Hello!
Built my first PC yesterday. Using HyperX Predator 2x8GB 2933MHz RGB RAM. The thing is: When I open task manager it says my memory clock is 2400MHz, but I want it to be at least a bit higher (I mean I paid for it), so I went into the BIOS where there's a setting to change memory clocks. So far it had been on auto, but I changed it to 2666 aaaaand nothing changed. The clock was still 2400MHz.
Decided to try use XMP (by default on auto) I set it to one of the 2 profiles. What changed is the clock on the clocks setting (still the actual clock detected by my PC was 2400MHz) and it changed the voltage of my RAM. So I guess it overclocked my memory in order to get my memory to work at a clock, which could be achieved at the same voltage? (also it said it will change the timings, but I don't understand that)
Is it possible that when on idle it uses default settings, but when under load it uses the higher clocks, I've set? And does XMP activate automatically, because I don't want it to increase my memory voltage when the clock it wants to achieve doesn't require that? Or maybe it was marketed as 2933MHz, because it can reach it with XMP? (even though I never noticed it going to 2933MHz).
I really appreciate your help!
Built my first PC yesterday. Using HyperX Predator 2x8GB 2933MHz RGB RAM. The thing is: When I open task manager it says my memory clock is 2400MHz, but I want it to be at least a bit higher (I mean I paid for it), so I went into the BIOS where there's a setting to change memory clocks. So far it had been on auto, but I changed it to 2666 aaaaand nothing changed. The clock was still 2400MHz.
Decided to try use XMP (by default on auto) I set it to one of the 2 profiles. What changed is the clock on the clocks setting (still the actual clock detected by my PC was 2400MHz) and it changed the voltage of my RAM. So I guess it overclocked my memory in order to get my memory to work at a clock, which could be achieved at the same voltage? (also it said it will change the timings, but I don't understand that)
Is it possible that when on idle it uses default settings, but when under load it uses the higher clocks, I've set? And does XMP activate automatically, because I don't want it to increase my memory voltage when the clock it wants to achieve doesn't require that? Or maybe it was marketed as 2933MHz, because it can reach it with XMP? (even though I never noticed it going to 2933MHz).
I really appreciate your help!