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I am planning a new build for deep learning / AI workloads. I need a stable system with >80 GB of memory. After some research I found these 3 options: 1. 2 x 48 GB ddr5 6000 mhz, C30 2. 4 x 32 GB ddr5 4800 mhz, C30 (can this be any faster like 5200 / 5600) 3. 4 x 32 GB ddr4 3600 mhz, C16 Which of the above memory options would offer me the highest bandwidth to work with are be stable at the same time? I want to set the XMP / EXPO profiles once and let it be. No OC, no tinkering with timings. It would be best if someone could tell me the effective memory bandwidth for all the 3 options above. Does having 4 sticks (quad channel?) mean double effective bandwidth? Does Intel have any advantage over AMD? I am looking at 7800x3d or 5800x3d or 13600K. I listed the 3rd option (ddr4) above because I am already running a 5600x + ROG strix x570e mobo + 2 x 16 GB 3000mhz Crucial. So upgrading to 5800x3d and new memory is the cheapest option for me. Also the RAM timings are quite better with ddr4 vs ddr5 and I wont be getting >6000 ddr5 speeds anyway with such a high capacity requirement. But if the bandwidth gains are high then I am willing to spend for a new AM5 / Intel platform.

So i'm looking at a 4 x16GB kit of Trident Z Specifically this kit (F4-3600C16Q-64GTZR) to use with the Gigabyte Z690 Aero G DDR4 motherboard. It's not in the QVL as far as I can see as rated speed and capacity of this kit. Given the speed and timings, is it likely to work at XMP2.0 speeds? That is all.

This thread is designed to help with overclocking on budget memory modules. (At your own Risk!!!) You know, the memory kits that Thaiphoon burner doesn't seem to read? (I'll show you here how to get the information. Be it complete or not....) But just to let you know, this will be a fresh start OC ABOVE XMP rated frequency. The Kit. MD16GK2D4266616XR Speed Compatibility - 2666MHz, 2400MHz, 2133MHz - 1.2v The Look - Not horrible, but actually reminds me of that Oloy memory if any of you are familiar with it.... Which this kit would be about the same quality if given a similar speed and timing set. Does NOT need these heat spreaders. Totally just for looks. The Thaiphoon Burner - Well as you will see here (first spoiler) Eeprom tells us nothing. But if you hit that report button.(second spoiler below)...Which will also tell you the PCB revision of your memory kit as well. As you'll notice, the memory kit is running XMP. I have used it for general purpose and F@H. So far so good. Stable. No heavy load testing yet. (testing using OCCT memory linpack screen shots in the OC posts below) Played some Need for speed at most for the gamers out there. But nothing heavier than that. Adia64 cache and memory benchmark *Located in the tools tab at the top of AIDA64* (Our initial measurements) XMP rated 2667 16-18-18-35 2T 1.2v 56ms latency but only 35k mb/s read writes. Decent latency and poor bandwidth. Check HWInfo64 for Dram temps. =None. Voltage steady good 1.2v VCCIO 1.152v (bios set 1.1150v) System Agent 1.148v (Bios set 1.1150v) VCCIO and SA increased for overclock. Also used for daily on B-die, I did not change the values. Are higher than input via bios, but that's how Asus boards roll. OV the shit out of everything. With XMP, on this board, they will default over 1.4v - So users, keep these manually checked!

any idea what i should manually set this to the lowest my bios allows is 0.7v but a reading of 0,250v(auto) is concerning since im ocing a 3200mhz kit of bdie to 3733 and been having a hell of a time with it multitude of black screen restarts cldovddp manually set to 0.970v since it autos to 1.093v ryzen 5 3600 crosshair 7 hero

