Hello
I have an Asrock 970 Extreme4 mobo, AMD FX-8120 @3.1 stock speed, and F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL memory. I have read the little manual for OC the memory for AMD but alas to no avail. I have gotten my CPU to a stable 3.6 OC but never been able to achieve the 1866 mark for my memory so I keep my CPU @ 3.1 and memory @ 1600 with 8 8 8 24 @ 1.5v and everything runs stable and cool so I'm kind of happy with that. My problem is my curious side gets the better of me and needs to know...
As this is my HTPC it needs to be stable and relatively cool but I do have after market cooling for that aspect of it. I play video games, watch movies, and surf the web via my GTX580 and
60" Mits. I am willing to OC my CPU but not really interested in keeping it at 3.6 if it isn't necessary to have it that high, so what is the minimum OC needed for achieving 1866 speed?
When I tried to get 1866 speeds I manually set the timings and even tried to bump the voltage up but only in small increments and never even hit the 1.6 mark cuz I didn't want to fry them. So what is a safe voltage for these?
I guess the main question is since I have them running @ 1600 w/ CL 8 8 8 24 @ 1.5v and stable would I actually see a significant performance gain by OC everything and running @ 1866 w/ CL 9 10 9 28 @ ?v ? The stick says 1.5v but yet to see run @ stated speed with stock voltage.
I'm by no means an OC guru so please speak slowly
Best regards
I have an Asrock 970 Extreme4 mobo, AMD FX-8120 @3.1 stock speed, and F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL memory. I have read the little manual for OC the memory for AMD but alas to no avail. I have gotten my CPU to a stable 3.6 OC but never been able to achieve the 1866 mark for my memory so I keep my CPU @ 3.1 and memory @ 1600 with 8 8 8 24 @ 1.5v and everything runs stable and cool so I'm kind of happy with that. My problem is my curious side gets the better of me and needs to know...
As this is my HTPC it needs to be stable and relatively cool but I do have after market cooling for that aspect of it. I play video games, watch movies, and surf the web via my GTX580 and
60" Mits. I am willing to OC my CPU but not really interested in keeping it at 3.6 if it isn't necessary to have it that high, so what is the minimum OC needed for achieving 1866 speed?
When I tried to get 1866 speeds I manually set the timings and even tried to bump the voltage up but only in small increments and never even hit the 1.6 mark cuz I didn't want to fry them. So what is a safe voltage for these?
I guess the main question is since I have them running @ 1600 w/ CL 8 8 8 24 @ 1.5v and stable would I actually see a significant performance gain by OC everything and running @ 1866 w/ CL 9 10 9 28 @ ?v ? The stick says 1.5v but yet to see run @ stated speed with stock voltage.
I'm by no means an OC guru so please speak slowly
Best regards
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