ASRock Z77 Extreme4 + CM Hyper 212 Evo + 4 Sticks of RAM

[icu222much]

I am planning on installing a CM Hyper 212 Evo on my ASRock Z77 Extreme4 board. I will initially get 2 sticks of RAM, but may later upgrade to 4 sticks. I am wondering if there will be enough space between the cooler and RAM slots to allow for an additional 2 more sticks of RAM.

 

[Novuake]

Yes there will be, there is over enough clearance and that cooler is not that big.

What OC are you trying to reach and with what CPU?

 

[icu222much]

i5-3570K

I've never OC-ed before, so my target is 4.3GHz. I heard that should be fairly easy to do.

 

[Novuake]

Yes it is easy, you should reach that with a the CM Hyper 212 Evo. Depending on the chip.

 

[icu222much]

The chip? You mean each individual cpu (mine is i5 3570k) is different?

 

[Novuake]

Yes every chip, even if they are identical 3570K, behave differently.

You may have had bad luck and gotten a chip that runs hot, or won't OC stably. But it does not happen often.

Mine for example max's out at 4.6GHz, no matter how much cooling i provide or what Mobo I use. It just becomes unstable above 4.6GHz. Not that I am complaining. Thats a decent OC for Ivy Bridge.

 

[icu222much]

Cool, great information to know.

I'm assuming this behavior similar to other computer components such as GPU and RAM.

 

[icu222much]

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