Setting XMP then modifying those timings, okay?

CheerioLad · December 25, 2020

Total ram overclocking noob here. Was curious if it's okay to set the XMP profile on my ram, then just tighten the timings from there? I ask this, because it seems to be working well for me, whereas, manually setting all the timings is not. It's strange.

What I have basically done is set the XMP profile (2x16GB Corsair LPX 3600 C18) which sets things at 18-22-22-42-64. I then adjusted those timings the XMP profile set to 16-17-17-36-56 with a voltage of 1.4. Everything is testing stable in OCCT and TM5.

Is this legit or no?

December 25, 2020

2 minutes ago, CheerioLad said:

Total ram overclocking noob here. Was curious if it's okay to set the XMP profile on my ram, then just tighten the timings from there? I ask this, because it seems to be working well for me, whereas, manually setting all the timings is not. It's strange.

What I have basically done is set the XMP profile (2x16GB Corsair LPX 3600 C18) which sets things at 18-22-22-42-64. I then adjusted those timings the XMP profile set to 16-17-17-36-56 with a voltage of 1.4. Everything is testing stable in OCCT and TM5.

Is this legit or no?

Sounds good. Can try to see if they will run a straight 16-16-16 with a little more voltage. If it seems unstable, can try and loosen the Trc and Trfc a little bit and run a command rate of 2T instead of 1T.