Will my RAM be supported in the future? Or do i need new RAM

[Klennex]

Hey guys,

 

i just build my first PC. With following components:

 

Motherboard: GIGABYTE X670E AORUS Master

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

RAM: Corsair Vengeance schwarz DIMM Kit 64GB, DDR5-6600 2x 32 GB

 

PCPartPicker shows no problems.

So i thought the RAM would be fine, even though it has Intel XMP and not AMD EXPO.

 

When i enable XMP the PC boots back into Bios and shows that an error occured durring boot.

 

Is the RAM to fast for my CPU? Because the Motherboard shows it supports up to 6600 MHz.

 

Is there anything i can do or do i have to keep my RAM at 4800 MHz? 

 

Will a future Bios-Update fix my issue? And yes I do have the newest Bios installed.

Or do I need to buy Ram with AMD EXPO DDR5-6000?

 

Thanks in advance.

I hope you can help me.

 

Klennex

[DontBeSillyWrapYourWilly]

XMP is always a gamble.

 

Are you running 2 32 gb sticks or 4 16gb sticks?

 

You can try to set your speed manually and see how high you can go.

 

For example i have 6200mhz RAM , which in theory my MOBO does support , but best i can run now is 5800mhz because reasons.

 

There's no way of knowing if future bios revisions will improve RAM stability. In theory it should be AM5 has been so finnicky with RAM so far i'm not holding my breath.

 

[Klennex]

1 minute ago, DontBeSillyWrapYourWilly said:

XMP is always a gamble.

 

Are you running 2 32 gb sticks or 4 16gb sticks?

 

You can try to set your speed manually and see how high you can go.

 

For example i have 6200mhz RAM , which in theory my MOBO does support , but best i can run now is 5800mhz because reaosns.

Okay thank you.

 

I have 2x 32 GB

 

Is it difficult to do it manually? Never done it before.

[DontBeSillyWrapYourWilly]

5 minutes ago, Klennex said:

Okay thank you.

 

I have 2x 32 GB

 

Is it difficult to do it manually? Never done it before.

It shouldnt , depending on bios of your particular board. If you can set speed somewhere manually and leave timings and everything else on AUTO ( that's what i did because i'm not too familiar with RAM OC'ing ) it should be easy as finding stable speed. Though keep in mind that if for example system will boot with 6200mhz speed, it might not be stable underload so you need to find maximum stable speed, not just maximum bootable speed.

 

My system , as well as yours , doesnt even boot with DOCP/XMP enabled.

[YoungBlade]

There's a fair chance that future AM5 CPUs will support higher memory speeds, but at the moment, most 7000 series CPUs only support DDR5-6000 at most. I've heard a decent number can hit DDR5-6200, and a few can hit DDR5-6400. DDR5-6600 would be a silicon lottery winner for sure, so it's unsurprising that it didn't work.

4 minutes ago, Klennex said:

Okay thank you.

 

I have 2x 32 GB

 

Is it difficult to do it manually? Never done it before.

In theory, it should be as simple as enabling XMP and then manually setting the speed to something like DDR5-6000. Note: this needs to be done all at once - no saving and closing the BIOS in between. Enable XMP, then go to your RAM settings and set the speed to a lower speed. This will override the XMP speed, but keep the improved timings and higher DRAM voltage.

[DontBeSillyWrapYourWilly]

16 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

There's a fair chance that future AM5 CPUs will support higher memory speeds, but at the moment, most 7000 series CPUs only support DDR5-6000 at most. I've heard a decent number can hit DDR5-6200, and a few can hit DDR5-6400. DDR5-6600 would be a silicon lottery winner for sure, so it's unsurprising that it didn't work.

In theory, it should be as simple as enabling XMP and then manually setting the speed to something like DDR5-6000. Note: this needs to be done all at once - no saving and closing the BIOS in between. Enable XMP, then go to your RAM settings and set the speed to a lower speed. This will override the XMP speed, but keep the improved timings and higher DRAM voltage.

Well if he suffers from the same issue i have, enabling XMP ( even with lowered speed ) results in no boot. 

 

So just a thing to keep in mind i guess for OP.

[Klennex]

9 minutes ago, DontBeSillyWrapYourWilly said:

Well if he suffers from the same issue i have, enabling XMP ( even with lowered speed ) results in no boot. 

 

So just a thing to keep in mind i guess for OP.

Do you have a suggestion with what program i should test the stability?

[DontBeSillyWrapYourWilly]

4 minutes ago, Klennex said:

Do you have a suggestion with what program i should test the stability?

To keep it simple 3D Mark Time Spy is all around good test. You can download demo version on Steam for free. There are ofc more sophisticated software but i find that if OC can handle a single go of Time Spy it should be stable enough 9 out 10 cases. It also gives you a score at the end so you can see if your system is performing accordingly.

[YoungBlade]

7 minutes ago, Klennex said:

Do you have a suggestion with what program i should test the stability?

For testing RAM stability on my system, I used OCCT's memory test for an hour (the longest supported test time for free) followed by letting Prime95 Large FFTs run for several hours.

 

If your system can handle this with no errors, it should be stable in most circumstances.