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Could activating XMP cause issues?

Could activating XMP cause issues?

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DJBazzInc
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03-20-2016, 05:10 PM
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Your concern is about whether turning on XMP on your motherboard and using Profile 1 affects your system. You mentioned the RAM speed appears as 1600MHz instead of the advertised 1866MHz, and you noticed changes in BIOS settings from a 2009 thread. Your specs include an i7-4790k CPU, Asrock Fatal1ty Z97x Killer motherboard, EVGA 1070 Black Edition GPU, and RAM configurations showing 1866MHz. The PSU is an EVGA G2 850w. There are no major drawbacks mentioned in that thread, but enabling XMP can sometimes alter BIOS behavior, such as disabling turbo on certain CPUs.
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DJBazzInc
03-20-2016, 05:10 PM #1

Your concern is about whether turning on XMP on your motherboard and using Profile 1 affects your system. You mentioned the RAM speed appears as 1600MHz instead of the advertised 1866MHz, and you noticed changes in BIOS settings from a 2009 thread. Your specs include an i7-4790k CPU, Asrock Fatal1ty Z97x Killer motherboard, EVGA 1070 Black Edition GPU, and RAM configurations showing 1866MHz. The PSU is an EVGA G2 850w. There are no major drawbacks mentioned in that thread, but enabling XMP can sometimes alter BIOS behavior, such as disabling turbo on certain CPUs.

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CelticGila
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03-27-2016, 06:55 PM
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Nothing comes to mind. If the RAM is acknowledged and enhanced, it is functioning as intended. Occasionally, the outcome leads to consistent performance gains, other times it does not provide stable improvements.
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CelticGila
03-27-2016, 06:55 PM #2

Nothing comes to mind. If the RAM is acknowledged and enhanced, it is functioning as intended. Occasionally, the outcome leads to consistent performance gains, other times it does not provide stable improvements.

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03-28-2016, 01:35 AM
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Nothing comes to mind. If the RAM is detected and enhanced, it seems to be functioning as intended. Occasionally, stability in performance is achieved, other times it may not be consistent.
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GWMagic
03-28-2016, 01:35 AM #3

Nothing comes to mind. If the RAM is detected and enhanced, it seems to be functioning as intended. Occasionally, stability in performance is achieved, other times it may not be consistent.

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pedrin456
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03-28-2016, 08:11 AM
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Nothing comes to mind. If the RAM is detected and enhanced, it seems to be functioning as intended. Performance improvements can vary—sometimes stable, other times less consistent. Thank you. I'll give it a shot.
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pedrin456
03-28-2016, 08:11 AM #4

Nothing comes to mind. If the RAM is detected and enhanced, it seems to be functioning as intended. Performance improvements can vary—sometimes stable, other times less consistent. Thank you. I'll give it a shot.

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