Would Overclocking provide a noticable gain?

So atm I have an E8500, and im planning to buy some new RAM.

Would I notice a big difference between buying some 1333 Mhz RAM and leaving everything at stock compared to buying some 1600 Mhz RAM and overclocking the processor to match.

the sticks i was looking at the 1333 Mhz would have slightly better timings if that makes a difference? 7-7-7-20 vs 7-9-7-24

 

Nah on the memory. You already have great stuff, just OC the proc for whatever reason you might have.

 

Need to be sure that your machine will even let you overclock.
Many won't.

 

Good point but if someone's vacillating between getting 1333's or 1600's like I have, I would think that they have a handle on that aspect of their build. If they don't, well that's kablooie!!!:-D

Oh, BTW. Unless you run a benchmark with the memory, you'll never see a difference. Why do you even want to OC?