Overclocking
Disclaimer: Overclocking is never guaranteed, so the results may vary depending on certain conditions and various hardware configurations. I am not recommending overclocking if you do not know what are you doing. High voltages may damage hardware, and it will not be covered by warranty.
Overclocking results in this section were performed on a slightly different test setup, which contains ASUS Crosshair VIII Impact motherboard and the Ryzen 3700X processor so it can’t be compared to results from the previous page of this review.
Those users who wish to try their luck in overclocking can’t count on a really high frequency. Used Hynix J-die has some overclocking headroom, but we were not able to pass DDR4-3733 without stability issues.
In this case, there are two settings that seem optimal. The first one is DDR4-3600 CL15-19-19-35 1.45V, and the second one is DDR4-3733 CL16-19-19 1.40V.
Because of Ryzen 3000 architecture limitations, both our settings provide nearly the best performance possible. Much more expensive memory kits will perform slightly better in synthetic memory tests but not really in daily usage.
Those users who wish to see a higher overclocking headroom should take a look at HyperX Predator, which is designed for higher frequency. All others will be satisfied with HyperX FURY as it’s well-balanced memory series.
