does overclocking your ram overclock your CPU too?

[peter325]

The reason why I say this is in maximum PC it say sit also overclock your CPU is this true and is it worth it to overclock your ram  

[TheRandomness]

Both are overclocked independant of each other

[AresKrieger]

Don't overclock your ram it's pointless unless apu, and no they're separate.

[Litargirio]

is it worth it to overclock your ram  

 

No. It doesn't affect performance, except in a few very specific scenarios.

[Yatys 93]

unless you overclock by changing the base clock speed in the BIOS I believe

[theereal]

No, it doesent.

[Darth-Marius]

no

[Godlygamer23]

If you overclock RAM using XMP, I think it does affect CPU clock speeds. In most scenarios, it's not worth it.

[peter325]

If you overclock RAM using XMP, I think it does affect CPU clock speeds. In most scenarios, it's not worth it.

I would overclock because of the speed increase 

[Godlygamer23]

I would overclock because of the speed increase 

It probably won't do anything. Overclocking your CPU will provide more of a performance increase. However, if you want to gain performance in games, overclocking your GPU will provide additional performance in all games, provided your CPU is not a bottleneck.

[peter325]

It probably won't do anything. Overclocking your CPU will provide more of a performance increase. However, if you want to gain performance in games, overclocking your GPU will provide additional performance in all games, provided your CPU is not a bottleneck.

so don't overclock ram

I have a titan x so don't overclock it

so overclock my amd 8320 CPU because its a bottleneck

[Godlygamer23]

so don't overclock ram

I have a titan x so don't overclock it

so overclock my amd 8320 CPU because its a bottleneck

Before I deem it a bottleneck, what GPU usage do you get in games without V-Sync enabled? But, I would overclock it if you have a proper motherboard and cooler.

[Creiger]

The only reason I can think of to overclock RAM is if you're using a RAM Disk, but I can't imagine getting that much of a performance increase out of it compared to the speed it also transfers at.

[peter325]

Before I deem it a bottleneck, what GPU usage do you get in games without V-Sync enabled? But, I would overclock it if you have a proper motherboard and cooler.

 

Before I deem it a bottleneck, what GPU usage do you get in games without V-Sync enabled? But, I would overclock it if you have a proper motherboard and cooler.

I already overclocked my CPU to 4 GHz 

[DunePilot]

Lots of systems overclocking CPU overclocks ram because it is done with bus speed also known as base clock. (BCLK) That is why you have the option to then divide the ram to a different frequency. 196x23 = 4.312 GHz overclock on the CPU for instance, which would give you 196X8= 1568 ram using an 8 divider, or 1960 using a 10 divider.

[Godlygamer23]

Lots of systems overclocking CPU overclocks ram

Most people overclock with the CPU multiplier which does not affect RAM.

[DunePilot]

If you call changing a multi to 46-48 and a range on BCLK of 100-102 overclocking then yeah... thats on the last few generations where a caveman can do it.

 

 

But you are right, as far as the new platforms yes, you do X46-48 and bam, easy peasy overclock that doesn't effect your ram.

 

Based on his question I imagine he had come across some of that info before that I provided but he had it backwards. CPU OCing can effect RAM clock. He had it backwards.

[ThomasD]

If you enable XPM, or manually set your timings and RAM voltage then no, it should not affect your CPU clock.

 

If you change BCLK (also known as front side bus) then yes, you are effectively overclokcing everything.