How do you know what BIOS settings to use?

[cypherzero]

Does anyone know what BIOS settings I should use for 2400Mhz memory? There are many other settings there also (e.g. voltage) - I don't want to end up frying my processor! (I don't really want to overclock this)

I've found lots of guesses, but how do people know what to use? Is there a tutorial or something? The RAM came with no manual and their website doesn't provide much information.

Memory: 8Gb (2x4Gb) Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Processor: Intel i7 4770K

 

[onichikun]

Does anyone know what BIOS settings I should use for 2400Mhz memory? There are many other settings there also (e.g. voltage) - I don't want to end up frying my processor! (I don't really want to overclock this)

I've found lots of guesses, but how do people know what to use? Is there a tutorial or something? The RAM came with no manual and their website doesn't provide much information.

Memory: 8Gb (2x4Gb) Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Processor: Intel i7 4770K

For the most part the motherboard should configure itself when you plug the ram in. Avoid tweaking voltage settings unless you know what you are doing. If the ram is not detected at the proper settings, just set the timings etc. to match what the memory says it is capable of.

For info on how the motherboard detects ram capabilities, check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_presence_detect

 

[k1114]

Mobos usually don't auto oc and default to stock. Just load xmp.

 

[Tradesman1]

Make sure you have the latest BIOS, that the sticks are in the proper slots, enable XMP and select profile 1, that will set things up for you....to run 2400 you may need to OC the CPU up to 4 or 4.1 or so.