Can I OC my 1600 Mhz RAM to 2100 MHz?

[d_A_e]

So I owe this exact pair of ram sticks. I have already manually OC'ed it to 1866 Mhz, but I want to know if I OC it further if it'll damage the RAM. In my BIOS it gives me the option to OC up to 2400 Mhz but on the link it states it can only go up to 1866 Mhz. Please answer my question ASAP, Thanks!

 

[Rogue Leader]

So I owe this exact pair of ram sticks. I have already manually OC'ed it to 1866 Mhz, but I want to know if I OC it further if it'll damage the RAM. In my BIOS it gives me the option to OC up to 2400 Mhz but on the link it states it can only go up to 1866 Mhz. Please answer my question ASAP, Thanks!

Asking people to answer you ASAP is rude and will endear you to no one here. Someone will get to your question when they get to it, overclocking your ram is not a life or death situation.

As for your question, overclocking it that high will likely end in the system becoming unstable if it even boots. Not only that the performance effect will be negligible, maybe a slight difference in a benchmark. Not worth the effort you would need to put in to get it stable at that speed if it even works. Damaging the ram is unlikely unless you turn the voltage up to compensate too high. Thats where it gets dangerous, and as I said, not worth it.

 

[d_A_e]

So I owe this exact pair of ram sticks. I have already manually OC'ed it to 1866 Mhz, but I want to know if I OC it further if it'll damage the RAM. In my BIOS it gives me the option to OC up to 2400 Mhz but on the link it states it can only go up to 1866 Mhz. Please answer my question ASAP, Thanks!

Asking people to answer you ASAP is rude and will endear you to no one here. Someone will get to your question when they get to it, overclocking your ram is not a life or death situation.

As for your question, overclocking it that high will likely end in the system becoming unstable if it even boots. Not only that the performance effect will be negligible, maybe a slight difference in a benchmark. Not worth the effort you would need to put in to get it stable at that speed if it even works. Damaging the ram is unlikely unless you turn the voltage up to compensate too high. Thats where it gets dangerous, and as I said, not worth it.

ok thanks

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Doubt it. You won't damage anything by trying though. It will just crash if it's not stable. I'm surprised you get 1866 out of it. Kingston is about last on my list of recommended RAM and that stuff is cas 10 so it wasn't high quality ICs to start with.

 

[d_A_e]

Doubt it. You won't damage anything by trying though. It will just crash if it's not stable. I'm surprised you get 1866 out of it. Kingston is about last on my list of recommended RAM and that stuff is cas 10 so it wasn't high quality ICs to start with.

Does that mean my APU isn't running at it's best if not decent, cause, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't APUs need really good RAM to perform good? My APU is a A10-7860K, if needed...

 

[Deleted member 217926]

The graphics part of an APU needs the fastest RAM you can give it. The CPU part is not going to scale the same. If you're using a discreet GPU ( R7 370 in your sig? ) then the faster RAM won't matter.

 

[d_A_e]

The graphics part of an APU needs the fastest RAM you can give it. The CPU part is not going to scale the same. If you're using a discreet GPU ( R7 370 in your sig? ) then the faster RAM won't matter.

Oh I gotchyew, thanks!