3000Mhz Memory running at 2144MHz

Jonnibravo · 1 Dec 2017 at 10:40

I bought some team force memory from overclockers and noticed it was running at 2133Mhz. I went into BIOS and turned on the xmp profile and this changed to 3000Mhz.

The question is however, should the advertised speeds not be out of the box speeds and not turbo or overclocked speeds? Should I complain?

Randomface74 · 1 Dec 2017 at 10:54

This is normal.

But I agree it's not ideal - because a lot of people will pop it in and never know.

David Bisset · 1 Dec 2017 at 10:59

Due to how RAM speeds are set it's impossible for it to run like that out of the box (and often not desirable anyway)

Radox-0 · 1 Dec 2017 at 11:01

Jonnibravo said:
I bought some team force memory from overclockers and noticed it was running at 2133Mhz. I went into BIOS and turned on the xmp profile and this changed to 3000Mhz.

The question is however, should the advertised speeds not be out of the box speeds and not turbo or overclocked speeds? Should I complain?

No its not out of the box. Pretty much in every case you need to enable XMP / OC for anything above the base speed for the CPU / Platform. What your seeing is entirely normal and expected.

Jonnibravo · 1 Dec 2017 at 11:06

OK thank you for your advice it is running fine at 3000Mhz so I have no issue as such just wanted to make sure I was getting what it said on the tin.

nzaptx · 3 Dec 2017 at 21:08

Yes this is usually the case, despite the RAM speed and having a compatible motherboard it, and despite any kind of "auto" setting in the motherboard BIOS, the RAM will probably be at whatever base speed the motherboard has (eg 2133 for ddr4), so you have to change it from the BIOS.

Silent_Scone · 4 Dec 2017 at 17:27

It's counterintuitive to have it any other way due to how the system trains the memory at POST

EViLHomer48 · 18 Dec 2017 at 18:41

Is this why my 16Gb Dark Force RAM is running at this speed, when it should be 3000MHz. I have upgraded the BIOS on the GIgabyte AB350 - Gaming 3 to F10 (released 1/12/17), which I thought was the fix. Is this a setting in BIOS?

pigeonguyuk · 20 Dec 2017 at 12:09

EViLHomer48 said:
Is this why my 16Gb Dark Force RAM is running at this speed, when it should be 3000MHz. I have upgraded the BIOS on the GIgabyte AB350 - Gaming 3 to F10 (released 1/12/17), which I thought was the fix. Is this a setting in BIOS?

I will be a setting in the bios. Intel bases systems normally called XMP profile . However with ryzen on you board there should be a DOCP option to set the ram at rated speeds

EViLHomer48 · 26 Dec 2017 at 10:21

thanks for advice have it running at just over 3000, it is XMP on the Ryzen board.