MSIX Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Recently installed some Vengeance RGB Pro 32gb 3200 mhz (8x4) and ran some memory tests on them. I am lucky to hit 2900mhz. This is a new machine running the following. Gigabyte Designare Ex x299 mobo Intel i7 7820x 8 core XMP is enabled in the bios. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevBiker Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Anything over 2133Mhz is technically an overclock for DDR4. That said, your CPU supports (according to Intel) up to 2666Mhz. Anything over that may or may not work, depending on CPU and motherboard. Getting 2900 Mhz is still an overclock and, as with any overclock, your success will depend primarily on the silicon lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSIX Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Anything over 2133Mhz is technically an overclock for DDR4. That said, your CPU supports (according to Intel) up to 2666Mhz. Anything over that may or may not work, depending on CPU and motherboard. Getting 2900 Mhz is still an overclock and, as with any overclock, your success will depend primarily on the silicon lottery. Thanks for the response DevBiker... I was not aware of the 2666Mhz limit as it recognized the 3200 with Intel XMP enabled. So is the 3200mhz just a waste of extra speed for this machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevBiker Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Thanks for the response DevBiker... I was not aware of the 2666Mhz limit as it recognized the 3200 with Intel XMP enabled. So is the 3200mhz just a waste of extra speed for this machine? Yes and no. As with any overclock, YMMV. You may be able to tweak it to get it stable @ 3200Mhz by tweaking various settings (like BCLK). Keep in mind that the memory controller is on the CPU. Even if you don't have an Asus motherboard, take a look at the Asus Kaby Lake overclocking guide. While not specific to your CPU, many of the concepts and techniques are still applicable (https://rog.asus.com/articles/guides/the-kaby-lake-overclocking-guide/). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSIX Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Yes and no. As with any overclock, YMMV. You may be able to tweak it to get it stable @ 3200Mhz by tweaking various settings (like BCLK). Keep in mind that the memory controller is on the CPU. Even if you don't have an Asus motherboard, take a look at the Asus Kaby Lake overclocking guide. While not specific to your CPU, many of the concepts and techniques are still applicable (https://rog.asus.com/articles/guides/the-kaby-lake-overclocking-guide/). I will take a look at that. Thank You! Also shouldnt the RAM show up in my Icue dashboard? It shows on the "Devices" but nothing on my dashboard?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevBiker Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 You'll need to add it to the dashboard. Click the "+" next to the Dashboard menu item. And if you can't control the lighting, make sure that SPD Write is enabled in your BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSIX Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 You'll need to add it to the dashboard. Click the "+" next to the Dashboard menu item. And if you can't control the lighting, make sure that SPD Write is enabled in your BIOS. Done and Done! Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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