question about overclocking and XMP profile

[etegv]

I have an 4790k id like to overclock. WOuld it be possible to oc it and not affect my G.skill OC XMP profile? I read somewhere that the XMP profile does affect the oc, but im not sure.

Can I load up my XMP profile and then OC my chip to whatever I want? or will the xmp profile complicate things? thanks guys

 

[timta2]

From the questions you are asking I would suggest that you read some overclocking guides. Ones specific to your platform will work best.

Generally you can set whatever settings the XMP profile uses manually. Some of the answer you are looking for will be affected by what options your motherboard has to separate CPU clock speeds from memory speeds. I would suggest working on your CPU overclock first and then work on the memory. In my experience DDR3 memory speeds are not very important in real world scenarios.