PC help and recommendations

[Famalam]

Hi, firstly here is my setup:

CPU: Intel i5-8600k 
MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE Z370P D3 LGA 1151

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB MINI ITX

RAM: 16GB DDR4 Ram 2400mhz

Storage: 256GB SSD 
1TB HDD
500GB SSD 

Operating System: Windows 10 Home

Power supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 650W Power Supply 
My question is will I have no problem upgrading to a GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 WINDFORCE OC 8GB.

PC recommendations appreciated! 

P.S I am trying to keep setup, so only necessary upgrades 

[bleedblue]

Nah, you're good.

[Slottr]

No, upgrading will be fine

[RobbinM]

Your PC can also benefit from RAM that's a little faster.

Maybe you can overclock the RAM. What make and model is it? Do you know what timings it has?

[Famalam]

5 minutes ago, RobbinM said:

Your PC can also benefit from RAM that's a little faster.

Maybe you can overclock the RAM. What make and model is it? Do you know what timings it has?

ADATA XPG Z1 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Desktop Memory Model AX4U240038G16-DRZ

 

That is the ram, and if i can overclock it please let me know how

[RobbinM]

Have a look at this guide: https://www.overclockers.com/adata-xpg-z1-ddr4-2400-16gb-memory-kit-review/

It features a RAM kit very similar to yours.

It seems to run fine at 3000Mhz, or with tighter timings at a little bit overvolt.

Personally I would have it running at 2800 or 2666Mhz and try to tighten the timings as good as it will go.

Remember that overclocking is a trial and error thing.

 

Another (easier) go at it is just to copy the settings in the guide (either more Mhz or tighter timings) and stick with it.

The easiest will be to just up the speed to 3000Mhz and call it a day. 

Remember to pre benchmark your PC, and afterwards test for stability and benchmark it again. You will defenitaly see improvement. FPS must come up as well.

 

Let me know if your free 25% RAM speed improvement works.

[Famalam]

16 minutes ago, RobbinM said:

Have a look at this guide: https://www.overclockers.com/adata-xpg-z1-ddr4-2400-16gb-memory-kit-review/

It features a RAM kit very similar to yours.

It seems to run fine at 3000Mhz, or with tighter timings at a little bit overvolt.

Personally I would have it running at 2800 or 2666Mhz and try to tighten the timings as good as it will go.

Remember that overclocking is a trial and error thing.

 

Another (easier) go at it is just to copy the settings in the guide (either more Mhz or tighter timings) and stick with it.

The easiest will be to just up the speed to 3000Mhz and call it a day. 

Remember to pre benchmark your PC, and afterwards test for stability and benchmark it again. You will defenitaly see improvement. FPS must come up as well.

 

Let me know if your free 25% RAM speed improvement works.

Okay so I changed the ram speed to 3000mhz and voltage to 1.35v and my pc is running. I am going to run a stress test on it but this is okay right?

[RobbinM]

Go ahead. Make sure it is stressing RAM especially.

 

Then try some games and see if your performance has improved.

[Famalam]

Just now, RobbinM said:

Go ahead. Make sure it is stressing RAM especially.

Aight thanks

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

coolers?

stock cooler wont be enough, but you dont need too high end coolers

[Famalam]

19 minutes ago, RobbinM said:

Go ahead. Make sure it is stressing RAM especially.

 

Then try some games and see if your performance has improved.

Uh oh I keep crashing in fortnite.... YIKES

 

14 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

coolers?

stock cooler wont be enough, but you dont need too high end coolers

I have a thermaltake water cooler 3.0 for  single fan for cpu and 4 thermal riing fans

[RobbinM]

Ok, try lowering the speed a little untill it stops crashing.

[Famalam]

12 minutes ago, RobbinM said:

Ok, try lowering the speed a little untill it stops crashing.

I lowered to 2666mhz with 1.25v gonna try that

looks to be like I can run good now

[RobbinM]

You can stick with the 1.35v, your RAM has nice coolers.

Try 2800 with that.

[Famalam]

3 minutes ago, RobbinM said:

You can stick with the 1.35v, your RAM has nice coolers.

Try 2800 with that.

Would 266mhz with 1.25v run fine cause I might just stick with this???

[RobbinM]

You can try it yes. Remember that lowering voltage also lowers the speed limit of your overclock. You might find it more stable with a higher voltage. Most RAM is perfectly fine at 1.35v

[Famalam]

6 minutes ago, RobbinM said:

You can stick with the 1.35v, your RAM has nice coolers.

Try 2800 with that.

FOUND out the problem it was that my BCLK wasn't set to 1.25

[Famalam]

Just now, RobbinM said:

You can try it yes. Remember that lowering voltage also lowers the speed limit of your overclock. You might find it more stable with a higher voltage. Most RAM is perfectly fine at 1.35v

Just curious will this reduce life span of the ram and if it does by how much

[Famalam]

LOL Just realized I had a better motherboard

 

Here is my real real setup:

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Famalams/saved/qYQRJx

 

1080 should run fine on it right?