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Jase2985

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#2839765 29-Dec-2021 08:21

kiwis:

Jase2985:

you are saying is correct about the memory, then you need to enable DOCP or XMP in the bios to get the 3200Mhz advertised speed on the memory.

https://www.gigabyte.com/nz/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-PRO-WIFI-rev-1x/support#support-manual

Just on the manual, page 6 it says

"Support for DDR4 2933/2667/2400/2133 MHz memory modules"

https://download.gigabyte.com/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_b450-aorus-pro-wifi_1101_210618_e.pdf?v=23c47da2a95e3f1eb09b95aee882487e

Is this saying the board can't even handle 3200Mhz?

read the spec page here:

https://www.gigabyte.com/nz/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-PRO-WIFI-rev-1x/sp#sp

Support for DDR4 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.)

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#2839766 29-Dec-2021 08:28

You have XMP enabled and its showing its running at 3200Mhz, in the BIOS, Speccy and CPU-Z

you have this ram at present
Crucial Ballistix Sport AT BLS8G4D32AESTK 3200 MHz, DDR4, DRAM, Desktop Gaming Memory, 8GB, CL16

you just need another set of 3200MHz CL16 RAM so it will operate the same as what you have

pick your poison

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/search?sf=cl16+3200MHz+16gb&search_type=&o=lowest_price

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#2839768 29-Dec-2021 08:29

Jase2985:

You have XMP enabled and its showing its running at 3200Mhz, in the BIOS, Speccy and CPU-Z

you have this ram at present
Crucial Ballistix Sport AT BLS8G4D32AESTK 3200 MHz, DDR4, DRAM, Desktop Gaming Memory, 8GB, CL16

you just need another set of 3200MHz CL16 RAM so it will operate the same as what you have

pick your poison

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/search?sf=cl16+3200MHz+16gb&search_type=&o=lowest_price

Cheers, why does it say 2400Mhz on Speccy and CPU-Z? Any clues?

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#2839769 29-Dec-2021 08:30

kiwis:

Okay thank you so much for your help, this has branched off into two points now. Should I see 3200Mhz or 2400Mhz first of all.

Here's a range of images from my BIOS, CPU-Z and Speccy... any advise welcome

jjust stop.

you are running at 3200Mhz.

1600 single channel x2 (dual channel) = 3200Mhz

your bios is also saying 3200Mhz.

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#2839770 29-Dec-2021 08:33

kiwis:

Jase2985:

You have XMP enabled and its showing its running at 3200Mhz, in the BIOS, Speccy and CPU-Z

you have this ram at present
Crucial Ballistix Sport AT BLS8G4D32AESTK 3200 MHz, DDR4, DRAM, Desktop Gaming Memory, 8GB, CL16

you just need another set of 3200MHz CL16 RAM so it will operate the same as what you have

pick your poison

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/search?sf=cl16+3200MHz+16gb&search_type=&o=lowest_price

Cheers, why does it say 2400Mhz on Speccy and CPU-Z? Any clues?

haven't we been through this before in another thread?

They report the frequency

but remember its DDR memory, Double data rate, so you double the frequency

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#2839771 29-Dec-2021 08:39

Seems we have

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=50&topicid=281492

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=50&topicid=288438

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#2839772 29-Dec-2021 08:39

Batman:

jjust stop.

you are running at 3200Mhz.

1600 single channel x2 (dual channel) = 3200Mhz

your bios is also saying 3200Mhz.

No need to be an ass. I'm not an expert in this stuff. I'm trying to learn. For all I know this 2400 refers to the speed. Happy to learn and be educated on it as long as it's done respectfully.

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#2839773 29-Dec-2021 08:40

Jase2985:

Seems we have

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=50&topicid=281492

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=50&topicid=288438

Please forgive me

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#2839774 29-Dec-2021 08:43

the 2400MHz is the default speed it will run if you just throw it in and dont enable DOCP/XMP (i use the name of both because some manufactures call it something different)

yes you brought a 3200MHz kit, but you need to enable DOCP/XMP to actually get the advertised speed of the kit. Technically its an overclock.

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#2839775 29-Dec-2021 08:45

Jase2985:

the 2400MHz is the default speed it will run if you just throw it in and dont enable DOCP/XMP (i use the name of both because some manufactures call it something different)

yes you brought a 3200MHz kit, but you need to enable DOCP/XMP to actually get the advertised speed of the kit. Technically its an overclock.

Thank you