New
#361
That looks promising for your Comet Lake setup. I wish it was as simple as increasing Dram Frequency for me.
But with Rocket Lakes new memory controller, anything above DDR4-3600 kicks in Gear2 mode settings.
This introduces a divider for the IMC, making it run at half frequency. A loss until about DDR4-4400 or so.
Getting this ram to run DDR4-4400 seems highly unlikely to be able to do at decent timings and voltage.
All I have read points to my only option of finding the tightest timings I can run DDR4-3600 with safe volts.
Much to read and research for me today. Never to old to learn a few new tricks.
peace
wanna
Hi,
On 3600c16 if 16-16-16-36 there really is very small gains for anything over 4000 mhz with decent dimm voltage 1.45v
So I just tune it and call it a day anything higher is just not worth the time for the meager gains.
1x600k do not overclock well unless you are real lucky. You have to get up into the 1x700k or 1x900k price range to get a good chance. I have a bottom of the barrel 10 core 10900kf I can clock to 51x all core at 1.305 vcore at load. I just have an AIO and it cools fine - no custom loop needed. I can also get up to 53x with fewer active cores ,but it is not worth the 1.4+v and current required to get some modest gains.
Intel does bin their k processors. In order of overclocking ability it is something like 10900k > 10700k > 10850k -> 10600k, etc. But it is a lottery. The specs for their processors are based on silicon wafer quality yield and the level of lithography (14 nm vs. 7nm etc) . They have to limit the speed of their mainstream processors to a least common denominator, based on their yield and lithography, that will guarantee fault free operation for their warranty period. This means there will be lots of processors that perform better than the the least common denominator specs. These are then binned and you draw a lottery card on whether you will get a good overclocker or not. Or something like that. I can't see this changing as long as there are enthusiasts - they can make more bucks that way. But the price to play that game is getting more and more expensive - motherboards, memory and chip prices are skyrocketing. That could kill it.
But yeah, the gains are slim but tinkerers will tinker
Last edited by Geneo; 21 Aug 2021 at 22:25.
See if they will run at their rated timings, 16-18-18, they should.
These are good, G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory Model F4-3600C16D-32GTZR - Newegg.com
Last edited by essenbe; 23 Aug 2021 at 15:32.