How to overclock RAM on an GA-Z170-Gaming K3 EU

MachineDeth

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Yes, it's an EU issue of the Motherboard, atleast the name indicates this, but I wouldn't think it's far from an international or US version. It's rev. 1.0 and runs on the F2 BIOS version.
So I had no problems overclockin' my i5-6600K, runnin' at 4,4GHz and still testin' for more. But what I can't get behind is, how to alter the RAMs frequency! I have the Kingston Fury HyperX 8GB @ 2133MHz CL13 one. (Yes, only one stick, but I don't wanna hear anythin' bout DIMM or Dual-Mods. I bought it so I can upgrade it, when the time comes.) I've already activated it the XMP Profile and I'm positive that it runs at 2133MHz.

My BIOS seems just not to hook me up with the possibility to change the RAMs multiplicator, or atleast I can't find a way to do so. So can you guys help me out with this? I'm very certain, that my MB can actually increase the tact of the RAM, since the specs on the Dev's site actually state just this:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=5760#sp
 

Lutfij

Titan
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According to your product's support page BIOS revision F2 is the maximum non beta version there is. Now what is stumbling across this post is that if the ram is rated to run at 2133MHz then you're already running at that frequency.

How do I know?
, you might ask we it's simple really, DDR4 ram's frequency's begin at 2133MHz so unless you're going above 2133MHz then you're not going to make any more progress outside of it. In fact rams that are stated to be at a set frequency above 2133MHz will be possible when using X.M.P or manually keying in the details found on the sticker in BIOS.

Case in point, if the ram isn't spec'd to run higher than 2133MHz out of the box then you're not making tracks in either which way.

Please pass on your full system's specs inclusive of your OS for a in depth suggestion in case you gave off the wrong info for your rams.