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How to overclock Ram?

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right off the bat, your ram is running in single channel... get another stick man. Also, your ram may be unstable at 2666. 2133 to 2666 is quite a strech. Doable but not all rams will handle it well. I think you can safely overclock this to 2400. All in all, when overclocking rams, try not to touch the voltage. Beyond 1.65v, you are treading the danger zone. At 2400mhz, your Cas latency should be at 14-16-16-31-1T. with voltage of 1.2v. If this doesnt work, try a relaxer timing. maybe CL 17. Just look up some reputable companies' ram timing and adjust it accordingly. It should serve as a good guideline. best of luck! 

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http://prntscr.com/jltpkq This is my current stuff, I was told my ram is not 2666 or something. Been ocing my cpu for a while, told to oc my ram to 2666. I dont know how to figure out the tRD tLC snazz. can someone help

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right off the bat, your ram is running in single channel... get another stick man. Also, your ram may be unstable at 2666. 2133 to 2666 is quite a strech. Doable but not all rams will handle it well. I think you can safely overclock this to 2400. All in all, when overclocking rams, try not to touch the voltage. Beyond 1.65v, you are treading the danger zone. At 2400mhz, your Cas latency should be at 14-16-16-31-1T. with voltage of 1.2v. If this doesnt work, try a relaxer timing. maybe CL 17. Just look up some reputable companies' ram timing and adjust it accordingly. It should serve as a good guideline. best of luck! 

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5 hours ago, Srnewbee said:

right off the bat, your ram is running in single channel... get another stick man. Also, your ram may be unstable at 2666. 2133 to 2666 is quite a strech. Doable but not all rams will handle it well. I think you can safely overclock this to 2400. All in all, when overclocking rams, try not to touch the voltage. Beyond 1.65v, you are treading the danger zone. At 2400mhz, your Cas latency should be at 14-16-16-31-1T. with voltage of 1.2v. If this doesnt work, try a relaxer timing. maybe CL 17. Just look up some reputable companies' ram timing and adjust it accordingly. It should serve as a good guideline. best of luck! 

I do have 2 rams. Both 8GB but it might need to be changed in the BIOS

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