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?
Yep. Any research into DDR5 and you would know how Intel AND AMD are both having issues running more than 2 sticks.
Afaik there’s no fix, run 2 or wait for a bios update
Keep in mind this is the case for RAM in general. Even DDR4 and DDR3. As soon as you try to add more than 2 dimms you need to dial back the frequency or youll have stability issues. Its just common RAM knowledge
Been running 4 sticks of DDR4 at the advertised 3200 MT/s on my Ryzen 5 5600x since it came out with zero issues.
3200mhz is pretty average performance, and I would expect most kits to be able to do it even with 4 sticks. When you get to the high/excessive performance 4100mhz+ ram kits that tax the memory controler more its very unlikly you will be able to run 4 sticks, however you could get lucky still. Same with ddr5 6000mhz. You could get really lucky and have it work, but it’s not a guarantee and more than likely wont.
The point of my post was that 4 sticks can, and will, work. The post I replied to said it wouldn’t.
obviously 4 sticks can work on a motherboard with 4 slots
Again, not the point of the post… Reading is hard…
3200mhz was pretty fast for DDR4 when it first came out. Also 6000mhz is like average ddr5 speed now, you can get much faster.
Id say the difference is the newer cpu. 5000 series is gonna have a much better memory controler than what came out when 3200 was considered fast. Im sure once we get a few new cpu gens with new architecture, then 4 sticks of 6000mhz will work pretty easily, too.
I have 6 rigs in the house running now using AMD 3000-5000 series CPUs, every one of them has 4 sticks of RAM at advertised clocks, and while I’ve had stability issues with certain BIOS version / chipset / CPU / RAM stick combinations, I’ve never found that 2 sticks ran more stable than 4.
For Ryzen 3000/5000 DDR4 was pretty mature. The real DDR4 issues for Ryzen were seen on Zen 1600 and 2000.
I still had trouble with a 5600x running 4 sticks, but I attribute that to a cheap MSI motherboard
It used to be the case. DDR5 is just very new, and hasn’t really matured quite yet. Let Intel and AMD have a year or two of trial and error and it will be fine.
But for now, it’s 2 sticks or nothing
Itll still be two sticks in the future. I just checked myself to confirm. Looking at even Z790 boards that take DDR4 the higher you go in capacity and slots used the slower the board supports. Its not a matter of DDR5 or not. Just dont run 4 DIMMS if you dont have to or if you prefer speed
Max speed w/ 4 DIMM being lower does not mean that you can’t run 4 supported sticks at their advertised speed, it just means that the fastest sticks are not supported in sets of 4. As long as you stick within the supported specs, you should expect to be fine.