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Question

best memory to use

May 28, 2017 3:02AM PDT

hi all

i have the i7700k cpu and the asus 270-a motherboard i am after buying the very best 32gb ddr4 memory which will produce the very best test benchmark results and the very best overclocking ability i want to at least hit 5.2 ghz

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Is this a question?
May 28, 2017 4:40AM PDT

You'll OC up to the point of finding the weakest part.
Then in 6 months after parts age or some update gets applied and odd things start happening you'll go through the exercise again and then again.

Sounds like a good way to devote your life to the machine.
Good luck.

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It's like you are about to jump off a cliff.
May 28, 2017 6:12AM PDT

This won't save you from the fail, repeat, fail repeat cycle of overclocking. The machines age and you get to repeat your overclocking tests every few months. I only know a few overclockers and they spend their days in recovery and test.

My answer is to get some RAM, install and use your PC for other than days of testing.