Recent content by spaingaroo

well, it was a fluke, several BSOD later and that's that. Now trying 2800 16-18-18-40

I mean, I could try setting XMP to 3200, but why push my luck? I think it is probably wiser not to, as it is surely fine for my purposes at 2933, which is after all what AMD says for the processor. That's assuming that it actually does pass the testing and continue to be stable.

Halfway through test thirteen and still no errors, and MemTest seems to be running twice as fast, approx, as the previous tests (@1866 both times, see above), at around one hour per pass. EDIT, one hour is up and it's still halfway through test thirteen, but it is noticeably faster. The other...

well, I'll be darned, as they say. I don't want to speak too soon, but I took the opportunity to reseat all the RAM (again) and I moved each stick over one slot, so changing the channels of the newer and the older. I booted into the bios after restting, and thought I may as well try A-XMP...

There are 16 GB sticks of FlareX but it's FlareX @2400 cl15 for 224 euros, that I can see on amazon marketplace, and also, this appears on the QVL of the motherboard. VS well, a few choices in HiperX (I must like exes, and I do) for example this one HiperX fury @ 3200 but cl18 for 268 euro plus...