3000 MHz RAM running at 2133

Thready · Jun 23, 2016

My rig is in my sig. I have a Gigabyte GA Z170 XP and the RAM is running at 2133 MHz at a multiplier of 21. In the BIOS it was running in "Enhanced Stability" mode. I switched it to normal mode which bumped the multiplier up to 30 which put it at 3000 MHz. But it wouldn't boot and I had to switch it back in the BIOS. I'm new to Skylake so I don't know what to do here.

edit: I read that 2133 is the JEDEC standard and that 3000 is overclocked, so I guess that means to get the rated specs of my RAM I have to overclock it.

InverseTundra · Jun 23, 2016

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Originally Posted by Thready

My rig is in my sig. I have a Gigabyte GA Z170 XP and the RAM is running at 2133 MHz at a multiplier of 21. In the BIOS it was running in "Enhanced Stability" mode. I switched it to normal mode which bumped the multiplier up to 30 which put it at 3000 MHz. But it wouldn't boot and I had to switch it back in the BIOS. I'm new to Skylake so I don't know what to do here.

edit: I read that 2133 is the JEDEC standard and that 3000 is overclocked, so I guess that means to get the rated specs of my RAM I have to overclock it.

Your rig isnt in your sig, what cpu are you running? Im going to take a guess and say that the cpu cant do 3000mhz on the ram stabily. but i dont know specs so its hard to say.

Crazy9000 · Jun 23, 2016

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Originally Posted by Thready

My rig is in my sig. I have a Gigabyte GA Z170 XP and the RAM is running at 2133 MHz at a multiplier of 21. In the BIOS it was running in "Enhanced Stability" mode. I switched it to normal mode which bumped the multiplier up to 30 which put it at 3000 MHz. But it wouldn't boot and I had to switch it back in the BIOS. I'm new to Skylake so I don't know what to do here.

edit: I read that 2133 is the JEDEC standard and that 3000 is overclocked, so I guess that means to get the rated specs of my RAM I have to overclock it.

Look up the specs for your RAM and set all the settings to that manually. The motherboard on defaults may not be giving it the correct voltage and timings for 3000mhz.

Thready · Jun 23, 2016

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Originally Posted by InverseTundra

Your rig isnt in your sig, what cpu are you running? Im going to take a guess and say that the cpu cant do 3000mhz on the ram stabily. but i dont know specs so its hard to say.

Sorry. I just added my rig to my sig. I forgot it doesn't do that automatically.
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Look up the specs for your RAM and set all the settings to that manually. The motherboard on defaults may not be giving it the correct voltage and timings for 3000mhz.

I think I'll try that. My motherboard was only $120 so I don't know how stable of an overclock I can get on the RAM. I don't need it to go to 3000 MHz. But 2133 seems so slow considering I'm upgrading from 1600 MHz RAM with my old computer. Plus I paid the premium for this before I realized that DDR4 is still kind of in its infancy and speeds aren't guaranteed. I figured it was plug and play for the most part you know? I would like to get at least 2400 MHz. The northbridge frequency is hovering around 800 MHz. And the DRAM frequency is about 1066 which I would like to bump up to at least 1200. I would be fine if I could only get 2133 out of the RAM, but I paid an extra $10 for the faster RAM so I would like at least a bit over.

So that being said, is there a tutorial on how to OC DDR4 RAM?

Crazy9000 · Jun 23, 2016

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Originally Posted by Thready

Sorry. I just added my rig to my sig. I forgot it doesn't do that automatically.
I think I'll try that. My motherboard was only $120 so I don't know how stable of an overclock I can get on the RAM. I don't need it to go to 3000 MHz. But 2133 seems so slow considering I'm upgrading from 1600 MHz RAM with my old computer. Plus I paid the premium for this before I realized that DDR4 is still kind of in its infancy and speeds aren't guaranteed. I figured it was plug and play for the most part you know? I would like to get at least 2400 MHz. The northbridge frequency is hovering around 800 MHz. And the DRAM frequency is about 1066 which I would like to bump up to at least 1200. I would be fine if I could only get 2133 out of the RAM, but I paid an extra $10 for the faster RAM so I would like at least a bit over.

So that being said, is there a tutorial on how to OC DDR4 RAM?

If you bought 3000mhz DDR4, you should get 3000Mhz at the timings and voltage it listed. If you bought 2400mhz, then 3000mhz is an overclock and you'll have to go through the stability testing process with any settings you change.

Thready · Jun 23, 2016

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Originally Posted by Crazy9000

If you bought 3000mhz DDR4, you should get 3000Mhz at the timings and voltage it listed. If you bought 2400mhz, then 3000mhz is an overclock and you'll have to go through the stability testing process with any settings you change.

