Just watching a YouTube video from PCPerspective with JJ Guerrero from Asus. They're putting a 3770 through the paces with an Asus Z77 board. The auto-tuning tools tweak both the multiplier and the BCLK and at one point (around 27:40), they show the RAM operating at just under 2GHz. JJ recommends 2133 or 2400 for this platform. This seems contradictory to Acer_Sheep's comment above and some other posts here on the [H].
I'm not trying to call anyone out. I'm just trying to get my arms around today's overclocking landscape. Am I missing something here? Maybe "real" overclockers wouldn't be using these tools and the more expensive RAM isn't needed for manual overclocking. I don't know...
I'd posted this in another thread as it seemed to contradict what I am reading here. I think I'm confusing memory transfer rates with actual clock speeds. I haven't messed with any of this stuff in years and the whole playing field seems to be completely different from the Athlon XP days.
Nonetheless, the guys asks if overclockers should consider buying "performance" RAM and JJ from Asus suggests 2133 or 2400 rated memory. The consensus here seems to be that 1600 is the sweet spot. I guess I need to figure out what I'm going to do before I purchase RAM tomorrow or Saturday. I want to throw 8 or 16GB into my new build and forget about it for a couple years.
Thoughts?
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I'm not trying to call anyone out. I'm just trying to get my arms around today's overclocking landscape. Am I missing something here? Maybe "real" overclockers wouldn't be using these tools and the more expensive RAM isn't needed for manual overclocking. I don't know...
I'd posted this in another thread as it seemed to contradict what I am reading here. I think I'm confusing memory transfer rates with actual clock speeds. I haven't messed with any of this stuff in years and the whole playing field seems to be completely different from the Athlon XP days.
Nonetheless, the guys asks if overclockers should consider buying "performance" RAM and JJ from Asus suggests 2133 or 2400 rated memory. The consensus here seems to be that 1600 is the sweet spot. I guess I need to figure out what I'm going to do before I purchase RAM tomorrow or Saturday. I want to throw 8 or 16GB into my new build and forget about it for a couple years.
Thoughts?
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