Quick question about memory clock

[dukethedj]

I noticed my motherboard, an ASRock 970m Pro 3, supports ram up to 2133 MHz, but apparently only when overclocking. Is it possible to use ram at stock speeds at something like 1866 MHz when the "supported" stock clock speeds are 1066 and 1333 MHz?

[jimakos234]

Through the BIOS, if the mobo and the ram supports AMP profiles (like intel XMP)

[i_build_nanosuits]

set XMP profile 1 if available in your BIOS and call it a day. RAM speed won't impact performance any noticeable way anyways...especially with an old AMD FX processor like that!

[App4that]

set XMP profile 1 if available in your BIOS and call it a day. RAM speed won't impact performance anyways.

What does that do? And should you still increase the voltage if you do that?

[i_build_nanosuits]

What does that do? And should you still increase the voltage if you do that?

no the RAM will simply auto-apply it's factory programmed settings (the speed it's advertised at) and it ''should'' be stable at those settings without the need for you to tweak the voltages or anything...it's like ''auto-overclocking'' if you will.

[dukethedj]

no the RAM will simply auto-apply it's factory programmed settings (the speed it's advertised at) and it ''should'' be stable at those settings without the need for you to tweak the voltages or anything...it's like ''auto-overclocking'' if you will.

Thanks for the help!

[App4that]

Ah! Thanks, I just set the multiplier to the advertised frequency. I saw that as an option but didn't know what it meant, and my allergy to instruction manuals prevented me doing any research as to its meaning.