Is it safe to run your ram 2133/2400mhz on 3ghz?

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Hi!

I have used boost clock on my i7 6700k stock 4 ghz boost 4.2 ghz and ram on stock 2133mhz and overclocked to 3 ghz is it safe to run on these clock speeds? Right now i have been running those for 1 year and haven't running into any issues so far.

I mostly wan't to know if these parts will last 7-8 more years beacose i might add more ram but not gonna change anything really and also i belive i that i don't need to upgrade my cpu so far atleast maybe when i am gonna upgrade from gtx 1070 to gtx 1080 ti.
 
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How are you measuring the ram speeds?
All ram is binned, the better chips are sold rated for higher speeds.
Anything past 2400(possibly 2666) will need more than the stock voltage of 1.2v.
Check with cpu-Z.

Most ram will have lifetime warranty so I would not worry much about longevity.

Be careful about adding ram.


Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
The internal workings are designed for the capacity of the kit.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, can be very sensitive to this.
This is more difficult when more sticks are involved.
That is why ram vendors...
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What DRAM voltage are you using? It's not often that a kit rated at 2133mhz will run at 3000mhz stable without excessive tweaking to things like timing and voltages such as VCCCSA voltage and DRAM voltage.. If it does run stable and you aren't using an excessive amount of voltage then it should last a good long time. Even with an excessive amount of voltage you are unlikely to hurt the RAM itself, the CPU's integrated memory controller is what I would worry about.

Nvidias GTX 2080 or whatever they call it looks like it will be coming in August. You may want to wait for that rather than getting a 1080 ti.
 
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Thank you for the answer.
My voltage on ram is set to auto and it says that it uses 1.200V (DRAM)
Everything is set to auto and doesn't seem to go above 1.200V even cpu its going around 1.278V
 
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How are you measuring the ram speeds?
All ram is binned, the better chips are sold rated for higher speeds.
Anything past 2400(possibly 2666) will need more than the stock voltage of 1.2v.
Check with cpu-Z.

Most ram will have lifetime warranty so I would not worry much about longevity.

Be careful about adding ram.


Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
The internal workings are designed for the capacity of the kit.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards, can be very sensitive to this.
This is more difficult when more sticks are involved.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.

If you do buy more disparate sticks, they must be the same speed, voltage and cas numbers.
Even then your chances of working are less than 100%

What is your plan "B" if the new stick/s do not work?

Sometimes increasing the ram voltage in the bios will make things work.

If you want 16gb, my suggestion is to buy a 2 x 8gb kit that matches your current specs.
Then, try adding in your old 8gb,
If it works, good; you now have extra ram.
If not, sell the old ram or keep it as a spare.



 
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I am not sure but i have 16 gb of ram 2x8 already the point is if i want to add more than that also if 1.2V is not enough then why is it telling on task manager that the ram runs on 3 Ghz
 
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