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Overclocking
Memory overclocking can sometimes be very simple or one of the most painful things to overclock; it all really depends on the memory chips or ICs present on the DIMMs themselves; single sided sticks tend to do better on the MHz as a rule of thumb with dual sided sticks tend to offer better performance all-round including tighter timings, there is no specific rule here though!
So without faffing around, I entered the BIOS on the MSI Z97 Gaming 9 AC motherboard to disable XMP and overclock the memory manually; this is pretty easy if you know what you are doing and I really don’t recommend using voltages above the rated 1.65v for 24/7 use; maybe 1.7v if you are feeling brave but if your memory dies, we can not be held accountable!
My first port of call was to push the MHz and I easily managed to attain 2666MHz with timings of 12-14-13-34 which is very good given the kit is only rated at 2133MHz CL9; a good start right?
The next natural step was pushing it further to see if this kit is as good at overclocking as my other experiences with Avexir memory. Well I was in luck as I managed to hit 2800MHz CL12; slightly slacker timings than the previous score but a negligible increase in MHz to make it more viable.
My final push was to push the voltage to 1.7v to see what I could achieve before the Blitz 1.1 kit refused to be pushed any further (on stock cooling). I managed to obtain an impressive 2933MHz with timings of 13-16-14-38 which is very impressive; so close to 3000MHz in all fairness which is fantastic.
It is clear to me that Hynix MFR chips are present in this particular kit of memory; not just due to the single sided nature and Avexir’s use of them in the past, but the super high overclock on the MHz that I managed to obtain. With MFR not exactly being the best memory ICs to relate to overclock vs performance increase, I am interested to see how these perform at stock and with an overclock. For the interest in testing, I used the 2800MHz CL 12 as my overclocking speed of choice; middle of the ground in the testing although all 3 benched MaxxMem 100% stable.
