Memory Overclocking & Tuning Is a MUST - 13700K XMP vs Manual OC

I'm continually impressed with your channel!

Amazing content brotha. You've inspired me to research and exceed my expectations by manually overclocking RAM along with CPU & GPU.

Good video! Due to lower cache, a 13600K(F) will gain even more by tuning ram, while a 13900K(F) gains a bit less. So for budget CPUs there are usually more to gain :) On my 2 setups: 12400F and 5600X I gained 10-15% from 3200cl14 to 3700cl14 gear1 tuned 12400F and 15-20% on 5600X at 3800cl14 CR1 tuned. Some games got massive improvements. SOTTR gained about 20% fps on Intel and 25% on AMD. Tuned is easier than most people think like you said. 2 hours of tuning/testing gets you 80% of the potential, while 8 more hours gains the last 20%. A few rounds of Testmem5 usmus1 config finds most if the errors quickly.

The first thing you need before thinking about tuning Ram is a high end motherboard and a decent Ram kit. If you don’t have these then expect issues and or minimal results for the effort applied. Ram tuning is a black art and no two situations are the same. If you’re prepared to go down the rabbit hole then be prepared to open your wallet if you havnt already then set aside a couple of weekends and you will be rewarded.

I'm definitely gonna learn and tune my memory. I'm pretty good with CPU & GPU tuning but, Im new to RAM tuning.

I saw your comment on NAAF live chat! was like "dannyyyy"

Really great video.

I was waiting for the oc tune guide

Great and hard agreed. Especially on Ryzen at the time, I dunno how Zen 4 is about that, surprised that this video is about Intel but it's interesting to see it's the same for every CPU brands!

I was staggered at the results when I tuned DDR4 on my 5900X. so much dip was reduced. 4 8GB sticks of B-die at 3733mhz. I don't have the time or patience to dial it in further on sub timings and frequency--it was a bastard to get stable, and had to raise DRAM voltage a huge amount, SoC voltage.... and install a cooling fan over the memory. So definitely a hassle I don't encourage for novices or people not willing to learn. You may be stable for a few days and then a game just crashes non stop, or next thing you know, windows is repairing the install drive a month later... Bad OC can really be a huge inconvenience.

Ddr5 is a bigger uplift over ddr4 than ddr4 was over ddr3. You'll only see the massive gains toward the end of the ddr5 life cycle. 5ghz memory clock. God damn. Wild. We're at ~4.2ghz now. Memory speed was always just about the most important factor in overall processing speed. It makes just about every single operation faster. Issue is that it's finicky. Finicky = no mass adoption. No two systems will be identical. You need a good motherboard, good memory (heatsinks required), and a cooling fan. Only then can you really crank it to the point where the gains become noticeable. But for most people, they don't see the point in that extra expense and hassle for the "marginal" performance uplift. I mean I wouldn't call 25% marginal but who knows.

Thx for the video! Could you do a tutorial how to tune DDR4 and 5?

What was ur voltage for the 13700k?

Hey man, thanks for the video! Why is your North bridge clock at 1500 mhz?

What was the voltages? Ivr tx? Cpu vdd2? System agent? Dimm voltages?

I've noticed a fan over the ram sticks ?? so what i heard that it goes very hot that it needs active cooling. also tuning DDR5 is hard and different than tunning DDR4 . could you please further explain the max volt and temp allowed

Are you willing to post a list of the settings you put for the exact timings/voltages on this kit? I have the exact same kit and tuned it differently but would be interested to see how this one was tuned to achieve 6800Mhz.

After wasting weeks on memory OC, with people who do this as a hobby....I cant agree to this video. Even after doing all the stability benchmarks you can still be unstable and only realize this after a 7 hour long failed render.

Great video! If more people tuned their RAM, they would realize that DDR4 still has a ton to offer for 13th gen. Every 13th gen and every DDR4 mobo can achieve 4000c15 or better, while still being just as fast as tuned 7200+ ddr5 in the vast majority of games.

I have had zero luck with xmp profiles on my Motherboard. I've updated bios, I've set PMIC voltages to "by per PMIC" and still no dice. Running i7 13700KF, Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (16 x2) 6000MT/s DDR5 CL40 DIMM Ram on an Asus Prime z790-A Mobo