First time overclocking RAM

[JustAnoob]

Hello,

After almost 12 years I decided to build a new PC, and after watching Linus video (link below), I would like to overclock the RAM to at least 3600Mhz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHJ16hD4ysk

 

I have seen software that helps to calculate some stuff, but I don't want to destroy anything due to a lack of knowledge.
In another video from Linus Tech Tips, they mentioned that it's fine to change the CL one below, so instead of CL16 I'll change it to 15...

 

Could you please tell me what should I change or send me a guide that will help me to understand better how to overclock?

 

What sequence should I have CL16-18-18-36 ? (I want to increase the RAM to 3600Mhz)

 

My hardware:

- Corsair SF600 – 600 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum

- X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI

- AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12x 3.80GHz

- DDR4RAM 2x 8GB DDR4-3200 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DIMM, CL16-18-18-36 Kit

 

 

Thank you.

[SavageNeo]

2 minutes ago, JustAnoob said:

 CL16-18-18-36 ?

16-16-16-36 is the best. 14-14-14-32 is the the best but costs the most

[Jurrunio]

Try keep DOCP enabled, select 3600MHz and raise voltage. Max memory voltage I'd use is 1.5V (higher is not always better though, sometimes they just refuse to get better if not worse when voltage is higher), while SOC should be somewhere between 1.05V and 1.15V (usually recommends 1.1V, but different CPUs could be most capable at slightly different voltages). It should give you timings like 18-20-20-40 I think though I'm not sure whether your board scales timings past its rated frequency properly or just drops out entirely and give you like 24-26-26-46.

[JustAnoob]

Thank you for replying.

I'll have to do some research, I don't know what is DOCP, SOC, etc... 

[ddennis002]

4 minutes ago, JustAnoob said:

Hello,

After almost 12 years I decided to build a new PC, and after watching Linus video (link below), I would like to overclock the RAM to at least 3600Mhz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHJ16hD4ysk

 

I have seen software that helps to calculate some stuff, but I don't want to destroy anything due to a lack of knowledge.
In another video from Linus Tech Tips, they mentioned that it's fine to change the CL one below, so instead of CL16 I'll change it to 15...

 

Could you please tell me what should I change or send me a guide that will help me to understand better how to overclock?

 

What sequence should I have CL16-18-18-36 ? (I want to increase the RAM to 3600Mhz)

 

My hardware:

- Corsair SF600 – 600 Watt 80 PLUS® Platinum

- X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI

- AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12x 3.80GHz

- DDR4RAM 2x 8GB DDR4-3200 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DIMM, CL16-18-18-36 Kit

 

 

Thank you.

With RAM OC you can go one of to ways either increase frequency until stock timings need to be increased to continue increasing frequency.

Or you tighten the timings to decrease latency.

Both usually result in increase of voltage.

 

As far as your set up i would aim to go for higher frequency as you have stated you wanted to do. So with that being said this is what i suggest you try.

Set your XMP profile this will give you a baseline than try increasing just the memory frequency until your no longer stable. I would start with 3400Mhz and set DRAM voltage to 1.375v. 

If that boots and system is stable increase frequency until your no longer stable then your can up the DRAM voltage more and we can increase the timings a bit.

Post back with your results.

[Jurrunio]

6 minutes ago, JustAnoob said:

Thank you for replying.

I'll have to do some research, I don't know what is DOCP, SOC, etc... 

DOCP is another name for XMP

SOC is part of the Ryzen CPUs that includes everything but the CPU cores, so on 3900X it will be the memory controller, infinity fabric, cache etc. On APUs, SOC voltage also powers the iGPU.

[boggy77]

use thaiphoon burner to get the details from your ram, export it as xml, import it in ryzen dram calculator, set the frequency you want to obtain (I would keep it to 3600) and click on calculate safe. it will give you a whole list of timings, sub timings, voltages etc

you need to take a note of all of those, go into bios and input all of them. hopefully everything will work. if not, manually push the dram voltage up gradually up to a max of 1.45 or 1.5. if it boots, stress test the ram using aida or something.