Hi,
I am using 2 independently purchased Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000MHz C16 sticks (black) in an Asus Prime B360M-A motherboard, with an i5 9600K CPU.
The motherboard specs say is supports memory speeds up to 2666MHz with CPUs containing 6 cores. The i5 9600K has 6 cores and also says it supports 2666MHz RAM.
However, my RAM seems to be running at 2133 MHz instead. CPU-Z reports DRAM frequency as approximately 1064 MHz.
I see an option on my motherboard to use an XMP profile to increase speeds to 3000MHz. However, I'd like to understand why the motherboard wouldn't use 2666 MHz by default.
Also, is XMP going to run my RAM at higher temperatures? Is it safe? I don't intend to overclock until I have a specific use for it.
I am using 2 independently purchased Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000MHz C16 sticks (black) in an Asus Prime B360M-A motherboard, with an i5 9600K CPU.
The motherboard specs say is supports memory speeds up to 2666MHz with CPUs containing 6 cores. The i5 9600K has 6 cores and also says it supports 2666MHz RAM.
However, my RAM seems to be running at 2133 MHz instead. CPU-Z reports DRAM frequency as approximately 1064 MHz.
I see an option on my motherboard to use an XMP profile to increase speeds to 3000MHz. However, I'd like to understand why the motherboard wouldn't use 2666 MHz by default.
Also, is XMP going to run my RAM at higher temperatures? Is it safe? I don't intend to overclock until I have a specific use for it.