Hi i tried to overclock my PC. Original Specs : CPU : Ryzen 5 3600 @ 3.6 Ghz. Memory : Cruical Ballistix DDR4 2666 Mhz CL 16. ( Probably Micron E Die. Pls Correct me if i am wrong ) GPU : Zotac 1650 Super -> 1530 Mhz Core, 6000 Mhz Memory. Motherboard : Gigabyte B550m DS3H. Cooler : Deepcool Gammax 400 Pro -> Single Tower, Dual 120mm Fans Air cooler. Overclocked Specs : CPU : Ryzen 5 3600 -> 4.35 Ghz All Cores @1.26v VCore and 1.14v SoC. Idles at 45°C and reaches 83°C when stressed to 75W TDP. Memory : 3200 Mhz CL 16-18-18-18-40 1T @ 1.35v GPU : 1725 Mhz Core, 7500 Mhz Memory. Question : Are my voltages safe? Can anybody suggest how to improve on it? Can voltages on RAM be increased more? If yes, pls suggest SoC voltages for it. Thanks in Advance!!

i tried alot of things and watched every video, forums but i dont know , first here is my whole setup (its cheap dont judge ;-;) Intel Core 2 Duo e8400 DDR3 8gb (2x 4gb 1600mhz) vaskey ;-; 500gb HDD GT 710 2Gb gpu 500W power supply Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit now the problem is that in bios it says 4gb ram and each stick reads 2gb only but in computer property and anyother benchmark it says 8gb and 4gb hardware reserved. tried almost everything people told me that its working on 1066mhz but why its taking half storage? no solution found yet or explanation the best i got is (its high density ram) and thats it ;-; SOLUTIONS?

Hey all I startede playing with RAM OC and seem to be stuck with worse results VS XMP. The thing that confuses is my Aida64 test are better with my 3900MHz OC vs 3200 14-14-14-34 XMP. However when i test in Cinebench R20 my score is lower. See attached picture for timings. I'm running 1.408Vmem, 1.2 SA and IO, 47x Uncore, 5GHz on a 8700k. I tested it stabil with HCI memtest up to 450% and Prime95 large FFT's for one hour. Aida64 XMP: Read: 47550, 47540, 47488 Write: 46600, 46696, 46452 Latancy: 42.9, 42.8, 42.9 3900Mhz OC: 3900 16-17-17-35 mode 1 6-6-24 RFC: 313 stabil Read: 56509, 56165, 56310 Write: 57523, 58126, 57765 Latency: 42.0, 42.1, 42.0 Higher bandwith and lower latency yet my R20 is lower With XMP i get 3850 multicore and 517 singlecore points in R20 With 3900MHz i get 3804 multicore and 508 singlecore points in R20 Can anyone see where i go wrong? any help is appreciated.

Been trying to get my XMP working since its been perfectly fine for over 12 months now but for some reason when I enable it now I get errors in my OCCT test and Memory test unless I put it back to stock 2133Mhz. I've cleared CMOS, installed the latest BIOS, manually increased the voltage alittle bit from 1.35v to 1.38v but nothing seems to be working. I've been trying to prevent it coming down to manually inputtiing all the timings but was wondering if anybody else has a solution or have an idea of what could be causing this? Memory: 4x8GB Patriot Viper Steel Series 3733Mhz (PVS416G373C7K) Hynix CJR Modules CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X OC 4.2GHz PSU: Corsair Platinum HX850i Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus X570 Elite

It's my old 13-year-old rig, running on an Asus Sabertooth X58 Motherboard. I'm trying to learn the basics of overclocking on this before I try anything newer. I can't get above the base speed of 3.06 GHz for my CPU and 1333 for my RAM. Any suggestions?

