Is It worth Overclocking RAM?

[jordan2323]

I have a RipJawz X-series 8GB ram and its at 1600. If I change it to anything higher will there be that much performance increase that it will be worth it? Also will it shorten the lifespan of the RAM?

Specs (important ones):

3570k
Asrock z77 extream 4
AMD 6950
RipJawz X-series 8GB

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

Simple and concise answer: No. 1600 is the sweet spot for SB and IB CPU's. After that, the performance increase is almost nothing.

 

[HVDynamo]

+1

 

[super-smashman]

I had not been able to overclock my G.Skill Ares 2133MHz RAM for the longest time until I realized I had to raise the voltage on the memory controller.

Now that it's nice and stable the ONLY thing I notice being different is that Alt-Tabbing is actually slightly faster than before.

Unless you're doing tasks that are bound by memory speeds (readrofessional) you really wont see the benefit and chances are greater that you'll just destabilize your system.