Overclocking
Disclaimer: Overclocking is never guaranteed, so that the results may vary depending on certain conditions and hardware configurations. I am not recommending overclocking if you do not know what you are doing. High voltages may damage hardware, and the warranty will not cover it.
Apacer NOX DDR5-5200 memory kit is based on Micron IC, which is known to have its limits at about DDR5-5400. Our memory kit could go one step higher and reach DDR5-5600. This is, however, a maximum, also for booting.
Micron IC also doesn’t like high voltages, so even though Apacer used Richtek PMIC that is unlocked on most popular motherboards, going above 1.25V isn’t helping much. About the same results are at 1.25V and higher VDD/VDDQ voltages.
I assume that higher frequency NOX memory like DDR5-6000 uses a different IC and offers higher overclocking headroom. If you are searching for more extreme memory series, you can look at the ZADAK offer. Hopefully, we will show you one of the ZADAK memory kits in the upcoming weeks.
The overclocking of the Apacer NOX DDR5-5200 memory kit is quite limited. Still, I doubt many users will play with additional settings as the performance gain from new RAM overclocking is quite disappointing. DDR5, regardless of its frequency, is fast and delivers high performance for all modern platforms. The NOX memory is faster than the standard memory series, so even XMP should satisfy most users.
