Overclocking DDR4 3200 on Asus Z-170a with I7 6700k

[BigJohnnyTwoToes]

I am pretty sure i just read somewhere that the DDR4 3200 is overclocking ram, does that mean i have to overclock to use it, or that it can be overclocked to perform up to 3200? I obviously plan on overclocking since i got that motherboard/cpu combo, but I am new to custom pcs and wasnt planning on starting to overclock right away.........

Thanks!

 

[Sakkura]

It will default to 2133, then you just enable XMP and select the 3200 profile. You're not overclocking the memory, though it can sort of be regarded as overclocking the memory controller in the CPU. However, it's a lot simpler than manually overclocking.

 

[BigJohnnyTwoToes]

It will default to 2133, then you just enable XMP and select the 3200 profile. You're not overclocking the memory, though it can sort of be regarded as overclocking the memory controller in the CPU. However, it's a lot simpler than manually overclocking.

Okay so the memory will default at 2133, i can use xmp to bump it up to 3200, and all of that is seperate from actually overclocking the CPU?

 

[Tradesman1]

Yes, but keep in mind that for 3200 it may require a bit of an OC of the CPU to run at full 3200, all depends on your individual CPU (silicon lottery - same as some OC better than others)