Need help OC'ing RAM
Need help OC'ing RAM
Hi, I'm trying to make the most of my RAM but I'm facing some problems. I've heard that turning on XMP helps, but I'm getting instability or overclocking issues. I've used the ASUS Ez Tuning wizard before it still causes problems. My CPU is an i7-6700k (4Ghz), and I'm using Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8) at 3000Mhz, which is currently running at 2133. The rest of my system is in a profile. Since this is new to me, any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I noticed that on an I5-6600k, any voltage above the stock 1.2v affected my maximum overclocking success. A 2400 speed would still maintain 1.2v. No matter how much you boost the RAM speed, it also raises latency, leading to minimal or no actual app performance or FPS improvement. My suggestion is to stick with the 2400 speed XMP setting and focus on other tasks.
SR-71 is correct, but the main problem I observe is that the XMP profile's voltage configuration is often overlooked or misconfigured in the BIOS due to automatic settings. This may lead to difficulties when using XMP profiles unless you adjust the memory voltage manually. I had a friend with the same motherboard and a GSKill Ripjaws DDR4-3200 kit, but we couldn't achieve speeds above DDDR4-2800 until we manually set the memory voltage to 1.35. If this doesn’t resolve the issue, please reach out to Corsair—they offer strong support and might suggest alternative settings or a different memory module that meets the required speed.
Hi guys, thanks for the updates. I opened BIOS, set it to default and just re-enabled XMP without making any changes. Everything stayed the same, and I double-checked the memory voltage which was auto-set to 1.35v. Interestingly, it didn’t fail this time. I didn’t touch anything and followed exactly what I did before. Looking at AI Suite 3, I noticed the CPU frequency was also auto-set to 4.2, which matches SR-71’s note about a small CPU OC needed for it to work. Anyone have any explanation for what happened? I’m still a bit confused.