Hello, I have 2 ram sticks, Corsair LPX 8gb Ddr4 2666mhz and Corsair LPX 8gb Ddr4 3000mhz, I was wondering whether its OK to enable XMP on these rams at 2666mhz, like would it cause any problems because the modules are different? The cpu is a i7-9700 and the motherboard is an H370 aorus gaming 3. Thanks

So I have a Ryzen 2600 with 32 gigs (4x8 bought as 1 set, not 2 sets of 2x8 16gig for clarification. already made THAT mistake before too) corsair vengeance 3200 speed ram. I recently used the Gigabyte Aorus B450m motherboard and had a stable 3000 mhz @ 1.35v on my memory. I upgraded motherboards to the ASRock B450m Steel Legend and now my memory is unstable even at 2933. I am going to have to down clock it further as I am still having system instability. So my question. Do I need to try to find more compatible ram, or will upgrading to a Ryzen 3600 solve the issue with it's much better memory compatibility? another kit of 32 gigs 3200 or even 3600 speed ram would cost round about the same as the new processor, so I am torn and seeking guidance from the community. I am leaning towards getting the 3600 but wanted to see if that would even solve the issue before spending any more money right now. Thoughts? Advice? Cat memes?

Cpu - Ryzen 5 1600 Cpu Cooler - Antec A30 (bcz i had it laying around) Motherboard - Asus b350 Prime Plus Ram - Corsair Vengeance 2400 8x2 cl16 Gpu 1 - Asus Dual Rx580 8GB Gpu 2 - Rog Rx560 4GB Psu - CoolerMaster MWE 500watt Case - Corsair Spec 01 Now my questions: Is there anything wrong with that build? Can i overclock my cpu and memory? If yes how? Bcz i don't know anything about overclocking Now my problems: R5 1600 has a base clock of 3.2ghz but if i set System Tuning to Asus Optimal it sets my cpu to 3.5 and there was no issue i stress tested it for 30mins with Aida64 Extreme with the stock cooler it was hitting 70°c i used that sins 2017 December so when i changed my cpu cooler i thought of overclocking it to 3.7 or 3.8 so i stress tested it again and it and it was hitting 80°c after 2-3 mins so i stopped it and i reset the bios and reinstalled windows and i run Aida64 again and it was hitting 86°c and shut down my ambient temp is 26°c and my pc is clean has new thermal paste and air is pretty good i think.

Specs: GTX 1060 6GB Ryzen 7 2700x (OC'd to 4001 MHZ constant) Corsair Vengeance RGB pro 3200MHZ C16 2x8 GB 500 Watt PSU (More than enough, even under heavy load) MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max When I try to enable either A-XMP profile, it does nothing and makes my CPU run at stock speed (3.7 GHZ) alongside my RAM at 2133mhz In MSI memory try it, I load the settings for my ram (from CPU-Z) and it still defaults to stock speed for my CPU and RAM. I have tried a higher and lower clock speed and timings and both gave the same result. I've tried changing the memory frequency from auto (2133) to 3200MHZ, and setting all the clocks manually after getting them from CPU-Z, and it still reset the CPU to stock speed and the ram to 2133 I've tried re-seating the RAM. My bios is up to date Motherboard max RAM speed is 3466 Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here are my core system specs first: Ryzen 2700X Asus Crosshair Hero VII 2x8GB G.Skill FlareX 3200 CL14 EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW3 Corsair H100iV2 with Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 2000 fans in push+pull config Seasonic Prime Titanium 750w I'm seeing a strange behavior that I just noticed recently when applying my memory overclock. Since I've had my 2700x (about 14 months) I just ran my memory overclock according to DRAM calculator (picture of Ryzen Timing Checker attached) and set Performance Enhancement to level 2 in the Asus BIOS and called it a day. Recently, I've decided to try to get some extra performance and attempt an all-core overclock since my 2700X runs around 3.8-3.9Ghz with an all core load. Such as Rainbow Six Siege + OBS stream or Folding@Home. I wanted to get at least 4.1Ghz all-core since I am almost always running fully loaded which, again, puts me around 3.8Ghz. So, I load into BIOS, load optimized defaults, and then start pushing clocks. I found that 4.15Ghz puts me in a good place in terms of voltage (1.3375v) and actually lowered my CPU temps significantly (warning sign that I notice later). During the OCCT burn-in test I noted ~100-110w total CPU package power. Ok. I got my CPU OC dialed in. Time to put my memory OC back in. As you can see in the attached pic, my memory/memory controller can handle 3533 CL14 with fast sub timings + GDM on. The SOC voltage is 1.0125v, by the way. Time to stress test with both a CPU OC and memory OC. I load up OCCT, run the same test and.....185w CPU package power!!!! Within 2 minutes my system crashes. Ok. I know faster memory and tight timings increases CPU performance at the same clock speed. More performance and a faster Infinity Fabric requires more power, but...70-80% more power? I revert back to my previous config, 3533CL14 + fast subs and PE2. I run the same OCCT stress test and, sure enough, the power usage is high. About 160w even though the CPU is running around 3.85Ghz. My CPU temps are about 17*C higher even though the clock speed is 300Mhz slower and the reported CPU voltage is lower. I load the 4.15Ghz all-core OC + memory OC again and start to dial back the clocks. Hoping that I can manage some sort of all-core performance boost. Nope. I am under 4Ghz before I am stable, almost entirely defeating the purpose of this exercise. Has anyone else seen this behavior before? Is this something with Ryzen+ and IF? Maybe this is an Asus CH7 behavior?

