[SOLVED] What is the difference between native 3200Mhz on MoBo and 3200 OC

[kgigov]

Hello Guys,

My current system is:

MoBo B450 Gigabyte Aorus PRo
Ryzen 3600
RAM - Kingston HyperX 2400Mhz - reused from my previous build

Now I'm going to change the Memory with a 3200Mhz DIMMs and on the MoBo specs it is stated the following - Support for DDR4 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 2933/2667/2400/2133 MHz memory modules.

Is there any difference between native Mhz support and O.C. in terms of performance?
Is the only difference being that if I want 3200Mhz I need to do it manually?

Kind Regards,

 

[Lutfij]

Any ram that is advertised to go beyond DDR4-2133MHz is an overclock. The board stating that the speeds above 2933MHz means that the IMC will need to be overclocked to accept that higher frequency.

Also, please don't mix and match ram sticks, work with a dual channel kit.

Make sure you're on the latest BIOS version for your motherboard before dropping rams as an upgrade and before overclocking.

 

[kgigov]

Thanks for the information,
Of course I will not mix the old memory with the new one.