Ram Clock Speeds

[connerweatherly17]

I bought a 2 x 8 GB sticks of Trident Z RGB Ddr4 3000 Mhz ram, It originally was running at sock speeds of 2300mhz, I then switched it to the XMP PRofiule and was able to change it to 3000 mhz, my question is, can I run it at a higher clock speed? Do I need to change anything like the voltages or anything like that like you would with a CPU? Or do i just set it to the clock speed that I want and the motherboard will do the rest for me? Is it safe to run my RAM higher than 3000 mhz?

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Asus ROG Maximus X
Trident Z RGB

 

[Barty1884]

It certainly has the potential to.

You'd boost the clocks and, if required, loosen timings &/or add a touch more voltage.

Realistically though, outside of a few select workloads, "faster" memory >3000MHz isn't likely to yield any noticeable gains.