using g.skill 3200 hz rams in 2666 hz mode

[Malawhur]

I have recently assembled a budget system but I wanted to leave the door open for a future upgrade path. So I went with an i3 6100 and asus z170 -k board.
I saw a deal on the 2x4 g.skill ripjaws V 3200 hz ram and jumped on it, because the price difference was minimal with the 2666 Hz ones.

I have tried switching on the XMP profile from the bios and the rams worked at 3200 Hz but to be honest, I don't think stressing the cpu with 1.35 V is necessary at the moment for me.
My question is; can I just try to keep the voltage at 1.2 V and change the frequency to 2666 Hz? I am quite new to this type of overclocking and I don't want to cause instability to my system.
Also, shall I play around with CL values at 2666 Hz?
Here is the link for the rams I have:
http://gskill.com/en/product/f4-3200c16d-8gvkb

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Herc08]

Honestly, no need to overclock when you have an i3. Just keep it at default settings . That would be my honest opinion.

 

[Malawhur]

Honestly, no need to overclock when you have an i3. Just keep it at default settings . That would be my honest opinion.

Of course this is one way of solving my problem
But still, I am curios about putting these rams into the 2666 Hz mode and run some benchmarks. Since I already have good rams, is there any reason to not push them to 2666 Hz at least?
Going back to my original question; would these rams be stable in the 2666Hz mode with 1.2 V ?

Thanks

 

[Herc08]

Honestly, you will have to have a better CPU since the i3 is not power enough to handle that type of power. You can TRY and push it to 2666, but can't really guarantee stability. If anything, you are going to want to upgrade your CPU.

 

[Malawhur]

Honestly, you will have to have a better CPU since the i3 is not power enough to handle that type of power. You can TRY and push it to 2666, but can't really guarantee stability. If anything, you are going to want to upgrade your CPU.

I checked this eurogamer article ( http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review) where they show the advantages of 2666 Hz even for stock i3 6100. There they had it stable. My question is if I can do this with my 3200hz rams or not? Do I really need Rams with Xmp profile of 2666hz to pull that off? I know they used a very powerful Gpu and I wont see this much difference but still.. .

 

[Herc08]

Yes you can, but you have to remember, they may have some other settings. Did they have a different setup? Did they have different things? Not all setups are the same, just like not everyone can overclock the same and have the same stabled results.

It's honestly trial and error. Go for it, and if it doesn't work, change it up until you can get stabled. But if you know you will not get any real benefit, then we go for it?

 

[Malawhur]

Yes you can, but you have to remember, they may have some other settings. Did they have a different setup? Did they have different things? Not all setups are the same, just like not everyone can overclock the same and have the same stabled results.

It's honestly trial and error. Go for it, and if it doesn't work, change it up until you can get stabled. But if you know you will not get any real benefit, then we go for it?

Himmm, maybe I am underestimating the effect of this to the system but when I only overclock the ram (actually I am not overclocking them since they can already do 3200 Hz) and keep the voltage at 1.2 V, is there any other part of the system that will be under stress?
Sorry if these questions are trivial, it has been quite some years since I have looked into this type of stuff.
Thanks for your help...

 

[gskill support]

CPU mainly, due to integrated memory controller, so stress and heat will increase a lot since it is designed for 2133 and you are pushing it much beyond.