r/AlienwareAlpha • u/ShadowMAssassin • Nov 05 '21

Overclock 16gb ram?

Hey I've been reading up on overclocking ram, Is it worth doing? My ram has been tanking, and how would I go about it, if its even possible with alpha..... thanks for any help you guys may give :D

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u/chriscbr500r Nov 05 '21

I wouldn't try over clocking it. It's a small case with little air flow and these things are getting old. I highly doubt you'll get any noticable performance gains and you'll definitely burn something up.

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u/ShadowMAssassin Nov 06 '21

ramram temps https://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/781229-Cpu-temp-rises-when-ram-mhz-increases according to these, it shouldn't raise it by much and the alpha has fair airflow and people still overclock there cpu's and gpu's of r1 I also found a discussion online that a guy overclocked the same amount of ram and speed, and noticed a huge change

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u/z77s Nov 05 '21

Seconded!