Question hi, does my z490 motherboard support ddr4 3600? would upgrading from 2933 to 3600 be a significant improvement??

[sioni90]

hello thank you and happy new year, does my z490 motherboard support ddr4 3600???

im using ddr4 2933 crucial rgb 2x8gb sticks, i switched to oloy 3600 rgb 2x8 sticks and didnt
see any improvements so i switched back to the crucial 2933... would upgrading another crucial set from 2933 to
3600 2x16gb sticks be a significant improvement.... or could i get the maximum mhz ram out there..

Z490 Extreme4​

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z490 Extreme4/index.asp

case: antec nx400 rgb mid tower gaming case
cpu cooler: corsair icue h150i rgb pro xt (360mm radiator / triple pwn 120mm fans)
cpu: intel i9 10850k 3.6ghz (10th gen cpu) lga 1200
mobo: asrock z490 extreme4 lga1200 rgb (bios p1.20)
ram: corsair vengeance rgb pro ddr4 2933 pc4 23400
gpu: sapphire pulse 7700xt 12gb (dual fan) bottleneck (upgraded from sapphire rx 580)
psu: evga supernova gt 750watt gold full modular
ssd: silicone power a60 m.2 2tb
ssd: silicone power ace a55 2.5" 1gb
hdd: western digital 2tb 3.5" 2tb
fan kit: 3x apevia pheonix 120mm rgb fans with 2x 12" rgb strip lights

 

[Lutfij]

im using ddr4 2933 crucial rgb 2x8gb sticks, i switched to oloy 3600 rgb 2x8 sticks and didnt
see any improvements so i switched back to the crucial 2933
Can you please pass on links to both ram kits?

As for your motherboard, what BIOS version are you currently on?

What processor are you working with?

DDR4-3200MHz/3600MHz with tight latencies is the sweet spot for the 10th/11th Gen Intel processors.

 

[80251]

The memory QVL list for your Z490 Extreme4 indicates 4000MT/s as the fastest speed DIMMs they've tested and then only in 8GB DIMMs. I have a Asrock z390+9700k and I can squeeze 4000MT/s out of my 16GB DIMMs, I'd figure w/a Rocketlake CPU you could get more than DDR4000 speeds, maybe even up to DDR4400.

Here's a good guide for OC DDR4 memory:
https://github.com/integralfx/MemTe... OC Guide.md#integrated-memory-controller-imc

The author of the above OC DDR memory guide has this to say about Rocketlake CPUs:
'The Rocket Lake IMC, aside from the limitations regarding Gear 1 and Gear 2 memory support, has the strongest memory controller of all Intel consumer CPUs by a fair margin.'

I'd think if you can get your memory speeds above DDR4000 speeds it would make a noticeable diff. over DDR2933.

 

[sioni90]

case: antec nx400 rgb mid tower gaming case
cpu cooler: corsair icue h150i rgb pro xt (360mm radiator / triple pwn 120mm fans)
cpu: intel i9 10850k 3.6ghz (10th gen cpu) lga 1200
mobo: asrock z490 extreme4 lga1200 rgb (bios p1.20)
ram: corsair vengeance rgb pro ddr4 2933 pc4 23400
gpu: sapphire pulse 7700xt 12gb (dual fan) bottleneck (upgraded from sapphire rx 580)
psu: evga supernova gt 750watt gold full modular
ssd: silicone power a60 m.2 2tb
ssd: silicone power ace a55 2.5" 1gb
hdd: western digital 2tb 3.5" 2tb
fan kit: 3x apevia pheonix 120mm rgb fans with 2x 12" rgb strip lights

 

[--SID--]

mobo: asrock z490 extreme4 lga1200 rgb (bios p1.20)

BIOS is old. You have to update. https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z490 Extreme4/index.asp#BIOS

ram: corsair vengeance rgb pro ddr4 2933 pc4 23400

XMP enabled?

gpu: sapphire pulse 7700xt 12gb (dual fan) bottleneck (upgraded from sapphire rx 580)

Did you remove the old drivers with DDU before installing the new GPU?

 

[sioni90]

BIOS is old. You have to update. https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z490 Extreme4/index.asp#BIOS

XMP enabled?

Did you remove the old drivers with DDU before installing the new GPU?

yes

BIOS is old. You have to update. https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z490 Extreme4/index.asp#BIOS

XMP enabled?

Did you remove the old drivers with DDU before installing the new GPU?

will look into updating bios
bios is on ez_mode and is on auto xmp + i reset settings just in case
didnt let me turn on xmp just sais auto or profile1 if theres anything i could do
i did not use ddu
gpu drivers were uninstalled with amd uninstal tool before adding new gpu

 

[bill001g]

What application do you actually run on the pc. You likely could see a difference with a memory benchmark. ZIP file encoding is the example they use of the type of application that benefits most from memory speed. In general you will not be able to tell without some frame counter or other performance monitor open on your machine. The difference for most things tends to be very small or even non existent.

I think people that use the IGPU rather than a actual video card also benefit but I am unclear what that benefit really is.

 

[80251]

Here's an article that benchmarks various games and apps at various memory speeds (up to 4600Mhz.) using a Rocketlake CPU (a 10900K) and a lowly 1080ti:

https://kingfaris.co.uk/blog/intel-ram-oc-impact/intro

Is it common to get command rates of 1T w/a Rocketlake at 4200Mhz.?

Like bill001g stated, the differences aren't that noticeable, except in Fortnite and Shadow of the Tombraider both of which posted +30% improvements in average framerates over DDR4-3200.

The 1080ti has to be a significant bottleneck for a 10900k because it was for my 9700k.

 

[PiersPlowman]

Outside of benchmarks, you will not see any appreciable improvement in performance.