I can’t run my ram at advertised speeds without instability, I’m running 4 sticks of DDR5 with default xmp profile and getting BSODS. Is there any workaround?
I can’t run my ram at advertised speeds without instability, I’m running 4 sticks of DDR5 with default xmp profile and getting BSODS. Is there any workaround?
The advertised speed on RAM sticks is what the RAM itself is specified to run at.
It does not in any way take in to account the memory controller (Inside the CPU) being capable of handling such speeds. It is also highly dependent on motherboard voltage settings and timings.
My old motherboard for example required a bump in System Agent voltage to run XMP profiles correctly, something that was later adjusted in a firmware update when you enable XMP.
It is also worth remembering that the more sticks you have, the harder it is to achieve the highest speeds. Less sticks = always better.
I disagree. Dual channel is better and stock clocks on dual channel will outperform a single overclocked stick
He probably means only using two sticks instead of four. Some main boards can be flaky filling all the RAM slots.
Oh yeah, 2 is the sweet spot. 4 can be flaky but 2 beats 1 stick for performance