Questions about Oc'ing 6700k

[infamous070605]

Noob question here guys im planning to OC my 6700k along with Maximus VIII HERO, If i oc my CPU does it mean i need to oc my RAM as well? I got this ram (HyperX Fury 16GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15) which doesnt have XMP profile im not mistaken. So is it okay to push my 6700k to 4.4 or 4.5 maybe without touching the ram? Because most of the reviews that im seeing is they OC the CPU and RAM at the same time. Hoping for some inputs before i proceed. THANKS GUYS!

 

[migronesien]

CPU OCing has nothing to do with RAM OCing, so just go ahead and OC your CPU.

 

[infamous070605]

CPU OCing has nothing to do with RAM OCing, so just go ahead and OC your CPU.

Thanks for your response!

 

[geofelt]

There is very little benefit from faster ram on skylake.
You lose nothing by running at stock 2400.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page1.html

Just raise the multiplier until you reach a max vcore of 1.40.
Here are your odds for overclocking:
I7-6700K
4.8 12%
4.7 47%
4.6 91%

 

[infamous070605]

There is very little benefit from faster ram on skylake.
You lose nothing by running at stock 2400.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page1.html

Just raise the multiplier until you reach a max vcore of 1.40.
Here are your odds for overclocking:
I7-6700K
4.8 12%
4.7 47%
4.6 91%

Thanks for taking time to reply guys really appreciate those, A bit question tho is there any benefits as of now dong the OC? Specially on gaming because thats my focus.

 

[geofelt]

There is very little benefit from faster ram on skylake.
You lose nothing by running at stock 2400.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page1.html

Just raise the multiplier until you reach a max vcore of 1.40.
Here are your odds for overclocking:
I7-6700K
4.8 12%
4.7 47%
4.6 91%

Thanks for taking time to reply guys really appreciate those, A bit question tho is there any benefits as of now dong the OC? Specially on gaming because thats my focus.

The benefits of faster core speeds depend on the types of games you play. Many strategy, mmo and sims depend on a single fast master core for performance.
You buy a "K" to overclock. Go ahead and use what you bought.

OTOH, fast action games, particularly multiplayer depend more on the full capacity of the cpu. Overclocking is helpful, but not as essential.

 

[infamous070605]

There is very little benefit from faster ram on skylake.
You lose nothing by running at stock 2400.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page1.html

Just raise the multiplier until you reach a max vcore of 1.40.
Here are your odds for overclocking:
I7-6700K
4.8 12%
4.7 47%
4.6 91%

Thanks for taking time to reply guys really appreciate those, A bit question tho is there any benefits as of now dong the OC? Specially on gaming because thats my focus.

The benefits of faster core speeds depend on the types of games you play. Many strategy, mmo and sims depend on a single fast master core for performance.
You buy a "K" to overclock. Go ahead and use what you bought.

OTOH, fast action games, particularly multiplayer depend more on the full capacity of the cpu. Overclocking is helpful, but not as essential.

Hows your i5 doing @ 4.8 with that cooler because i almost got the same exact cooler but i opted for dark rock 3 for its looks.

 

[photonboy]

Hi,
1) Overclocking the CPU can affect your system memory, so always double-check that.
*You can definitely overclock the CPU without overclocking the memory, but there are settings you can mess around with that affect both.

2) Select "XMP" and save that in the BIOS the first time you use your computer. That applies optimized presets for your system memory (mainly) and may affect certain CPU settings.

*You claim it doesn't have an XMP profile but I don't know how you determined that. If you select "XMP" and get a 2400Mhz profile pop up then you do have a profile.

**Profiles can be added with BIOS updates. If you don't have the latest then update.

3) run MEMTEST86 for a full pass (free version) after that www.memtest86.com

4) Once Windows installs, get the Intel CPU diagnostic (exe program) and run that: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool-64-bit-

*Run the computer for at least a week at stock CPU and memory (XMP or default) to determine stability before continuing. If the memory has no profile then investigate that first and perhaps set a 2133MHz CAS9 profile and test that for a week or so.

5) CPU overclock:
That's a bit advanced for this discussion since there's several options for this. I don't recommend pushing this too far since for gaming there's not much benefit to an overclock.

*Your CPU Turbo value is 4.2GHz. If you kept all other settings the same and overclocked to 4.5GHz you'd get a maximum theoretical improvement of 7%. For gaming it would be close to NOTHING and for non-gaming many tasks will be well below that.

The best scenario is something like HANDBRAKE where you might save closer to 5% or so in time. Basically it would take about 57 minutes instead of 60 minutes for the same task.

*I'm not saying don't overclock, just that you should be aware of the benefits you might get so you can more accurately weight the risk/benefit ratio. I've had nightmares with intermittent computer failures in the past (and one currently) so RELIABILITY is by far most important to me. Again, stick with default/XMP values long enough to determine reliability is my top suggestion for you, THEN worry about overclocking.

Summary:
- just some tips