XMP Question

[Sima01]

Hello,

 

I currently have this hardware

 

i5-10400F
RTX 3060 Ti
2x8GB 2400 MHz CL17

ASRock B460 Pro4

 

My question is, if want to buy KINGSTON 32 GB (2x16 GB) DDR4, 3200 MHz, DIMM, Fury Renegade, CL16 will I be able to enable XMP?

 

I read through my MOBO docs and they say "Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0"

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B460 Pro4/index.asp#Specification

 

How much could I benefit from that XMP if it will work and how much can better ram impact peformance?

 

 

[Hinjima]

7 minutes ago, Sima01 said:

Hello,

 

I currently have this hardware

 

i5-10400F
RTX 3060 Ti
2x8GB 2400 MHz CL17

ASRock B460 Pro4

 

My question is, if want to buy KINGSTON 32 GB (2x16 GB) DDR4, 3200 MHz, DIMM, Fury Renegade, CL16 will I be able to enable XMP?

 

I read through my MOBO docs and they say "Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 2.0"

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B460 Pro4/index.asp#Specification

 

How much could I benefit from that XMP if it will work and how much can better ram impact peformance?

 

 

Yes, you will be able to enable XMP.  DDR4 ram run stock at 2133 mhz. XMP is basically RAM overclocking.  A DDR4 3200mhz ram kit wil run at 2133 out of the box and you must manually enable XMP to make it run at 3200mhz, its tested to run at 3200mhz so there won't be a problem ( Of course, sometimes enabling XMP can make it crash but that chance is extremely low )

[Sima01]

3 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

Yes, you will be able to enable XMP.  DDR4 ram run stock at 2133 mhz. XMP is basically RAM overclocking.  A DDR4 3200mhz ram kit wil run at 2133 out of the box and you must manually enable XMP to make it run at 3200mhz, its tested to run at 3200mhz so there won't be a problem ( Of course, sometimes enabling XMP can make it crash but that chance is extremely low )

Can I expect better performance by doing all of that?

[Hinjima]

3 minutes ago, Sima01 said:

Can I expect better performance by doing all of that?

of course!  Enabling XMP is something 90% of PC gamers do because it increases performance. its like a car with 100bhp vs a 140bhp car. the car with more power is faster.

[Sima01]

2 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

of course!  Enabling XMP is something 90% of PC gamers do because it increases performance. its like a car with 100bhp vs a 140bhp car. the car with more power is faster.

Fair enough, will do a RAM upgrade as soon as possible since I think those missmatch RAM i have even with same latency don't work the best sadly.

Thank you fory your help

 

Is this asterisk here about default RAM speeds without XMP?

[Hinjima]

11 minutes ago, Sima01 said:

Fair enough, will do a RAM upgrade as soon as possible since I think those missmatch RAM i have even with same latency don't work the best sadly.

Thank you fory your help

 

Is this asterisk here about default RAM speeds without XMP?

Yeah in the later years the default ram speed would be 2666.  Here is a list from your motherboards QVL ( What ram is 100% compatible with your motherboard )  Check the module numbers vs the one you want to buy and see if its listed.
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B460 Pro4/index.asp#Memory

[Sima01]

4 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

Yeah in the later years the default ram speed would be 2666.  Here is a list from your motherboards QVL ( What ram is 100% compatible with your motherboard )  Check the module numbers vs the one you want to buy and see if its listed.
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B460 Pro4/index.asp#Memory

I found those HyperX ones, but only 8GB is listed, should it be a problem if my stick was 16GB?

[Hinjima]

1 minute ago, Sima01 said:

I found those HyperX ones, but only 8GB is listed, should it be a problem if my stick was 16GB?

it shouldn't be a problem, no.