7870K 2400Mhz RAM not stable help!

Steee x

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My system:
7870K APU Stock CPU, GPU at 1040Mhz stable.
Cooler Master Hyper 103 Cooler
ASUS A88XM-PLUS motherboard
Patriot Viper Black Mamba 2133Mhz CL11 11-11-11-27
WD 1TB
Thermaltake Versa H15
EVGA 450B 450W PSU.

So my system runs fine and dandy at 2133Mhz ram when all set manually. Only other overclock is my igpu which is 100% fine on 1040Mhz after long torture tests. I decided I wanted to tinker a little and go for 2400Mhz and 1140Mhz on the igpu. I set my timings to 12-12-12-31 and my voltage to 1.65, NB was left on auto and I didn't touch anything else. It boots but eventually crashes during a game. I'm a first time overclocker so I've probably done something hilariously wrong so you guys can let me know of my stupidity lol. Any help to get those settings stable would be appreciated. Thank you!
 
Solution
First of all. That memory is simply not up to the task. Secondly, the tradeoff is more or less zero. You increase timings(Clockcycles pr handing) for more bandwidth. Not worth it mate. If anything, try to lower your timings instead. Runnning your memory more tightly will give you more throughput per/sec in my opinion.

wernstar

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First of all. That memory is simply not up to the task. Secondly, the tradeoff is more or less zero. You increase timings(Clockcycles pr handing) for more bandwidth. Not worth it mate. If anything, try to lower your timings instead. Runnning your memory more tightly will give you more throughput per/sec in my opinion.
 
Solution
Definitely not worth the effort. If you stable at 2133 Mhz then leave it there. You can try and tighten up the timings, like Wernstar mentioned, but generally you should be fine with your settings at 2133 Mhz. If you need more performance, I'm assuming for gaming, then buy a dedicated GPU like the RX 470/480 or GTX 1050 Ti/1060 6 GB.