Lowering RAM timing

[Frenky]

Hi everyone,

 

I have enabled XMP on my motherboard and it works fine (running at 3200 mhz like the box says it should), now what would happen if I lower the timings in the bios? Does this make it faster? Would it boot at all and is it safe to mess around with this? 

 

The timings the motherboard configured with XMP are in the screenshot I attached. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Lowering timings can make it perform better, but too low and the RAM becomes unstable. Which means crashing or the system refusing to boot and reverting to default settings.

 

Honestly, I wouldn't really worry. The total timing amounts to about 100 nanoseconds. Unless you have some operations that are really sensitive to RAM performance, I'd be happy to have the high bandwidth.

 

EDIT: As a point of reference, a random stick of average DDR4-2133 with a CL of 15 is slower than what you have, timing wise.

[VVoltor]

Yes you could try lowering the cas latency and get better performance. As with all overclocking, it might make your system unstable. But you can always reset the CMOS if you run into trouble.

Lowering the speed and increasing voltage can give you more stability.

[Frenky]

Alright thanks guys!