Overclocking i5-4690k or RAM g.skill 2133mhz

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Hi folks, I am going to be running i5-4690k, and ram g.skill 2133mhz, my 3 questions are:

1) Would the i5-4690k needs to be OC with the g.skill 2133 or not?
2) Would the g.skill 2133 needs to be OC or not, I don't know if ram can be OC or not??
3) Or both needs to be OC, or 1 of them, not sure??

I am new on OC, so it's little confusing for me on which of the 2 needs to be OC'd.

Your comments are appreciate it, thank you!
 
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Well, I am building a pc for the new WoW expansion. Been reading a lot about that, and its been said, WoW is more of a CPU intense, so if I want high FPS, its better to OC the CPU. So to answer your question this is why I am OC the CPU to get high FPS, also, to answer your second question I guess the higher the better to go in clock speed I assume.

But I am little confused when I OC the CPU does the RAM (2133) also needs to be OC, or not??? thanks.

 
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No, Intel K series CPUs are unlocked meaning all frequencies are independent. You can OC the CPU separately from the RAM. You never NEED to OC, but it is fun and the system can perform better than what you paid. The CPU is plug and play. The RAM requires you to enable XMP Profile, or manually input settings for it to run at full speed DDR3-2133. Once you do that, you can OC CPU, once you get that stable, you can try to OC RAM too if you have interest. The CPU may be capable of DDR3-2400+.

 
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I would actually suggest downclocking the RAM, to 1866 or 1600, to allow higher stable CPU clocks.

As for how, you can either use the BIOS or Intel XTU (either way, you would have to restart a lot) For stress testing (to make sure your clocks are stable, and won't cause overheating) use Prime95, and when you're done, game for a long time (again to ensure stability).
 
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