Can i just use XMP to OC my DDR3 Ripjaws 1866mhz? Need your help

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Hello guys I'm new to overclocking and i just wanna know if i can use XMP profile 2133mhz on my ram. I currently have it as 1866 and i wanna see if it can go to 2133mhz or 2400mhz at most.

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series is the model of my ram
 
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XMP is extreme memory profile. It's a firmware that's actually installed on the ram itself, and not changeable. Your ram is default 1333, as is most DDR3 (or 1600, depending on the cpu) but XMP profiles will change that to preset values. In your case, that 1333 has XMP profile #1 as 1866MHz with its own voltage/timings. And that's it. To change that to 2133 or 2400MHz, you'll have to do it manually, XMP won't work as there is no preset values for it.

Honestly, there's really no point in going higher than 1866 on a 4th generation cpu, they really don't make any use of higher speed ram except in a few rare cases like some production software. You'll also find that because the memory controller is also part of the cpu itself, you'll...
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List your specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

Make sure you're on the latest BIOS revision prior to enabling X.M.P. You should in essence be able to do so within BIOS but if your platform doesn't allow it due to limited functionality(chipset or BIOS) then you're out of options.
 
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Yea sorry about that.

CPU: i7 4770k ( stock )
Motherboard: Z97 MSI gaming 3
Ram: 8x2 Gskill ripjaws X 1866 DDR3
SSD/HDD: 1TB WD Blue
GPU: GTX 1060 iChill 6GB
PSU: Cougar 600 watts Bronze
Chassis: Corsair 570X
OS: Windows 10

I'm not so sure about the bios. Although i see a default XMP profile that can directly put me on 2133mhz. But i just wanna make sure it's safe before i do it.
 
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Giving the partnr for the ram would be helpfull,the next way could show that,

download hwinfo32,
install and open it=click run,
close the top window which is the system summary,
in the main window at the left top click "save report",
at the bottom of the next window check "short text report",
after that you'll see what's in the pc,
copy by clicking "copy to clipboard" and rightclick+paste in your next respons
Click to expand...
need just the ram info since the rest is known. Can also look with "cpu-z" (freeware) and look at the "spd tab" for the partnr.
 
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Here is the pic of my SPD

https://imgur.com/ltRQ2rB
 
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XMP is extreme memory profile. It's a firmware that's actually installed on the ram itself, and not changeable. Your ram is default 1333, as is most DDR3 (or 1600, depending on the cpu) but XMP profiles will change that to preset values. In your case, that 1333 has XMP profile #1 as 1866MHz with its own voltage/timings. And that's it. To change that to 2133 or 2400MHz, you'll have to do it manually, XMP won't work as there is no preset values for it.

Honestly, there's really no point in going higher than 1866 on a 4th generation cpu, they really don't make any use of higher speed ram except in a few rare cases like some production software. You'll also find that because the memory controller is also part of the cpu itself, you'll generally need some slight OC at a minimum just to give the cpu the processing power to handle the faster ram, and still remain stable. This can include bumps to System Agent, ram voltage etc.

Lotta work, Lotta testing, Lotta BS and frustration for 0 gains.
 
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If you really are interested in overclocking your ram above XMP do i see possibilities since XMP is doen at 1.5 volts so that can be set higher at 1.65V and you could see how far you would get with that voltage. It's still a very safe voltage to work on.
If going higher would you probably not only have to set ram speed higher,but probably latencies too. As said above will it in real world benchmarks like games not help,but if it's just for fun and trying is there still room to experiment.
 
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