How low should I put my memory clock during overclocking?

FelixTheHammer

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Feb 1, 2015
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I'm preparing to overclock my FX-6300. It's being cooled by a Hyper 212 Plus and I'm aiming for a 4.1 or 4.2GHz overclock. Several tutorials I've read say that you should bring down your memory clock during overclocking, but they never say how much. I have 2x4GB DDR3-1600 memory. 3 Questions:

1. Do I really need to reduce my memory clock?

2. If so, by how much?

3. Do I bring it back up to standard clocks after overclocking?
 
Solution
You should be able to reach your goal without touching the memory speeds since you have an unlocked processor, just change the cpu multiplier and commence testing.

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