Overclock question

[Imabigmac]

Ok so I want to OC during the holidays, I know that the ram in system has to or will be OC'd when the cpu is overclocked, or am I mistaken. 

Anyway I have this cheap 1333Mhz ram, will the low end ram affect my ability to overclock? planning on trying for 4Ghz on my 3570k. 

[WoodenMarker]

You don't need to oc your ram.

Just raise your multiplier to 40 and you'll have 4ghz. Why only 4 ghz though?  :huh:

[Freaky_spider]

4GHz on a 3570K? there is 99% chance you will get that OC, you should aim for 4.5-4.8 with a H110

[Ryan Leech]

Unless you are overclocking an fsb, you don't need fast RAM to overclock.

[Imabigmac]

You don't need to oc your ram.

Just raise your multiplier to 40 and you'll have 4ghz. Why only 4 ghz though?  :huh:

 

4GHz on a 3570K? there is 99% chance you will get that OC, you should aim for 4.5-4.8 with a H110.

I'm a first time overclocker and I want to start off slowly Ill go to 4. Only really doing it so I can say I have overclocked and not really for the speed increase. 

 

Thanks for the replies!

[Freaky_spider]

I'm a first time overclocker and I want to start off slowly Ill go to 4. Only really doing it so I can say I have overclocked and not really for the speed increase. 

 

Thanks for the replies!

i OC'd for the first time yesterday and was also aiming at 4.0 and i got it up to 4.3 without voltage tweaking

[Imabigmac]

i OC'd for the first time yesterday and was also aiming at 4.0 and i got it up to 4.3 without voltage tweaking

Cool, I could just press the OC button on my mobo and get 4.2 but I want to actually OC. 

[WoodenMarker]

i OC'd for the first time yesterday and was also aiming at 4.0 and i got it up to 4.3 without voltage tweaking

That's because the default setting is auto and adds as much voltage as you need. It often adds much more than needed so it's not recommended.

[Freaky_spider]

That's because the default setting is auto and adds as much voltage as you need. It often adds much more than needed so it's not recommended.

i left it on +0.05 volts (thats the smalles increas i could select on my mobo)

 

well now i'm doubting what i set it on, ill have to check

[deathjester]

Ok so I want to OC during the holidays, I know that the ram in system has to or will be OC'd when the cpu is overclocked, or am I mistaken. 

Anyway I have this cheap 1333Mhz ram, will the low end ram affect my ability to overclock? planning on trying for 4Ghz on my 3570k. 

 

No. It did on older series where you were oc the FBS/ram/bus as the only way to OC.

 

1333 ram is fine. You might gain a whole fps going from 1333 to 1866 cl9 in some games on a single GPU. Maybe .5 seconds going to 2133 cl9. Past that you might actually go down in fps from  1866 cl9 because the latency gets bad.

 

High speed ram is nothing special. I would rather have another 100 mhz on clock and 1600 cl9 then my ram at 2133 cl10. Then again I bought 1600 cl9 ram so the 2133 was free.