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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Overclocking Megathread 3.11 for Workgroups
 
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fletcher
Jun 27, 2003

ken park is my favorite movie

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I've got a Asus Maximums XII Formula, 10900k, and 16GB (2x8) G.SKILL TridentZ DDR4 4600 (F4-4600C18D-16GTZR) and trying to squeeze the most out of it. Seems stable in benchmarks and gaming but I haven't been able to run the RAM at full speed, 4200 is the fastest I've been able to get without crashes. CPU temps have been great.

How do I run this RAM at full speed? If I wanted to get another 16GB kit am I able to run 4x8GB @ 4600 or is the faster RAM speeds only when you have 2 sticks installed? I know I probably won't even notice the difference in memory speed but eh what not try and go for it.

BIOS settings as follows (anything not listed is default/auto):
  • Ai Overclock Tuner: XMP II
  • XMP: XMP DDR4-4608 18-22-22-42
  • Asus MultiCore Enhancement: Enabled - Remove All Limits
  • AVX Instruction Core Ratio Negative Offset: 0
  • ALL-Core Ratio Limit: 52
  • DRAM Frequency: DDR4-4200
  • Min. CPU Cache Ratio: 47
  • Max CPU Cache Ratio: 47
  • CPU Core/Cache Voltage: Manual
  • CPU Core Voltage Override: 1.340
  • DRAM Voltage: 1.45V
  • CPU VCCIO Voltage: 1.300
  • CPU System Agent Voltage: 1.300
  • CPU Load-line Calibration: Level 7
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fletcher
Jun 27, 2003

ken park is my favorite movie

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VelociBacon posted:

AFAIK adding 2 more sticks won't do anything that would allow your current ones to run at faster speeds than is stable currently and I'm not even sure that quad channel would be supported. Have you tried running it in XMP I (not II) at 4600?

Sorry this isn't about the RAM but from those settings I would think that your system is never downclocking/volting. Pretty sure with the ASUS mobos and manual voltage even with normal c-states it won't let it idle. Might be worth checking.

I tried running XMP I but wasn't able to find any stable configuration, seemed like BSODs on boot no matter what I tried.

For the downclocking it seems like that is happening from what I see in hwinfo:
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