Pushing for Speed

With testing out of the way, I endeavored to see if these sticks have any headroom. For Intel, I kept the same procedure I have been using, leaving all settings at their XMP defaults and then increasing the frequency until the system loses stability.

This specification of the Neo Forza Faye did not have any headroom for improvement on my i9-10900K/Z490 GODLIKE test system.


For AMD overclocking, I generally like to dig a little deeper. First, I followed the same procedure as with Intel to find the highest-possible frequency with XMP timings. Next, I normally set the frequency to 3600 MHz before using DRAM Calculator for Ryzen to optimize timings. If the "Fast" preset is not viable, start with the "safe" settings and try to at least get the primary timings as close to the "Fast" preset as possible. I would then normally bench each setting with AIDA64 to showcase what kind of benefits you can expect from each, while including the default (non-XMP) settings as a base reference point.

My AMD overclocking showed the same results as Intel, with no headroom.

While it is always exciting to find how far a kit can be pushed, there is significant merit to offering the maximum performance out of the box.