Alright, so I got a head-scratcher here. Simply put, My RAM won't run at the rated speed, but there's more.
I upgraded my Ryzen 3 1200 to the Ryzen 5 2600 (still not sure if that's a good investment today, but man the price was good, but anyway). Motherboard is an MSI X370 SLI Plus (BIOS updated to the latest non-beta version long time ago). RAM is the T-Force Delta R RGB 3000 8 GB. After I installed the CPU and booted the system,, it asked to restore the BIOS to 'default settings'. No big deal, I said yes. PC booted fine, it ran cinebench well, aced through 3dmark stress test, temperature was fine, memtest 2 hours fine, and there is a tangible performance gain. When I checked the CPU-Z, everything checks out and the RAM is at 2400 MHz speed (it says 1199). So I rebooted into BIOS to up the RAM speed to 2933 through one of the XMP profile. The system rebooted several times before it reaches the desktop, now here's the thing : CPU-Z still reports the RAM speed to be 2400 MHz. The settings don't stick, no matter what I do. But, here's the kicker : the BIOS reports that the RAM IS running at the 2933 MHz I chose. So CPU-Z and the BIOS reports different numbers, and I'm not sure which one to believe.
I've tried :
The weird thing is the RAM runs flawlessly when paired with the old 3 1200. Heck, the RAM reaches 3200 MHz stable (it only refuses to boot when I set it at 3466, but it's understandable). I just set the speed to 3200, up the voltage a bit, and there I go, CPU-Z reported 3200 etc. The problem only arises after I upgraded the CPU. Nothing else changed. The BIOS was flashed back when I still run the Ryzen 3 and like I said there used to be no problem at all with that BIOS.
Can anyone point me to the right direction? Is something wrong with my setup, or is CPU-Z merely misreported the actual RAM speed?
Anyway thanks
I upgraded my Ryzen 3 1200 to the Ryzen 5 2600 (still not sure if that's a good investment today, but man the price was good, but anyway). Motherboard is an MSI X370 SLI Plus (BIOS updated to the latest non-beta version long time ago). RAM is the T-Force Delta R RGB 3000 8 GB. After I installed the CPU and booted the system,, it asked to restore the BIOS to 'default settings'. No big deal, I said yes. PC booted fine, it ran cinebench well, aced through 3dmark stress test, temperature was fine, memtest 2 hours fine, and there is a tangible performance gain. When I checked the CPU-Z, everything checks out and the RAM is at 2400 MHz speed (it says 1199). So I rebooted into BIOS to up the RAM speed to 2933 through one of the XMP profile. The system rebooted several times before it reaches the desktop, now here's the thing : CPU-Z still reports the RAM speed to be 2400 MHz. The settings don't stick, no matter what I do. But, here's the kicker : the BIOS reports that the RAM IS running at the 2933 MHz I chose. So CPU-Z and the BIOS reports different numbers, and I'm not sure which one to believe.
I've tried :
- Choosing different XMP profiles (there are two of them, 2933 and 2866, same thing CPU-Z reported 2400)
- Manually setting the clock speed at 3000 (and other frequencies, the BIOS reflects the changes but CPU-Z still detected 2400)
- Increasing the voltage from whatever the stock one to 1.35v, and above
- Using Memory Try-it
- Resetting BIOS settings (again)
- Switching the RAM around, trying it with just one stick, etc.
- Running memtest everytime I did one of the above (no error at all)
The weird thing is the RAM runs flawlessly when paired with the old 3 1200. Heck, the RAM reaches 3200 MHz stable (it only refuses to boot when I set it at 3466, but it's understandable). I just set the speed to 3200, up the voltage a bit, and there I go, CPU-Z reported 3200 etc. The problem only arises after I upgraded the CPU. Nothing else changed. The BIOS was flashed back when I still run the Ryzen 3 and like I said there used to be no problem at all with that BIOS.
Can anyone point me to the right direction? Is something wrong with my setup, or is CPU-Z merely misreported the actual RAM speed?
Anyway thanks
CPU : Ryzen 5 2600
Mobo : MSI X370 SLI Plus
RAM : T-Force Delta R DDR4 3000 8 GB RGB (what a mouthful)
GPU : Sapphire Pulse RX Vega 56 8GB
SSD : Lexar NM600
HDD : An old 500 GB Seagate Momentus Thin
PSU : Seasonic Gold (the 600W one, recommended by someone here, has been rock solid the entire time)
Cooler : Cryorig H7 QL
Case : some random chinese $20 case
Mobo : MSI X370 SLI Plus
RAM : T-Force Delta R DDR4 3000 8 GB RGB (what a mouthful)
GPU : Sapphire Pulse RX Vega 56 8GB
SSD : Lexar NM600
HDD : An old 500 GB Seagate Momentus Thin
PSU : Seasonic Gold (the 600W one, recommended by someone here, has been rock solid the entire time)
Cooler : Cryorig H7 QL
Case : some random chinese $20 case