Hello,
First off let me list my system specs:
i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz
GTX 970 3.5GB
HyperX Blu 2x4GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
AsRock P67 Performance Fatal1ty
beQuiet! 500W 80Plus Gold
I have began to hit 100% CPU usage in new games like Witcher 3 which causes frame skipping issues. As my CPU doesn't want to go any further I have been thinking about OCing my RAM to 1866MHz. Recently Digital Foundry made a video about Sandy Bridge performance nowadays and it seems that faster RAM can do wonders for these CPUs (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frNjT5R5XI4). However, I've spent some time digging the interenet and it seems that OCing RAM is a much greater deal. I'm especially worried about OS corruption which might result from this.
I'm using XMP profile set to 9-9-9-27 at 1.65v as of now. My questions are- how much risky would it be to simply change RAM frequencies to 1866MHz and leave everything else alone? Can eventual BSOD really corrupt the OS? If I succesfully manage to boot into the OS should I run some kind of test like SuperPI? How dangerous would the eventual test BSOD be then?
Best regards
First off let me list my system specs:
i5 2500K @ 4.5GHz
GTX 970 3.5GB
HyperX Blu 2x4GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
AsRock P67 Performance Fatal1ty
beQuiet! 500W 80Plus Gold
I have began to hit 100% CPU usage in new games like Witcher 3 which causes frame skipping issues. As my CPU doesn't want to go any further I have been thinking about OCing my RAM to 1866MHz. Recently Digital Foundry made a video about Sandy Bridge performance nowadays and it seems that faster RAM can do wonders for these CPUs (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frNjT5R5XI4). However, I've spent some time digging the interenet and it seems that OCing RAM is a much greater deal. I'm especially worried about OS corruption which might result from this.
I'm using XMP profile set to 9-9-9-27 at 1.65v as of now. My questions are- how much risky would it be to simply change RAM frequencies to 1866MHz and leave everything else alone? Can eventual BSOD really corrupt the OS? If I succesfully manage to boot into the OS should I run some kind of test like SuperPI? How dangerous would the eventual test BSOD be then?
Best regards