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Hellfire · Jul 17, 2014

Not that I have seen, I got xmp on with a 4.4 clock 4790k and a CAS of 8.8.8.24 on my ram, which stock is only 9.9.9.24

HammerON · Jul 17, 2014

I have had no difficulty with XMP as well. Give it a go

Jetster · Jul 17, 2014

Don't believe everything you read

Hellfire · Jul 17, 2014

Jetster said:
Don't believe everything you read

What you mean Mr Mwabai, the Nigerian Prince isn't giving me £2.5 million

anandsap123 · Jul 17, 2014

might as well try XMP then

Jetster · Jul 17, 2014

When I start a new system up for the first boot into the bios I set the XMP at that time

anandsap123 · Jul 17, 2014

ok gonna try

Hellfire · Jul 17, 2014

Well good luck, I just finished my build (she went live this morning) and she's all complete

anandsap123 · Jul 17, 2014

ok so I set the XMP for 1866 Mhz and did not change anything else. what can I install to see if I am getting these speeds?
Also, how come my CPU clock speed is not fluctuation anymore? It is set at 4.4 ghz...

anandsap123 · Jul 18, 2014

oh no....I ran prime95 for 15 min and I had to stop it....my temps in RealTemp were in the 90s...does this mean my CPU was damaged by running it for 5 min without thermal paste or that my CPU is just leaky?

Hellfire · Jul 18, 2014

Probably not, sounds like a possible bad seat with the cooler, what speed was your cpu fan set too?

anandsap123 · Jul 18, 2014

How do I set my CPU fan speed? I am thinking I applied too much thermal paste and that I put on the noctua incorrectly.

LaytonJnr · Jul 18, 2014

anandsap123 said:
How do I set my CPU fan speed? I am thinking I applied too much thermal paste and that I put on the noctua incorrectly.

How much thermal paste did you use? I hope someone gave you the fairly solid 'small grain of rice' method of thermal paste application. You don't need loads - any pics so we can decide if you applied too much. If so, you can buy some rubbing alcohol to clean the CPU and just reapply it.

Fan speeds can be set in the BIOS, through software, or through a fan-speed controller bay. However, the CPU fan speed is usually best left to the motherboard to control without interfering, so that it can be variable based on load.

Layton

anandsap123 · Jul 19, 2014

Let me give you guys an update: I was getting high temps for many various reasons. First, I applied too much thermal paste. This was the first problem I fixed. Next, I did not realize I was running an old BIOS (that did not even know of the existence of Haswell-Refresh). This old BIOS was settings the voltages way too high. I flashed the BIOS and added an XMP right at the start. I am pleased to say that my CPU is running at 4.4 Ghz at a low voltage and with very good temperatures. I ran AIDA64 (similar to Prime95) and put the CPU under 100% load and my temps never even went into the 70s. I am also pleased to say that my RAM is running nicely at 1866 Mhz with an XMP!

All in all, it was the old BIOS that was setting my voltage at 1.3V. With the current BIOS, if I set the voltage that high, I would be getting clocks in the 5 range...lol.

The only thing left really is to run Prime95 for a long time and see if anything fails!

LaytonJnr · Jul 19, 2014

anandsap123 said:
Let me give you guys an update: I was getting high temps for many various reasons. First, I applied too much thermal paste. This was the first problem I fixed. Next, I did not realize I was running an old BIOS (that did not even know of the existence of Haswell-Refresh). This old BIOS was settings the voltages way too high. I flashed the BIOS and added an XMP right at the start. I am pleased to say that my CPU is running at 4.4 Ghz at a low voltage and with very good temperatures. I ran AIDA64 (similar to Prime95) and put the CPU under 100% load and my temps never even went into the 70s. I am also pleased to say that my RAM is running nicely at 1866 Mhz with an XMP!

All in all, it was the old BIOS that was setting my voltage at 1.3V. With the current BIOS, if I set the voltage that high, I would be getting clocks in the 5 range...lol.

The only thing left really is to run Prime95 for a long time and see if anything fails!

Sounds good. Enjoy your PC! :toast:

Layton

anandsap123 · Jul 19, 2014

Processor	Ryzen 5900X OC 5150Mhz
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
Cooling	Custom EKWB for CPU, VRM's & GPU with 2x 480mm Rads
Memory	Gskill TridentZ 3600 Mhz C17
Video Card(s)	Powercolor RX 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB x 2 Raid0
Display(s)	MSI Optix MAG272CQR 27 1440p x2
Case	Corsair 1000D
Audio Device(s)	onboard 7.1 HD Audio
Power Supply	Seasonic PRIME Ultra 1300w PSU
Mouse	Logitech G300s
Keyboard	Logitech G19s
Software	Windows 10 64Bit
Benchmark Scores	R20 : 9329 Timespy: 21455

System Name	Threadripper
Processor	3960X
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix TRX40-XE
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm Neo (sTR4) Water Block
Memory	G. Skill Trident Z Neo 64 GB 3600
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4090
Storage	Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB + WD Black SN850 1TB
Display(s)	Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF)
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard	Corsair K70
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Always changing~

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

Processor	Ryzen 5900X OC 5150Mhz
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
Cooling	Custom EKWB for CPU, VRM's & GPU with 2x 480mm Rads
Memory	Gskill TridentZ 3600 Mhz C17
Video Card(s)	Powercolor RX 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB x 2 Raid0
Display(s)	MSI Optix MAG272CQR 27 1440p x2
Case	Corsair 1000D
Audio Device(s)	onboard 7.1 HD Audio
Power Supply	Seasonic PRIME Ultra 1300w PSU
Mouse	Logitech G300s
Keyboard	Logitech G19s
Software	Windows 10 64Bit
Benchmark Scores	R20 : 9329 Timespy: 21455

System Name	Phantom - Video Editing with some Gaming on the side
Processor	Intel i7-4790k
Motherboard	Gigabye Z97X Gaming 3
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14
Memory	G.Skill Sniper Series 16 GB (2x8 GB) DDR3-1866
Video Card(s)	XFX Black Edition Double D R9 290
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Case	NZXT Phantom Full Tower (Red)
Power Supply	EVGA G2 850W
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit

System Name	Daedalus
Processor	AMD FX 6300
Motherboard	ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0
Cooling	Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	8GB Kingston HyperX Genesis (2x4GB)
Video Card(s)	MSI R9 270X Gaming 2GB
Storage	1TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	LG Flatron E2442 (main - 24in 1080p)
Case	NZXT Phantom 410 (Gunmetal Edition)
Power Supply	XFX Pro 650W
Mouse	Steelseries Siberia [RAW]

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