Posted July 17, 2020 I am going to OC my memory, but I was thinking, what is the worst thing that can happen when OC memory. Can it destroy cpu, gpu, mb, or the actual memory itself??? Or is the worst thing that can happen just resetting cmos??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 17, 2020 The worst that can happen is that is doesn't boot with settings applied. 2nd worst - it makes mistakes while the system is running, causing random bsod. 3rd worst - it applies and works properly, but then just dies one day (if you push like.. 1.6v through it or something) Make small changes, run memory test, repeat. You'll get the most of it by tightening the timings. Pretty hard to do if you don't know what you're doing, so make sure you're well informed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 17, 2020 Small steps are key and possible read up on what voltages are safe for your kit of ram (also what kind of OC people have gotten) CPU - I9 10900 | CPU Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H100x AIO | Motherboard - Aorus B460 PRO AC | RAM -G.SKILL Ripjaw V series 4x8GB 2666MHZ | Graphics Card - Gigabyte RTX 3070 | Power Supply - Cooler Master 650w | Storage - Working on a new Spicy Operating System - Windows 10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 17, 2020 The worst that can happen is that you kill some DRAM modules (be careful with the voltage) A PC Enthusiast since 2011 AMD Ryzen 7 5700X@4.65GHz | GIGABYTE GTX 1660 GAMING OC @ Core 2085MHz Memory 5000MHz Cinebench R23: 15669cb | Unigine Superposition 1080p Extreme: 3566 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 17, 2020 At worst it'll be unstable enough for you to need to clear the CMOS. At super worst you'll kill it, but unless you shove 1.8V into your RAM and run it 24/7, that's pretty unlikely. Desktop: Intel Core i9-9900K | ASUS Strix Z390-F | G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16GB @ 3200MHz CL14 | EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC Ultra | Corsair RM650x | Fractal Design Define R6 Laptop: 2018 Apple MacBook Pro 13" -- i5-8259U | 8GB LPDDR3 | 512GB NVMe Peripherals: Leopold FC660C w/ Topre Silent 45g | Logitech MX Master 3 & Razer Basilisk X HyperSpeed | HIFIMAN HE400se & iFi ZEN DAC | Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ Display: Gigabyte G34WQC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 17, 2020 I’m going to assume you don’t have Bdie, so the max you should run your ram 24/7 is 1.45v, and I’d be sticking around 1.43. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 17, 2020 Author Alright thx everyone, I will look more into OC ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted July 17, 2020 In theory you could damage ram or IMC with excessive voltage, but I don't know of anyone actually doing so, even running elevated voltages for a long time. In practice, the worse case is data corruption. Compared to CPU overclocking, if that is unstable it is more likely to crash. Unstable ram could have bad data going through your system, and if that data impacts your storage device, that can get corrupted. It is a known risk in the competitive overclocking area that ram overclocking in particular can break your OS install. The errors can be more subtle which makes detecting them much more difficult, until something explodes anyway. As such, competitive overclockers would have a separate OS install to use during this step, and not reuse their regular use install. Gaming system: R7 7800X3D, Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming Wifi, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB, Corsair Vengeance 2x 32GB 6000C30, RTX 4070, MSI MPG A850G, Fractal Design North, Samsung 990 Pro 2TB, Acer Predator XB241YU 24" 1440p 144Hz G-Sync + HP LP2475w 24" 1200p 60Hz wide gamut Productivity system: i9-7980XE, Asus X299 TUF mark 2, Noctua D15, 64GB ram (mixed), RTX 3070, NZXT E850, GameMax Abyss, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB, random 1080p + 720p displays. Gaming laptop: Lenovo Legion 5, 5800H, RTX 3070, Kingston DDR4 3200C22 2x16GB 2Rx8, Kingston Fury Renegade 1TB + Crucial P1 1TB SSD, 165 Hz IPS 1080p G-Sync Compatible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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