Then I might have to set everything manually because my motherboard keeps putting it in "Enhanced Stability" mode and putting it in normal mode doesn't work. I wonder what sort of performance gain I get from 2133 to 3000 though because if there's no real world performance boost then I might just leave it or bump it up a tiny bit.

Crazy9000 · Jun 23, 2016

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Originally Posted by Thready

Then I might have to set everything manually because my motherboard keeps putting it in "Enhanced Stability" mode and putting it in normal mode doesn't work. I wonder what sort of performance gain I get from 2133 to 3000 though because if there's no real world performance boost then I might just leave it or bump it up a tiny bit.

Might as well put it to the "stock" 3000mhz settings.

InverseTundra · Jun 23, 2016

Is your cpu overclocked, its been a while for me but if im correct the cpu still regulates memory speeds and only supports 2133 officially and anything over is technically a overclock. After a point it may need a cpu overclock to hold the memory stable at that frequency, i know on my asus board when i enable xmp it asks me if i want to let the board overclock itself to hold the memory stable or just run it stock. each board is different so i dont know the workings on the bios but thats what my board did / asked me.

Crazy9000 · Jun 23, 2016

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Originally Posted by InverseTundra

Is your cpu overclocked, its been a while for me but if im correct the cpu still regulates memory speeds and only supports 2133 officially and anything over is technically a overclock. After a point it may need a cpu overclock to hold the memory stable at that frequency, i know on my asus board when i enable xmp it asks me if i want to let the board overclock itself to hold the memory stable or just run it stock. each board is different so i dont know the workings on the bios but thats what my board did / asked me.

You just bump up the multiplier to get the RAM frequency at or near 3000mhz, you don't have to change the CPU frequency.

Sorphius · Jun 23, 2016

You should be able to just load your RAM's XMP profile in the bios...

InverseTundra · Jun 24, 2016

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Originally Posted by Crazy9000

You just bump up the multiplier to get the RAM frequency at or near 3000mhz, you don't have to change the CPU frequency.

Yea but the cpu has to handle that multiplier doesnt it. Eh im a bit out of sorts right now mentally and im probably forgetting somethings. I'll research on my own tomorrow to see what i find haha. Prob forgetting something somewhere lol.

Thready · Jun 24, 2016

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Originally Posted by InverseTundra

Is your cpu overclocked, its been a while for me but if im correct the cpu still regulates memory speeds and only supports 2133 officially and anything over is technically a overclock. After a point it may need a cpu overclock to hold the memory stable at that frequency, i know on my asus board when i enable xmp it asks me if i want to let the board overclock itself to hold the memory stable or just run it stock. each board is different so i dont know the workings on the bios but thats what my board did / asked me.

The CPU is stock but I have a Corsair H60 AIO cooler because I want to bump it up to 4.0. I have to fina a tutorial on overclocking Skylake on my particular motherboard but I'm pretty sure I just bump the multiplier to 40 and I'm done. I don't know what other settings I have to tinker with on the board. I'm new to Skylake, like I said, and my only experience overclocking is on an FX 8350. I would like to bring up my 6600k to 4.0 at least, probably not much more than that.

mypcisugly · Jun 24, 2016

I know in my board i had to run newest bios to get my ram just to run at it stock speed 3000mhz i have it oc now Gigabites bois sucks sometimes

InverseTundra · Jun 25, 2016

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Originally Posted by Thready

The CPU is stock but I have a Corsair H60 AIO cooler because I want to bump it up to 4.0. I have to fina a tutorial on overclocking Skylake on my particular motherboard but I'm pretty sure I just bump the multiplier to 40 and I'm done. I don't know what other settings I have to tinker with on the board. I'm new to Skylake, like I said, and my only experience overclocking is on an FX 8350. I would like to bring up my 6600k to 4.0 at least, probably not much more than that.

Nice, im pretty sure you could hit 4.0 on near stock voltage tbh haha, thats a very simple overclock, most people go balls to the wall 4.5 or as close as they can get. 4.0 is very middle of the field. I say just pop the multiplier up to 40 and test it stock voltage see how it does, worst case scenario you have to raise it a tiny bit from stock voltage.

113802 · Jun 25, 2016

Anything over 2133mhz is considered overclocking. You will have to boot to the bios and apply the XMP profile. I had the Gigabyte Gaming 7 board and it was a nightmare trying to get my 32GB 3000mhz G-Skill set to run at the rated 3000Mhz. It required a ton of flashing of different bios to find the one that could properly run the rated speeds.

I suggest getting the latest beta bios:

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/28441-gigabyte-latest-beta-bios.html

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