Help with memory timings/overclock please

didgemaster · 8 Feb 2021 at 22:05

Hello all

It has been ages since I have overclocked anything so I wouldn't mind some help with my new build.

I have an Asus ROG STRIX B550-e Gaming Mobo, Ryzen 5600x and 16GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-4400MHz kit

I'd like to look at sorting out the memory frequency and timings:
So from what I have read the sweet spot is 3600MHz with tight timings?
I have downloaded Thaiphoon Burner and it tells me that its B-die

Using DRAM Calculator using FAS I get:

So I've tried putting those settings in BIOS and it simply won't boot. So do I need to increase the voltages for the RAM (Tried recommended and max) or do I also need to adjust the CPU voltages or can that be left alone? I don't particularly wan the CPU overclocked I think that I'd prefer the default behaviour and allow it to boost as it needs to. Any help greatly appreciated

didgemaster · 9 Feb 2021 at 09:35

Boot voltage might be the issue. I have just found a thread on the Asus forum that suggests that it could be an issue for this board :-(

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Does anyone have experience of using this board?

didgemaster · 9 Feb 2021 at 10:35

So I used DRAM calculator to calculate 3200MHz safe settings and used the recommended values

And success :-)

It's booted and passes Testmem5 testing. I will try 3400/1700MHZ and update with how I get on

didgemaster · 9 Feb 2021 at 11:56

@Joxeon thanks for the pointer I will give that a go. Interesting that it is disabled for 3600MHz and enabled for 3200MHz in the DRAM calculator results

didgemaster · 10 Feb 2021 at 15:02

@Joxeon Thank you for the tip Sah completed full test of TestMem5 with Extreme1 @anta777 config So its stable. However CPU-Z reports the CAS# Latency (CL) as 16 despite being set to 15 in BIOS??!

didgemaster · 11 Feb 2021 at 08:34

It's doing the above timings on 1.38 (this is the first voltage I tried) so I'll take a look at getting to 14.

Again thanks @Joxeon