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Ram Speed Help

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I own 16GB of G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200 MHz speed but have not been able to reach that frequency. I have an intel core i7 8700k that I have overclocked to 5.0Ghz at 1.345v, but when I go to overclock my memory, I cannot reach speeds faster than 2666 MHz. My motherboard is the ASUS z370 Maximus Hero AC/Wifi edition. I have read online that integrated memory controllers on motherboards might affect ram speeds. Is it just my motherboard that is limiting my speeds, or is there another factor here that I am missing. Also, I have my overclock profile set on XMP. 

 

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memory controller is on the CPU.... you were just unlucky. you can up the voltage to it in BIOS just like for any OC. it's not the same as CPU voltage

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Overclocking the CPU reduces the chances for high clock RAM from working properly (not like a strict rule, rather than a statistical observation).

Did you check RAM compatibility with in your motherboard's memory compatibility list?.

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