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Any point to overclocking a 1866 DDR 32GB set of Ram?

Hai!

 

I own 4 sticks of 8gb offff...the HyperX Fury , 1866 , DDR3.

 

Been wondering - is there a point to overclocking it? 

How far can I push it?

Am I REALLY going to feel a difference?

 

#EDIT#

 

Also , can I EVEN overclock it? (i have no idea what im doing...)

 

and I guess I should point out that my CPU is; I5 4690

Motherboard; MSI Z97S Krait

 

Cheers ^_^

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3 minutes ago, Skullbunny said:

Hai!

 

I own 4 sticks of 8gb offff...the HyperX Fury , 1866 , DDR3.

 

Been wondering - is there a point to overclocking it? 

How far can I push it?

Am I REALLY going to feel a difference?

 

 

Cheers ^_^

it runs faster.

without changing the timings not that much. (max +200Mhz)

no.

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2 hours ago, Skullbunny said:

Hai!

 

I own 4 sticks of 8gb offff...the HyperX Fury , 1866 , DDR3.

 

Been wondering - is there a point to overclocking it? 

How far can I push it?

Am I REALLY going to feel a difference?

 

#EDIT#

 

Also , can I EVEN overclock it? (i have no idea what im doing...)

 

and I guess I should point out that my CPU is; I5 4690

Motherboard; MSI Z97S Krait

 

Cheers ^_^

Yes you can overclock it but,  8gb sticks don't oc well,  having 4 sticks won't oc well and hyper x fury is the worst mem for overclocking so I wouldn't bother :P

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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