First build - can't overclock memory

CharmCitysKing

CharmCitysKing

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Hi All

First time poster here and I have recently built my first rig! Apologies in advance if I come off as a noob.

I've built my computer by basically just watching YouTube videos. Pretty daunting at first, but I've found then if you've ever put a lot of IKEA furniture together, you can build a PC too! :)

However, I came across a video recently which suggested I should overclock my RAM speed to 3200mhz to improve my PC's performance. I was able to follow along well enough - I was able to access my BIOS and enable the 'XMP' profile which I believe is required to boost the RAM speed.

But - I can't seem to boost the speed past 2666mhz, even with the XMP profile enabled. I'm pretty sure the RAM I bought is capable of doing this (I purchased Corsair Vengeance Pro 16gb (2x8gb) DDR4 3200mhz C16 XMP 2.0).. So am I doing something incorrect on the bios to overclock this?

My motherboard bios is a Gigabyte b460m ds3h - the youtube video I watched where the guy clocked his to 3200 is a b450m, so the bios interface is slightly different, but the gist of the process is pretty much the same, so I'm just wondering what I'm doing wrong?

Grateful for any thoughts/advice!

Cheers
-CCK
 
Tetras said:
B450 is unlocked so you can set whatever you want, but B460 is locked to 2666 with i5 and 2933 with i7/i9.
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Thanks for the quick response .. my cpu is an i5 10400 .. I would basically need a new motherboard to go up to 3200 ram?

Is the difference between 2666 and 3200 buying a whole new motherboard do you think?
 
mickyflinn said:
Whats the rest of your system spec, do you have a ssd ?
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Yes - specs are:

CPU - i5 10400
Mobo - Gigbyte b460m ds3h
RAM - 2x8gb corsair vengeance ddr4 3200mhz
PSU - EVGA 600w
SSD - Samsung 860 evo 500gb ssd
GPU - Nvidia GeForce 2060 super founders edition

That's the meat of it - 3 easythreed rgb fans on the inside front panel and a Corsair H60 AIO attached to the exhaust fan slot (with the fan that came with the cooler exhausting air through the radiator)
 
CharmCitysKing said:
Yes - specs are:

CPU - i5 10400
Mobo - Gigbyte b460m ds3h
RAM - 2x8gb corsair vengeance ddr4 3200mhz
PSU - EVGA 600w
SSD - Samsung 860 evo 500gb ssd
GPU - Nvidia GeForce 2060 super founders edition

That's the meat of it - 3 easythreed rgb fans on the inside front panel and a Corsair H60 AIO attached to the exhaust fan slot (with the fan that came with the cooler exhausting air through the radiator)[/QUOTE/QUOTE]

Looks solid as long as you have enough storage was going suggest putting you games on a ssd or m2 drive.
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Thanks mate

Quick Q while I have you guys here - is it worth upgrading my 16gb ram to 32gb on this current setup (i.e. the board not allowing for overclocking over 2666mhz)? Or would I be better served upgrading the cpu/mobo before jumping to 32gb ram?
 
CharmCitysKing said:
Thanks mate

Quick Q while I have you guys here - is it worth upgrading my 16gb ram to 32gb on this current setup (i.e. the board not allowing for overclocking over 2666mhz)? Or would I be better served upgrading the cpu/mobo before jumping to 32gb ram?
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Probablly not worth upgrading to 32gb yet but check your memory usage While gaming before you decide.

I would not be upgrading your cpu and motherboard its solid option and you wont gain that much more performance in games.

Wait for ddr5.
 
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