Ram crashing PC?

iamllamb · May 7, 2020

Hey brains trust, first time poster here with a bit of a newbie question.

I have a mid-range gaming/workstation pc I built a few years back after ryzen was released, nothing too fancy, just a Ryzen 7 1700x, GTX 1070 and 16gb of corsair lpx ddr4 3000mhz ram. Something for some medium to heavy level of gaming and some casual vfx rendering.

I only just realised that after noticing a lack of speed and some lag in games that the ram i have installed is capped at the 2133mhz default, despite being 3000mhz speed. I've updated my bios, and played around with my d.o.c.p settings and have an option for it to run at 2993mhz, which is close enough, but once i make that change and restart, i get a lovely little bsod after about 5 minutes.

I remember that there was some issue with memory post-launch for ryzen chips and their mobos, but i believe they've all been fixed with bios updates. could i be having an issue with the power?

I'm super keen to get any info or pointers as to where i might be going wrong.

full parts list: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/Endykits/saved/g4YbvK

attached pic of cpuz for reference.

Cheers,

Liam

porina · May 7, 2020

Can you also show the SPD tab with ram selected?

1st gen was much more fussy about ram. It might simply be that it doesn't like your ram. You can try the 2666 step and see if that works for you.

boggy77 · May 7, 2020

ram in slots 2 and 4? when you enable docp, is your dram voltage set to 1.35?

lPmJ · May 7, 2020

Troubleshooting with SFC or Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool? Had a problem with my RAM a while back and it only detected it when I ran the MDT on advanced settings. U could also just try it with the classic take one out, look if it works method.

iamllamb · May 8, 2020

ram is in slots 2 and 4, no errors with sfc or memory tool, have been able to get it to 2666mhz with no crash as of yet. thankfully it's tax return time in a month, so i should be able to swap a few things over.

thanks for the suggestions all, helped me to get my head in the right place, really appreciate it