[SOLVED] Can't run at 3600Mhz

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Hey guys, I built my computer last May 13, 2020 and here are the components:

MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus
Ryzen 7 3700X
MSI RTX 2080 Super Gaming Trio
G.Skill Trident Z Neo 16GB 3600Mhz (2x8)
ADATA XPG6000 1TB m.2
Seasonic Focus 750w Gold Modular

So first things first, I updated to the latest BIOS version (beta), turned on my XMP and games are crashing. Almost all of them (CS:GO, Valorant, Apex, Warzone)
When its 3400mhz the games are stable. So I tried lowering my BIOS version (released last january) I thought It was working fine, but I noticed some stuttering while using google chrome (2 tabs facebook and YouTube)
and when I tried to play CS:GO, it crashed again. So now what I just did was put it on 3200Mhz and set the timings to 18-18-18-18-38T.
I'm not sure if it has something to do with the motherboard or what.

Any thoughts about this?
 
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First run on XMP, then afterwards if there are NO issues, go ahead tighten them up, those are still nice ram.

FYI - I'm headed off to bed! :p
May 21, 2020
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If you can get your hands on some of these sticks, they are just drop in 3200 MHz speed and with good timings, which you can try and tighten as you like(These are just my favorites):
F4-3200C14D-16GVK
F4-3200C14D-16GFX

If you are willing to fiddle with timings and MHz yourself, a lot of people seem to like the Patriot Viper 4400Mhz and 4000MHz, supposedly they are Samsung B-Die.
I have NOT tried these sticks, so I don't know how well they take to tighter timings.
But in your case, you could downclock them and squeeze tighter timings out of them, be aware that you are forced to fiddle with them as you CANNOT boot on these sticks via XMP, they are simply too high bandwidth:

PVS416G440C9K
PVS416G400C9K

Also, tightening RAM is quite an undertaking in patience, with decent results if you're willing to give it a shot.

Further have you downloaded Ryzen Dram Calculator?(This link is directly for downloading the file, don't panic :p)

Hardware Unboxed has a somewhat decent video on how to proceed, there are many other videos out there I'm betting, but I*m subscribed to these guys, so it's just the first one that comes to mind. Wait, Gamers Nexus probably also has a few videos.

Yo, these are the only one available left :( So I took the chance to get out of 3600mhz trident z neo and gigabyte aorus lol. Should I tighten the timings or just enable xmp?

G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 so the timings are 16-18-18-18-38T
View: https://imgur.com/a/jixW21F