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Is this consider the typical OC?

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Hi all.
When we got for example, one Mobo that supports up to 4133mhz (OC), one kit of DDR4 that supports 3000mhz and a Ryzen 5 3600 that supports up to 3200Mhz and we set the ram by XMP and it will run at that 3000mhz with 1.35v is it considered OC or as all values are within the specs of all the system, it's not considered the typical OC?
I always thought OC means go above the supported values of the system.

Thanks in advanced.

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That is technically considered overclocking because XMP. The RAM kit you've got is probably 3000MHz CL15 or 3000MHz CL16, which is much tighter timings than JEDEC spec (3000MHz CL20 IIRC). If you have to change any settings, it's considered OC.

 

It's not much of an OC, since it is within all the rated specs of the hardware, but it's technically an OC nonetheless. 

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The big difference probably it one can cause harm to the hardware and the other don't.

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