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my cpu is haswell will it run a little unstable or wear down my components faster if i do so? Also i use stock cooler

its fine

just make sure your temps are safe

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My simple question is: my bios auto set my ram freq to 1333mhz and my ram is 2400. In the bios i can simply select any freq i want to higher it to like 1600 or 1866? Do i just change it and everything will be fine or do i need to take steps to be able to run it like that. My pc specs are in my sig.

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My simple question is: my bios auto set my ram freq to 1333mhz and my ram is 2400. In the bios i can simply select any freq i want to higher it to like 1600 or 1866? Do i just change it and everything will be fine or do i need to take steps to be able to run it like that. My pc specs are in my sig.

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More than likely your motherboard will allow setting an XMP profile and this will set things up correctly. But if for some reason you don't have that then you will need to set the frequency and other settings to those listed for your RAM on its spec sheet including the voltage.

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enable XMP 2400 in the UEFI

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enable XMP 2400 in the UEFI

my cpu is haswell will it run a little unstable or wear down my components faster if i do so? Also i use stock cooler

[CPU] Ryzen 5 3600x [Cooling] be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 [Mobo] B450 Tomahawk Max [RAM] 16GB (2X8) Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz [GPU] RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio [PSU] XFX XTR 750W [Case] Fractal Design Define R5 Windowed

 

 

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my cpu is haswell will it run a little unstable or wear down my components faster if i do so? Also i use stock cooler

its fine

just make sure your temps are safe

NEW PC build: Blank Heaven   minimalist white and black PC     Old S340 build log "White Heaven"        The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log        Project AntiRoll (prototype)        Custom speaker project

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Ryzen 3950X | AMD Vega Frontier Edition | ASUS X570 Pro WS | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | NZXT H500 | Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 | Custom loop | Coolermaster SK630 White | Logitech MX Master 2S | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Pro 512GB | Samsung 58" 4k TV | Scarlett 2i4 | 2x AT2020

 

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