Recent content by brian.rude

Update: Wondering if it was the RAM's fault, I just bought some new RAM. Still 2x16 DDR4, but they're 3600mhz instead of 3200mhz (both are CL16). The results are strange. Before, the PC would not boot if I tried to have the 3200mhz run faster than 3000mhz. Now, the PC won't boot if I have the...

That's right, the second and fourth slots. I actually double-checked before making my original post, because I didn't want it to turn out to be something as simple as that, haha. If everything else looks correct as well, do you think it could be a bad piece of hardware (MB, RAM, etc.) or...

That's good to know for the future - I'm sure my RAM has never been running at full speed with my previous PCs. Yes: here's what it looks like in BIOS.

I recently learned that Ryzen builds will sometimes (always?) set RAM down to a lower default speed, so I went into BIOS and checked: sure enough, it was not even close to my RAM's 3200 MHz. (I forget the exact numbers, but it was in the lower-to-mid 2000s.) I adjusted it up to 3200 MHz and my...

I originally built my PC in 2011, but I never had much of a need to actually overclock it until now. (The only parts I've replaced since then are my GPU and my HDD to a SSD.) I've been following guides to OC my 2500k, but no matter what I do, I can't get it to go above 3.3. (To be very specific...