Z Overlord Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 So I now own a CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 kit. I noticed my Motherboard thought it was nativley 1066, so I enabled XMP, which I am only vaguely familiar with. Am I guranteed correct timings and voltages for everything regarding the ram now or what? Any helpful screenshots you guys might want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 You should be fine. XMP is designed to set the correct voltages and timings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z Overlord Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Well my Motherboard goes from 1.64 to 1.66 (skips .002). Will I get the correct XMP voltage of 1.65? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Well my Motherboard goes from 1.64 to 1.66 (skips .002). Will I get the correct XMP voltage of 1.65? 1.66 is just fine. Some MB's do miss out o single digit increments. Just leave it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z Overlord Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 1.66 is just fine. Some MB's do miss out o single digit increments. Just leave it there. OK but XMP sets it to auto, should I manually change it to 1.66? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Enable XMP, then use/test the machine with your normal daily tasks. If it is stable at those settings, you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z Overlord Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Ah ok it was stable with 7 passes in memtest86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z Overlord Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Oh and it seems overclocking doesn't support XMP, so I assume I manually set the values then. it's 9-9-9-24, what about the rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Oh and it seems overclocking doesn't support XMP, so I assume I manually set the values then. it's 9-9-9-24, what about the rest? Can you explain this a little better? XMP IS overclocking. It is just setting the values for you. If you have recieved a message that says "overclocking failed" and the system goes back to defaults you may have to raise QPI/VTT(memory controller) voltage. Start off with 1.35v and see if that gets XMP stable. QPI voltage seems to be the only thing XMP does not always set correctly, or needs to be raised depending on CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z Overlord Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Can you explain this a little better? XMP IS overclocking. It is just setting the values for you. If you have recieved a message that says "overclocking failed" and the system goes back to defaults you may have to raise QPI/VTT(memory controller) voltage. Start off with 1.35v and see if that gets XMP stable. QPI voltage seems to be the only thing XMP does not always set correctly, or needs to be raised depending on CPU. Well enabling XMP sets all my clocks and such to stock. CPU, ram, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Enable XMP. Then take a screenshot using CPU-Z and show us the main tab, memory tab,a nd SPD tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z Overlord Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Well it seems stable at 1600 in memtest, so I suppose it's good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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