So a few weeks ago I finally got to finish building my first computer. I'm pretty proud of myself and it's been running good so far, but after setting it all up and installing all the drivers I realized that my ddr4 3000mhz rated ram was only been running at 2133mhz this whole time. I read that it was common for it to run at lower ratings and that it was an easy fix and all that I had to do was boot into the bios and change to the xmp profile, but after doing that and exiting the bios my computer would crash whenever it booted up and just showed me the windows blue screen mentioning how I had corrupted something in the computer. I also remember it also mentioning something about voltage problems after looking up the code error. I didn't know what exactly had happened so I just restarted the computer and tried to boot into the bio again, but it wouldn't let me, and what followed after were a bunch of attempts at figuring out what was going on and how I could fix it. I'm not sure if it was something I did, or something the computer itself did but after a couple times restarting the computer it finally booted up as normal. I first looked at task manager and then in the bios and both mentioned how my ram was back to running at 2133. It was a big scare for me so since after that I tried to not mess around too much with stuff I don't really know anything about. I would appreciate any help or comments as to what I'm doing wrong or to what I need to do. If it helps, my build is the following. ryzen 5 2600 asrock b450m pro4 2x8g of corsair vengence lxp 3000mhz Once again, any comments are appreciated.

*Motherboard - ASUS Z97-K *i5-4690( non k) - but still i clocked it,bus + 102.9 witch makes it run at 4014 GHz - haven't seen him above 67-69 °C *GTX 1060 6 GB - clocked +152 Core, + 500 at memory, voltage 100%, Power 116 % - never seen more than 73 °C *Corsair Vengeance - 16 GB DDR3 CL9 *CM HYPER 212 EVO - as my main CPU cooler. *Samsung SSD 850 PRO - as a main hard drive *4 pieces of 12' CM case coolers *Case : CM Silencio 650 screenshots of GPU,CPU settings Whats the potentional speed,timings and benefits that i can achieve by overclocking my memory ?

Hello, i ve tried to change timings on my ram (Rated 3200 @1.35V 16-18-18-36) from rated ones to C14 14-14-14-34 (freq 2933 with both), system and everything feels stable and bit faster than before, but when i run memtest64, it shows no errors, tried for 20 cycles and 10 minutes but when it stops the test or i stop it manually, it goes into BSOD with error "attempted write to readonly memory". Should i keep the timings or not? Thanks.

