Ram overclock freezing

[komp]

So ever since I've built my computer I overclocked my ryzen 3 1300x to 4 gz at 1.3 V and my gtx 1050 ti to 1800 core and 4100 memory clock. For months I havent had any crashes or freezes. In bios I didnt see any memory overclocking tool until recently i found out that i just had to update my bios. So lets say 4 days ago I overclocked my 8 gb 2400mhz ram to 3200mhz 1.3v on 16-19-19-19-36 timing . For 4 days i havent had any problems in games until just a few moments ago my game froze. So I was woundering if it could be my ram, after playing the same game 3 days before it froze ,or something else happend to my computer . Any advice would be nice .

[Crunchy Dragon]

Try toning the overclock down a bit and see if that solves the problem.

[Berfs1]

First off, I recommend stress testing your RAM with an application called MemTest. I have uploaded the program that will run in Windows. Since you have 8GB of RAM, it would be beneficial to know if it is 1 or 2 sticks of RAM? And if you have 2 sticks, is it configured in dual channel mode? (I have to ask that just to make sure) If it is 1x8GB or 2x4GB in dual channel, then proceed to closing out of all other applications, and open 4 instances of this, and since Windows generally takes 1.8GB minimum, that means 8-1.8=6.2GB left, and 6.2/4=1.55, so each instance of MemTest should run with 1550 MB (it is in MB, so 1.55GB). Simply speaking, close out of all applications, open 4 instances of MemTest, and type 1550, and start, and let the tests go to about 110%, and if all 4 instances pass with 0 errors, your RAM should be fine. If not, set your memory timings to auto, and start from 2400 MHz, increase the multiplier until memtest fails, and try to slightly tune your ram timings down from that multiplier. That usually yields you the best overclock, and while it is EXTREMELY time consuming (considering you are on a 4 thread CPU, hence why I told you to run 4 instances), overclocking was never meant to be easy. Keep that in mind  and good luck overclocking! If you need any further help, please let us know! We are more than happy to help, and that's what forums are for! I should also mention, you MAY need to increase your RAM voltage to stabilize timings, but I don't recommend further than 1.38V for RAM votlage. NOTE: the memtest zip file is under this whole paragraph.

MemTest.zip

[komp]

8 minutes ago, Berfs1 said:

First off, I recommend stress testing your RAM with an application called MemTest. I have uploaded the program that will run in Windows. Since you have 8GB of RAM, it would be beneficial to know if it is 1 or 2 sticks of RAM? And if you have 2 sticks, is it configured in dual channel mode? (I have to ask that just to make sure) If it is 1x8GB or 2x4GB in dual channel, then proceed to closing out of all other applications, and open 4 instances of this, and since Windows generally takes 1.8GB minimum, that means 8-1.8=6.2GB left, and 6.2/4=1.55, so each instance of MemTest should run with 1550 MB (it is in MB, so 1.55GB). Simply speaking, close out of all applications, open 4 instances of MemTest, and type 1550, and start, and let the tests go to about 110%, and if all 4 instances pass with 0 errors, your RAM should be fine. If not, set your memory timings to auto, and start from 2400 MHz, increase the multiplier until memtest fails, and try to slightly tune your ram timings down from that multiplier. That usually yields you the best overclock, and while it is EXTREMELY time consuming (considering you are on a 4 thread CPU, hence why I told you to run 4 instances), overclocking was never meant to be easy. Keep that in mind  and good luck overclocking! If you need any further help, please let us know! We are more than happy to help, and that's what forums are for! I should also mention, you MAY need to increase your RAM voltage to stabilize timings, but I don't recommend further than 1.38V for RAM votlage. NOTE: the memtest zip file is under this whole paragraph.

MemTest.zip

Thank you so much, I couldnt have gotten a better reply. You obviously know a lot about this and I just hope more people that are having issues come across people like you to which isnt a problem helping those who need it.

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2 hours ago, komp said:

So ever since I've built my computer I overclocked my ryzen 3 1300x to 4 gz at 1.3 V and my gtx 1050 ti to 1800 core and 4100 memory clock. For months I havent had any crashes or freezes. In bios I didnt see any memory overclocking tool until recently i found out that i just had to update my bios. So lets say 4 days ago I overclocked my 8 gb 2400mhz ram to 3200mhz 1.3v on 16-19-19-19-36 timing . For 4 days i havent had any problems in games until just a few moments ago my game froze. So I was woundering if it could be my ram, after playing the same game 3 days before it froze ,or something else happend to my computer . Any advice would be nice .

 

DDR4-3200 MHz might be too aggressive that your particular RAM kit.

As @Crunchy Dragon suggested, try reducing the overclock down a ratio or two (e.g. DDR4-3000 or DD4-2933).

 

You can also try increasing the DRAM voltage up to 1.35V, since most DDR4-2933 / 3000 / 3200 kits are rated with 1.35V.

Also with Ryzen, increasing the SoC voltage, JUST BY A LITTLE BIT, also helps stabilize DRAM overclock.

 

The XMP overclock profiles manufacturer advertise are only guaranteed for STOCK CPU frequency.

As you overclock the CPU...DDR4-3200 might no longer be achievable.

The more aggressive your CPU overclock becomes, the more load/stress you put on the internal components of the CPU, including:

• L1 / L2 / L3 Cache
• Integrated Memory Controller (IMC)
• etc

JJ from ASUS outlined this on a few of their old YouTbue videos (from their ASUS DIYPC channel).

 

 

[Berfs1]

17 hours ago, komp said:

Thank you so much, I couldnt have gotten a better reply. You obviously know a lot about this and I just hope more people that are having issues come across people like you to which isnt a problem helping those who need it.

I just realized, my numbers were a bit off, I didn't properly convert MB to GB; the actual number to test with is 1587 MB, but if you already tested with 1550MB, keep testing with that, as it isn't a big difference (stability wise, no difference at all). Let us know if the memtest application caught any errors!