How high can RAM be OC'd?

[Ricardo56]

I'm buying a r5 1600 in the near future and a stick of 2666/3000 mhz memory but I was just wondering how high the 2666 mhz could overclock.

 

i know, probably depends on models a lot but it could save a few bucks :>

 

Thanks

[YuriNator557]

Yes, it depends on the RAM itself, every set is different.

 

I'd just get the 3000mhz kit, it's only a few extra.

[Ricardo56]

2 hours ago, idiot42 said:

Yes, it depends on the RAM itself, every set is different.

 

I'd just get the 3000mhz kit, it's only a few extra.

Also I've seen some benchmarks with like 3466 mhz ram but most mobos I see say "3200 mhz (OC)", does that mean anything above won't work or...?

[asand1]

31 minutes ago, Ricardo56 said:

Also I've seen some benchmarks with like 3466 mhz ram but most mobos I see say "3200 mhz (OC)", does that mean anything above won't work or...?

In this case, 3200Mhz would probably be the limit of the memory controller in the CPU. You would buy RAM and OC it to 3200Mhz to matche the CPU/MOBO. Ram generally wont run over the DDR standard speed without OCing.

[Ricardo56]

1 hour ago, asand1 said:

In this case, 3200Mhz would probably be the limit of the memory controller in the CPU. You would buy RAM and OC it to 3200Mhz to matche the CPU/MOBO. Ram generally wont run over the DDR standard speed without OCing.

So it'd basically be fine right?

 

One last thing, I see quite a few people advising against msi for ryzen mobos, any chance you could enlighten me?

[hammer3339]

1 minute ago, Ricardo56 said:

So it'd basically be fine right?

 

One last thing, I see quite a few people advising against msi for ryzen mobos, any chance you could enlighten me?

They had some issues there for a little while with support, slow to push bios updates etc that affected the overclocking capability but, i believe everything has settled down now and we're back to it not mattering beyond the color of the board you want