XMP Profile Issues

[Darkroe]

I have 32GB (4 x 8GB) of Team T-Force Delta RGB 3000 MHz RAM. They sit in the 4 DIMM slots of my Asus Crosshair VI Hero motherboard, next to my Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) CPU. Without the XMP profile enabled, the BIOS and system sees the RAM speed as 2400 MHz. With the XMP profile enabled, the RAM speed jumps up to the advertised 3000 MHz.

 

However, often when the XMP profile is enabled the system has multiple issues. Sometimes it has trouble booting, and goes through several boot attempts before success. Sometimes the entire computer will crash from running a simple game of vanilla minecraft or VBA (Visual-Boy Advance) (only while I stream then, and ONLY if XMP is enabled). I've been slowly lowering the RAM speed for XMP (3000 MHz to 2933 MHz to 2866 MHz etc) to try and mitigate these issues. While they have become less frequent, they are still prevalent. So for now, I have turned off the XMP profile and everything runs decently, albeit a tiny bit slower.

 

Since I have NOT delved into the realm of custom overclocking, messing with voltages, etc, does anyone know what may be causing the issues? I even tried all the different combinations of RAM in a dual stick configuration. The same problems arose regardless. So, I don't think it's the RAM itself but either the power delivery or the XMP settings. What are everyone's thoughts on this, since I don't know where to go at this point, and I do NOT want to accidentally harm my computer by messing with settings I don't understand.

 

For further info:

PSU: Corsair CXM 750W 80+ Bronze (Had planned on getting a better / more power hungry processor but car repairs ate up THOSE funds, hence why wattage is high for this build)

GPU: 6-Pin Dell RX 580 8GB (so basically a re-branded RX 480)

CPU cooler: Hyper 212 EVO

Chassis: Phanteks Eclipse P350X

 

Thanks in advance for any replies!

[Paroxy]

I would try disabling XMP and setting the speed manually, and then increasing the primary timings a little and see how that goes.