Ram Overclocking problem...

BeefOrFish · February 12, 2022

So, i found out that my 2 stick of Trident Z Neo (16 Gb) was bus of 3600Mhz, which surpassing the NATIVE (JEDEC) support of my mainboard and cpu as well.

I've find on the internet and it told me that in order to use its maximum power, i need to overclocking (aka enable XMP). I also found a lot of post saying that overclocking ram will make the ram surpassing the power it should be, surpass the cpu support speed and made it hotter, reduce the ram lifespan...etc . Just a short question, will overclocking ram to it should be breaking my pc? Will my PSU suppling enough power?

CPU : I7-12700F

Mainboard : Z690M Aorus Elite

Ram : Trident Z Neo 3600Mhz DDR4 16GB x2

PSU : Gigabyte P750GM

I also got a liquid AIO Cooler

Spotty · February 12, 2022

Moved to CPUs, motherboards, and memory

Overclocking your RAM isn't going to destroy your PC. Worst case scenario is if it doesn't boot with the new RAM settings you just clear the CMOS to reset it to default.

39 minutes ago, BeefOrFish said:

Will my PSU suppling enough power?

PSU : Gigabyte P750GM

Overclocking RAM will only consume like, 2W more. It's not a concern.

That gigabyte power supply is a fire hazard though.

RONOTHAN## · February 12, 2022

47 minutes ago, BeefOrFish said:

PSU : Gigabyte P750GM

Before anything, swap that out. That PSU is a fire waiting to happen. See Gamers Nexus for more details.

47 minutes ago, BeefOrFish said:

i need to overclocking (aka enable XMP).

Yes, you paid for the faster speeds, you might as well use the faster speeds.

47 minutes ago, BeefOrFish said:

overclocking ram will make the ram surpassing the power it should be

Yes it will draw more power, but it's like an extra couple watts at most. Your hard drive will likely draw more power than your RAM.

47 minutes ago, BeefOrFish said:

surpass the cpu support speed and made it hotter, reduce the ram lifespan...etc

It'll be a little hotter, but barely. And yeah, it might reduce the lifespan depending on what memory chips you have and how sensitive they are to voltage, but with the 1.35v found on basically every RAM kit it would be something like from about 20 years to about 19.5. It doesn't matter, enable XMP for better performance.