Question I7 2600k ram with intel 750 pcie speed
Question I7 2600k ram with intel 750 pcie speed
Hi all
I'm experiencing the loading times I expected with my intel 750 400gb pcie ssd. It's almost identical to my single wd Raptor and the other four in raid 0. Any suggestions?
My i7 2600k is under volted and clocked at 3.8ghz. The motherboard is a gigabyte z77x-ud3h. I have 12gbs of 2133 ram with timings 10-11-11-30. Not the optimal setup—some sticks are slower than the kit. One stick has factory timings that are a bit slower. Is the clock speed affecting the load times?
Another odd observation is that my CPU performs better on benchmark tests when I lower the RAM speed to 1866, even though the timings remain the same. Could memory fetch errors occur at 2133?
If I adjust the timing to 1866, the benchmark scores drop. So I'm unsure what to do. Except I tried using pcie 3. Ha ha ha
One thing to note: I added server fans to my CPU cooler, which were too heavy and caused a few blue screens until I removed them. Gigabyte has a weight limit for CPU coolers.
Thanks for your help.
Intel 750 400gb PCIe SSD.
Features: PCIe 3.0 X4 NVM Express SSD.
This motherboard lacks BIOS support for starting from NVM Express drives.
Using this setup may lead to performance issues.
Operating at a reduced memory clock speed might resolve the problem.
Yeah I tried it at 1866 and got better CPU scores in tests, but I haven't played much in-game loading yet. I'm curious why? I didn't realize all three RAM sticks are rated for 2400MHz, so 2133 is an underclock for them. The games I play are a modded Fallout 4, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and GTA 4. Both of these seemed to load in about the same time, regardless of whether it's a hard drive or a PCIe SSD.
What would happen if I replaced my i7 2600k with an i5 3570k? With a PCIe 3 slot, I could run RAM at 2400mhz plus. I didn’t have room for a 3770k. I mainly play at 1080p. I swapped out the slower RAM stick and used the XMP profile without stability issues. The memory runs at 2133mhz CL8 at 1.65v, but timing feels off by hand. Still, it doesn’t make a big difference in game load times. Is it really my CPU clock speed?
For anyone else who might find this helpful, it shows my i7 2600k's clock speed is currently 3.8ghz. At that speed, it can fully utilize my RX 470, which makes it run faster. I didn’t notice it before because my RAM was still active at 2133mhz, and the benchmark improvements were more than the CPU speed increase, making the RAM a bit of a bottleneck. Thanks for your response.