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Upgraded to RGB RAM and hmm...

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I had a 16GB 3200 Kit (2x 8GB) of HyperX Fury RAM in my PC and wanted to join the RGB craze so I went ahead and bought 2 sets of these -

 

https://www.ebuyer.com/912296-hyperx-fury-rgb-16gb-2x-8gb-3200mhz-ddr4-ram-hx432c16fb3ak2-16 For 4x 8GB totalling 32GB RAM 3200.

 

The voltage for the old kit was 1.2v and the voltage for the new kit is 1.35v so I went into the BIOS to enabled the XMP profile and changed the DRAM Voltage to to 1.35v which had to be manually entered. Saved settings and restarted.

 

Then when it restarted the motherbord beeped 3 times (long). Then switched itself off, then back on, beeped once switched itself off then back on and booted as normal.

After booting into windows and checked task manager and now my ram is only running at only 2400MHz. So i tried a bit of troubleshooting, by taking out 2 sticks, enabling XMP and voltage change, and WAHEY! it works with 2 sticks and then tried again with 4 and same thing happened again and I gave up...

 

I have a Ryzen 7 2700X running on an MSI B450 A-Pro Motherboard and for some reason it's either 16GB 3200MHz or 32 GB 2400MHz... Which is annoying and if anyone has any ideas it would be very helpful! Thanks in advance!

| CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM - Patriot Viper 32GB DDR4 CL 16 3200MHz RGB RAM | GPU - AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB | Motherboard - MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk |

| PSU - Gigabyte Aorus AP850GM | Case - NZXT H510 Flow | YouTube - SgtKenzo |

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Yes this 2700X has a supported memory frequency of 2933mhz. Try this frequency instead.

Having additional sticks of memory is harder to run higher frequency.

 

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2x8gb x2 ≠ 4x8gb...the advertised speed was only tested on 2 ram stick...to be sure get a 4x8gb next time...also check the compatibility table on the motherboard's site...those listed are tested by the motherboard manufacturer...have a look:

 

 

  • CPU
    AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X 4.3Ghz (-0.1V)
  • Motherboard
    MSI MEG X570 ACE
  • RAM
    G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) F4-3200C16D-32GTRS
  • GPU
    GeForce RTX™ 3060 EAGLE OC 12G (rev. 2.0)
  • Case
    Cooler Master MASTERBOX MB520 ARGB + Cooler Master MasterFan MF120R ARGB
  • Storage
    ADATA XPG SX8100 2TB PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 SSD
    ADATA Ultimate SU800 2TB 2.5" SSD
    Toshiba X300 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache
    TOSHIBA MG06 (MG06ACA10TE) 10TB 3.5 Inch 7200RPM Enterprise SATA Hard Drive
  • PSU
    Cooler Master MWE GOLD 750 FULL MODULAR
  • Display(s)
    Acer KG271B Gaming Monitor (HDR Ready 27" 1920X1080 240Hz) + MSI PRO MP241
  • Cooling
    Cooler Master MASTERLIQUID ML240R RGB
  • Keyboard
    MSI Vigor GK80 RED GAMING KEYBOARD
  • Mouse
    Razer Naga Hex Wraith Red Edition Wired Laser Mouse
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home
  • Router
    Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX 11000
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Aww... I thought 4x 8GB kit would be the same as 2x 8GB, I was sadly mistaken as it turns out.

 

Also, in response to ShrimpBrine's solution, the max frequency it will allow me to go is 2666 without it beeping at me. Which i guess is better than stock i suppose.

 

Am I gonna notice a big difference in productivity between 2666 and 3200? I know in games it can gain a few FPS here and there.

| CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM - Patriot Viper 32GB DDR4 CL 16 3200MHz RGB RAM | GPU - AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB | Motherboard - MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk |

| PSU - Gigabyte Aorus AP850GM | Case - NZXT H510 Flow | YouTube - SgtKenzo |

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