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Is this a safe RAM overclock?

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It should be fine, as long as the volts are kept under check, as ram will not turn off if it gets too warm...

 

2133mhz ram is usually just binned stocks, so if you are able to get your kit up to those speeds, it will likely be fine...

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I started experimenting with overclocking my RAM. I thought I'd hit the sweet spot yesterday, when I got my 1600 MHz RAM to 1866 MHz at 1.6V 10-10-10-30, but today I managed to take it further. Today, the farthest I got, and probably the farthest I'll get, is 2133 MHz at 1.6V 9-10-9-24. I'm newbie in (RAM) overclocking so please bear with me, as stupid as my question may be: can my RAM (Crucial Ballistix Sport CL9 1600) handle this kind of overclock? Can I somehow mess it up like this? It seems to be running fine so far and benchmark scores improved nicely, but I'm not sure if it's safe because it seems like a big jump from 1600 to 2133 MHz.

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Dunno if it's safe, but it's certainly useless.

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Dunno if it's safe, but it's certainly useless.

I don't really care if it's useful or not.

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It should be fine, as long as the volts are kept under check, as ram will not turn off if it gets too warm...

 

2133mhz ram is usually just binned stocks, so if you are able to get your kit up to those speeds, it will likely be fine...

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It should be fine, as long as the volts are kept under check, as ram will not turn off if it gets too warm...

 

2133mhz ram is usually just binned stocks, so if you are able to get your kit up to those speeds, it will likely be fine...

I'll be keeping it at 1.6V. I've heard that that's safe enough for the RAM not to get too hot.

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I'll be keeping it at 1.6V. I've heard that that's safe enough for the RAM not to get too hot.

1.6v should be fine, especially with a good heatsink...

 

you have pretty good ram if you managed 2133mhz with those fairly tight timings...

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1.6v should be fine, especially with a good heatsink...

 

you have pretty good ram if you managed 2133mhz with those fairly tight timings

Tbh I was surprised too. I could've pushed it further. I even booted with 9-10-9-23 but benchmark scores got unstable.

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I'll be keeping it at 1.6V. I've heard that that's safe enough for the RAM not to get too hot.

 

What platform are you using? Intel only recommends up to 1.5V to be used for the RAM, in order to protect the memory controller from burning out over time. That is why most memory kits are rated for 1.5V or lower.   

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1.6V would be on the edge of my comfort level, but then again I'm used to DDR4. Have you tried lowering the voltage, testing, rinsing and repeating?

 

If you can pump less juice into it and still have a stable overclock, why not.

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What platform are you using? Intel only recommends up to 1.5V to be used for the RAM, in order to protect the memory controller from burning out over time. That is why most memory kits are rated for 1.5V or lower.   

I have an AMD FX-6300 on an Asus M5A97 R2.0 board.

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1.6V would be on the edge of my comfort level, but then again I'm used to DDR4. Have you tried lowering the voltage, testing, rinsing and repeating?

 

If you can pump less juice into it and still have a stable overclock, why not.

Good idea. I'll try tomorrow.

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