Help with overclocking RAM

Scyther

Scyther

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I have an Asus Prime Z370-A and Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-29200C18 3600MHz.

The RAM is currently set to 2133 by default, but I'd like to set it to ~3200.

Could anyone familiar with ASUS' bios please provide some assistance on what needs to be done to overclock the RAM?

Also would I need to use the Vengeance fan that came with it? I don't have it mounted atm.

Thanks in advance.

Specs:
i7 8700K w/ Noctua NHD15S (not overclocked yet)
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-29200C18 3600MHz.
GTX 970
PSU:Corsair CX600M
 
Okay, thanks. So it's safe to use this default profile1?

When I selected it, I was presented with the an option, which asked: "would you like to apply the all core enhancement with the xmp settings?"

I'm not OC'ing the CPU just yet, so selected no.
 
Disco_P said:
All core enhancement allows all the cores to boost to 4.7Ghz simultaneously rather than just 1 core.
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Ah, I see. So have I inadvertently performed an overclock of the CPU without realising?

When I go to task manager, it does say the CPU performance is about 4.6ghz+ (which may just be for a single core, like you said?).

Not a problem atm since the CPU is still running very cool (all cores in the low 30's when doing non-gaming stuff).

What would you recommend I do? Should I select yes to the all core enhancement? I have a Noctua NHD15S, though.
 
Is there a way to see the speed of each CPU core on HWMonitor/ CPU-Z?

I see a box which displays info only for "Clocks (Core #0)", at about 4.6gh. Does that mean all cores are now running at that speed, or only that one?
 
Well, I've received a "The system has POSTed in safe mode" error message 2 times in a row after booting the PC from shutdown.

I've Googled the problem, and noticed it's a problem with people who enabled Asus XMP.

Here's the image I see at boot: https://s10.postimg.org/l88ji4bl5/z37.jpg (from Google; that's not my computer)

So I've currently disabled XMP, and loaded the BIOS Defaults again. The RAM is back to running at 2133 again, and I'll leave it at that for now to be safe.

I'm not really sure if it reverted the CPU core speed back to default, because it seems to be running at the same speed when XMP was enabled.

Not really sure what to do now, was hoping for detailed help on how to set the speeds in advanced settings properly, and not just rely on the XMP. I didn't want to set the RAM speed at their maximum in fear something like that would happen as well.
 
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Just a follow up. Definitely seems to be a problem with simply enabling the XMP profile, since I don't get any boot up message like that with it disabled (default settings).
 
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