use the PC for editing,

Then the answer is a solid NO, since memory OC is tricky and there is a high chance of using several hours of work because of reboot/BSOD due to an unstable OC.

I wouldn't cheap out on a PSU so much, too.

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