Ryzen 1600 and 2400mhz DDR4

Harbz · 6 Jun 2019 at 17:01

I currently have 32Gb of Adata 16gb x2 3000mhz ram. I could only get this stable at 2400 Cas17 on my asus prime pro x370 when I built this PC about 2 years ago. I haven't touched the settings since.

I am loosing much performance running at 2400, and would i get much more speed if I tried to get the ram upto 2666 or 3000?

thanks.

DarkHorizon472 · 6 Jun 2019 at 17:12

The simple answer is yes, it is worth updating the motherboard bios and having another go. The earlier bios versions were not so good with memory. In general Ryzen works better with Samsung bdie based memory.

Harbz · 6 Jun 2019 at 18:30

thanks, another maybe stupid question. When testing overclocks/memory speeds is it best to unplug all drives apart from the boot disk? just to avoid data corruption when crashes occur.

Donnie Fisher · 6 Jun 2019 at 22:04

Does the bios have a docp setting for the memory where it auto reads and sets the speed and timings? I have 3000 tridentz stuff in mine( non Samsung b die ) and when I click that on it works at full speed no issues.

If I tried to just set the speed alone, it would never work, it had to be the docp way.

Harbz · 6 Jun 2019 at 23:37

Thanks for replies. I have decided against messing with it as I haven’t had a single crash in 2 years and will leave it at 2400. Guess the few % speed increase isn’t worth the faffing about.

Maverick Wolfe · 7 Jun 2019 at 03:07

Harbz said:
Thanks for replies. I have decided against messing with it as I haven’t had a single crash in 2 years and will leave it at 2400. Guess the few % speed increase isn’t worth the faffing about.

It's actually better if you DID update your bios and attempted to run the memory at a better speed. The compatibility has become greater over the last 2 years. You don't need to unplug any drives at all, it's not needed data loss usually doesn't occur on a physical or SSD if the data is saved on the disk.

LuckyBenski · 7 Jun 2019 at 07:53

Maverick Wolfe said:
It's actually better if you DID update your bios and attempted to run the memory at a better speed. The compatibility has become greater over the last 2 years. You don't need to unplug any drives at all, it's not needed data loss usually doesn't occur on a physical or SSD if the data is saved on the disk.

Crashes due to memory errors or unstable overclocks have been known to corrupt data. Especially if it happens repeatedly. This is why lots of people reinstall Windows once they're happy they have a stable overclock dialled in.

I think it's safer to stick with 2400 but if you update and back up, you might enjoy getting a bit more out of your system.

Harbz · 8 Jun 2019 at 23:21

Updated bios and switched over to DOCP memory profile in the bios. machine booted up into windows fine but crashed after 30 seconds of prime95. I think I will leave it at 2400mhz and not mess with it. thanks for the help.