Overclockable DDR4 RAM (Benchmarks at Various OC Frequencies Added)

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This is inform all the DDR4 ram buyers that you don’t need any other ram greater than 2400 MHz even if you want DDR3000 RAM.
I bought Crucial Basic 8GB DDR4 2400Mhz x4 modules and using it with basic overclocking. Without any effort, I am able to overclock my RAM to 3000 Mhz, that is 600 MHz OC.

I have Ryzen 5 2600X, Gigabyte Aorus X470 Gaming Ultra board from this forum.
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I finally ran some benchmarks:

  1. Passmark Performance Test 10
  2. AIDA64 Memory Benchmark

I tested RAM at 2400 Mhz Base Clock, 2666 Mhz, 2933 Mhz and 3200 Mhz. The relevant raw test data and charts are enclosed.

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Yea but a 3000 can do 3600 . It can’t do the same.on 2nd gen ryzen. So YMMV.

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I haven’t tested above 3000mhz . Will test tomorrow. BTW I downgraded from 3500x to 2600x.
Also there is huge price difference between Basic 2400 and premium 3000/3200 MHz ram.

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Newer gen cpus support rams 3600mhz and above. So a person using 5xxx series of ryzen definitely wont be using 2400mhz cos it has its own limitations

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CPU may support 4600mhz. That isn’t the point. Point is OC potential with minimum expenditure.

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He is talking about vfm Oc potentials.

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Yes, Crucial sticks overclock like a champ.
I’ve been running my 3200MHz CL16 at 3600MHz CL16 without any issues, and I’m pretty sure it can be OC’ed even further.

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I bought 4 units of Crucial Basics 8GB 2400 MHz sticks at 2200/unit. All working at 3000 MHz like charm. Not tried above 3000, will try further OC today. Best bang of buck.

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Mind sharing the details? Your Ram kit, CPU, Board, timings and voltage? Thanks

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I am with similar RAMs. Ryzen 3 3300X, MSI B450i Gaming Plus AC, Crucial Ballistix Sports LT - E die memory - 3000CL15. OC-ed to 3600CL16. Voltage is on auto but IIRC it’s 1.35-4V

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Thanks for the info, mate. I have the same kit in 3200. I’m on a 5600x and MSI x570 MPG Gaming Plus. Seems like I too should be able to reach such speeds on auto?

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MSI has a feature in BIOS - MemTry It! I am using that. It has various combinations of frequency and timings. I think, if spent more time, these can be either pushed to 3733 or tighten timings on 3600.

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thanks man..will give it a try! No pun intended :wink:

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I’m using the SAFE preset of Ryzen DRAM Calculator at 3600MHz
Attaching a screenshot of my config -

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Thanks mate..can u mention any real world improvements u have see post OC? Thanks

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Honestly, I’ve noticed no real world improvements. It’s just the peace of mind I get knowing that Ryzen plays well with 3600+ MHz frequencies

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I will post benchmarks tomorrow for 2400 base and 3200 OC ram. Let’s see the improvements if any…

Edit:
First post updated.

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AHOC (builzoid) have some videos in which he achieves great overclocks (more than 100% ) using some vddg voltage, chech his video, this voltage is specific to amd cpus.

Also, check with winrar’s benchmark too as it scales with memory performance so a great tool to see performance uplift from memory overclock.

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We should actually maintain an online sheet for india specific products and our ambient temperatures and location ,why i say India specific is because we don’t have the exact part availability in Indian market as the US and European markets and just miss out good product due to ignorance

-Ram
-AIO
-Air coolers/pc case
-GPU

should be the ones that we should be targeting with failure rates

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Nice info man.
But are there any downside of overclocking the ram like in case of CPU/GPU where thermals are of main concern.