Mark1978 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hi All, I have purchased a new system and just came across the memory finder tool, which worried me a little. Basically my two questions are: 1. Will my 32GB Corsair Vengeance 2400 (CMY32GX3M4A2400C10R) work well with my motherboard in principal? 2. With XMP should I expect to see their full speed (2400) when I haven't overclocked anything else? Not really sure what XMP means in laymens terms. I am totally new to all this and thus don't really understand the process or principal behind XMP and overclocking. Thanks in advance for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 1. Will my 32GB Corsair Vengeance 2400 (CMY32GX3M4A2400C10R) work well with my motherboard in principal? 2. With XMP should I expect to see their full speed (2400) when I haven't overclocked anything else? Not really sure what XMP means in laymens terms. XMP stands for Xtreme Memory Profile. To answer your question though...Basically there is no real way to say for sure if they will run without issues or at their full speed. This is going to be determined by your CPU or rather the strength of the memory controller in your CPU.. I actually just answered a similar question yesterday, so rather than type it all out again, I'll just throw you a link . :) It's a different MB, but the information contained is all exactly the same for your system. http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=122916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1978 Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Thank you for your response. So basically, what I get out of the memory in respect of speed is dependent on the chip yeah? Obvious question then is = is there a quick fire way to check that or is it a case of moving the speeds up slowly until its stable? Are there ideal timings for faster speeds with the Haswell chip? I am not looking to overclcok the RAM but did want the clock speed ideally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 So basically, what I get out of the memory in respect of speed is dependent on the chip yeah? Correct! Obvious question then is = is there a quick fire way to check that or is it a case of moving the speeds up slowly until its stable? No there is no way to physically check them other than to do as you said. I am not looking to overclcok the RAM but did want the clock speed ideally Then you would want a 1600mhz kit. That is the max supported memory speed of your processor and any speeds above that would require overclocking. http://ark.intel.com/products/75123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1978 Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Does XMP not change the potential of the memory with the chip in any way then? Or is it a case of 1600mhz will go to clock speed anything larger with other memory (i.e 2400mhz) is a bonus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Does XMP not change the potential of the memory with the chip in any way then? No it does not. XMP is just a one click method for overclocking. Basically it just sets all necessary parameters to allow the memory to run at rated speeds. For ex. the 2400mhz modules will have an XMP profile that when enabled would set the timings and system voltages to allow those speeds. But , again, those speeds are dependent of your CPU's memory controller and not all of them will be able to run speeds that high. Worst case scenario is they won't run and you have to back them down to 2133mhz and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1978 Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Ok. Thank you for your help / advice, much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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