Hi guys, I want to know how to overclock my ram further than XMP Profile, I would like to know how far can I can reach with these rams while being stable. I Would like to reach 3000mhz if possible. Im currently runnning 4 dims 32gb of ram with XMP Profile. On the back of my ram it says DDR4-2666, CL 15-15-35 1.2v Intel XMP 2.0 Ready. If anyone knows please feel free to comment. Thanks! _____________________ I7 8700k 4.8ghz 1.25v Asus Rog Strix z370e MSI Mech 5700xt 8GB 32gb 2666mhz Gskill Ripjaws Corsair rm850x Deepcool Mattrexx 70 RGB 500gb Crucial Ballistic, 1tb 850 evo

So basically i have 2x16 ddr4 3600 cl18 ram. The Asus X470 Prime Pro only goes up to 3466 speeds. Would dialing back the speeds to 3466 and tightening the timings just be free performance?

So, I recently bought components for my Ryzen build and noticed that more than half the memory (8.1 GB) has been hardware reserved. I Googled and saw that it was a common problem and there were a few recommended fixes including checking maximum memory limit using MSConfig. There were a few people who said they switched the RAM Modules around on the Mobo a few times and it worked, which I've tried several times but with no luck. Some said it could be the x32 OS but my Windows is x64 too. Another thing I noticed was my RAM sticks are running at lower speeds at 2400 MHz when they are rated at 3200 MHz. I went to the BIOS and used the XMP profiles and manually overclocked them but it won't POST with those and then I am redirected to the BIOS with the settings restored. My BIOS also reports 8 GB of physical memory but it IS detecting memory in the two slots. I tried overclocking these manually but no matter what I do, it won't POST with anything higher than 2400 MHz. I am now stumped and have no idea what to do. I checked my BIOS and downgraded it too to more than 5 versions and still couldn't get it to work. Interestingly, when I used only the one stick, the XMP profiles run quite smoothly. I tested them both individually and both get the advertised speeds. It's when I run them in dual-channel that I encounter problems. I am not sure if the two problems are correlated are not but please, any help on this would be greatly appreciated. My Specs: CPU: R5 1600 AF @ 4.0 GHz Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Pro Memory: T-Force Delta RGB DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz (PC4-25600) CL16 GPU: MSI RX 580 Armor 8G

Hi all, There's a problem I run into every time I update my BIOS. I have a 3200MHz CL 16 trident z kit that I tightened the timings after putting the pc together. Later on, when I updated the BIOS, I couldn't get the computer to boot with the same timings it was running already. Hours later I tried again and it worked. Today I updated to the the bios to AGESA 1.0.0.4 B and it's happening again. I change the subtimings, the pc tries to boot a few times and then it resets the BIOS. I read about bad memory, but I don't think that's the case. The memory was running for months with no issue, and, like I said, I had this same problem before and I fixed it somehow. Do you guys have any ideas of what's going on? The board is an Aorus Elite X570

I'm on an old AMD prebuilt that had an A6-3650 in it and had upgraded ram WAY back to 8GB. This was someone else's computer before but now it's mine. I bought an A6-3670K that overdrive OC'd to 3.4GHz. I also had bought 8GB (2x4GB) of 1600MHz memory because I thought it was 800 MHz after looking at task manager and CPU-Z. Now I unexpectedly had 4 dimms of 4GB 1600MHz ram but 2 board slots. I want to at least get SOME extra umph out of my memory for the iGPU to use. This motherboard doesn't have a place in BIOS for overclocking anything but I CAN edit ram settings in Overdrive.

I have a ~800 dollar build employing the Ryzen 3 1200. What memory should I choose? Also how do you overclock RAM Also, For said build, should I choose M.2 NVMe or a 1TB HDD. I can't decide between fast speeds and Mass storage

Okay I know the title sounds dumb, but can I XMP on my non XMP motherboard, I've heard of a thing called memtest86 but idk, please help lol.

I have a kit of DDR4 3400 MHz 16GB (2 × 8GB) memory and can't go over 3200 MHz. I tried to adjust the SoC all the way up to 1.3V but can't get stable even at 3333 MHz. At 3200 MHz, I can set the SoC to 0.9V and be 100% stable. That is a .4V difference. Am I missing something? Thank you for everyone that is willing to help me out.