[SOLVED] If intel says that the RAM speed supported by my CPU is 2133Mhz, will activating xmp mode on my mobo actually change anything?

[Ian Fitchett]

So I didn't realize when I bought RAM that my CPU technically "doesn't support" 3200Mhz RAM, but from my research, no CPU (at least no intel cpu) says it supports 3200Mhz RAM on the specifications website. So I wondered why anyone bothered to make such fast RAM if no CPU's support it?

I found out about XMP mode and activated it on my motherboard. Now my bios and CPU-Z both show my ram running at 3200Mhz, but I wonder if it's actually running at that speed, or just trying to run at that speed.

Basically I'm wondering if this is a fool's gold type of thing because the difference on my system is too slight for me to notice.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

If CPUZ and BIOS show it , the memory is running at that speed.

What are your specs?

 

[Supahos]

Any k series chip on a z series motherboard should easily do 3200

 

[jfriend00]

So I didn't realize when I bought RAM that my CPU technically "doesn't support" 3200Mhz RAM, but from my research, no CPU (at least no intel cpu) says it supports 3200Mhz RAM on the specifications website. So I wondered why anyone bothered to make such fast RAM if no CPU's support it?

I found out about XMP mode and activated it on my motherboard. Now my bios and CPU-Z both show my ram running at 3200Mhz, but I wonder if it's actually running at that speed, or just trying to run at that speed.

Basically I'm wondering if this is a fool's gold type of thing because the difference on my system is too slight for me to notice.

Yes, if CPU-Z shows it running at that speed, then it's running at that speed. What processor and motherboard are you running? Most modern processors and boards will easily support at least up to 3200-3600MHz. Some can go as high as 4400MHz.

2133MHz is the JEDEC specification as a standard speed for DDR4 memory and is often discussed as the "default" speed for DDR4 memory. But, nearly everyone is running DDR4 memory faster than that now.