Ram overclocking help understanding

[The Torrent]

Haven’t got any parts yet.

 

so I watched a overclocking video by jayztwocents and he just said just turn xmp on that’s all I got.

 

i am getting an asus b450 f and Ryzen 3600

 

also Corsair vengeance rgb pro 3600 cas 18 I think.

 

so will this all run 3600mhz?

 

my board is limited to like 3.2ghz what does that mean? Is the highest I will get 3200 so I should have got the 3200 MHz ram with lower cas?

[Jurrunio]

4 minutes ago, The Torrent said:

so will this all run 3600mhz?

maybe. If it cant then this board is indeed all show and no go, but if it can then at least there's something ROG in it.

 

5 minutes ago, The Torrent said:

my board is limited to like 3.2ghz what does that mean? Is the highest I will get 3200 so I should have got the 3200 MHz ram with lower cas?

just means they've only verified up to 3200

[geo3]

You can update your BIOS if it doesn't run at 3600. One thing new BIOSs often add is improved memory support.  And even if you are limited to 3200 by your board, having 3600 can be beneficial because you can mostly run pretty tight timings by running it at lower than rated speed.  And tight timings can sometimes benefit just as much as higher frequency.

[The Torrent]

48 minutes ago, geo3 said:

You can update your BIOS if it doesn't run at 3600. One thing new BIOSs often add is improved memory support.  And even if you are limited to 3200 by your board, having 3600 can be beneficial because you can mostly run pretty tight timings by running it at lower than rated speed.  And tight timings can sometimes benefit just as much as higher frequency.

I don’t understand timings at all. I watched the techquickie video etc on them but it didn’t explain much. All i know is like said reduce the first 3 number by 1 and mess around with the last one until I don’t know what.

 

is there a video or something you can post which explains them? I’d rather video over article, reading makes me go to sleep...

[geo3]

1 hour ago, The Torrent said:

I don’t understand timings at all. I watched the techquickie video etc on them but it didn’t explain much. All i know is like said reduce the first 3 number by 1 and mess around with the last one until I don’t know what.

 

is there a video or something you can post which explains them? I’d rather video over article, reading makes me go to sleep...

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ram+timings+guide&sp=EgQIBBAB

You don't really need to understand what each one does. Just that the ones higher up on the list have a larger impact. And the lower they are set to the better they preform.

 

Just lower them in small increments and run Memtest86 in between each time to test for stability. If you do go to far you may prevent the PC from booting and you will need to clear the CMOS(check the manual it's different for each board) so I'd write down what the last good settings were each time so you can go back to that.

 

 

 

[The Torrent]

11 hours ago, geo3 said:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ram+timings+guide&sp=EgQIBBAB

You don't really need to understand what each one does. Just that the ones higher up on the list have a larger impact. And the lower they are set to the better they preform.

 

Just lower them in small increments and run Memtest86 in between each time to test for stability. If you do go to far you may prevent the PC from booting and you will need to clear the CMOS(check the manual it's different for each board) so I'd write down what the last good settings were each time so you can go back to that.

 

 

 

Does this depend for each setup? Or has someone wrote the best settings for each specific setup somewhere?

[The Torrent]

Ahh I see there’s a ram calculator and some typhoon thing you use.