Memory OC

[Biased Opinion]

What are peoples opinions on running stupidly loose timings in order to get much higher memory overclocks. I am running a 9-9-9-24 DDR3 1600Mhz kit of corsair vengeance pro at 11-13-13-35 2400Mhz. Personlay i enjoy tweaking things just to get more Mhz but is there any downside to running the timings this loose.

 

 

 

[Rorgash]

you made your ram slower..

[Izaya Orihara]

you made your ram slower..

Not really it's like 1600 CL8. Still pointless. 

[Rorgash]

Not really it's like 1600 CL8. Still pointless. 

 

Really? a corsair vengence pro runs at 2400Mhz runs at CL11 or 9.9.9.24, while his has a far slower timing, which i would say makes it even slower than a CL9 1600, tho a Kingston HyperX Beast does CL11 ( 11-13-13 )

[Biased Opinion]

you made your ram slower..

But is that entirely true. Sure the timings are much higher and the cas latency is as well but the actually ram speed is much higher. If you look at any ram kit with a speed over 2133Mhz i doubt it will be anything under CL11. My timings are the same as this kit http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=416&products_id=27317 albit 200Mhz slower on mem speed.

[PingPangbv]

Personally I don't think it's worth OC-ing memory at all due to possible system instability and low performance gains.

[Analog]

Overclocking the memory is almost never worth it unless you really want to squeeze the last bit of performance from your system. Anyway, since you are doing it for fun, there is no downside from running the memory at these settings, the thing is though, that you are not getting anything from it either. 

[deathjester]

What are peoples opinions on running stupidly loose timings in order to get much higher memory overclocks. I am running a 9-9-9-24 DDR3 1600Mhz kit of corsair vengeance pro at 11-13-13-35 2400Mhz. Personlay i enjoy tweaking things just to get more Mhz but is there any downside to running the timings this loose.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell

 

Depends on the application, gpu setup. Gaming on a single dedicated GPU like you have? Not really much benefit.

 

Use maxxmem or aida and go with the one with the lowest latency. Make sure to run maxxmem a few times though cus score can change quite a bit. Latency changes depending on the speed. 2133 cl9 T1 might be faster. You aren't going to see anything major in games, but if you are bored? Go for it. : ) Tweaking is fun.

[ProKoN]

What are peoples opinions on running stupidly loose timings in order to get much higher memory overclocks. I am running a 9-9-9-24 DDR3 1600Mhz kit of corsair vengeance pro at 11-13-13-35 2400Mhz. Personlay i enjoy tweaking things just to get more Mhz but is there any downside to running the timings this loose.

running your mem chips overclocked 800 MHz? Thats pretty cool. Not much benefit like other have mentioned but good fun none the less. sounds like something I would do

 

increased frequency = higher reads \ writes

 

tight timings = lower latency

 

pick whichever you fancy  most applications will not yield any difference

 

One benchmark that LOVES faster memory is the Intel XTU Benchmark

[Biased Opinion]

Overclocking the memory is almost never worth it unless you really want to squeeze the last bit of performance from your system. Anyway, since you are doing it for fun, there is no downside from running the memory at these settings, the thing is though, that you are not getting anything from it either. 

Well there is the whole BF4 with fast ram situation. I have never actually tested it myself but at least there is some reason to be running that much of an overclock.