Eventually I put together a Ryzen system yesterday using the 2x16GB T-Force Night Hawk set. Unfortunately I cannot get the memory to run at rated speed (3000MHz) no matter what settings I have tried. Of course, I do know there are compatibility issues with some DDRs and Ryzen mobos but from what I know T-Force works perfectly fine and users don't have problems reaching the rated speed. That was one of the main reason I decided to get this memory (not to mention the excellent value). I run it on ASUS ROG B350F updated to the latest BIOS (from the 29th Sep if I remember correctly) with a 1700x CPU. No overclocking so far and I was trying to get the memory to run properly first.
I have tried both automatic settings and also manual timings but cannot get even close to 3000MHz. I can do 2400MHz but that's about it. After spending probably half a day yesterday trying various settings and reading about problems with some other ASUS boards I concluded there were some issues with my motherboard and T-Force support by ASUS. However, before giving up and to rule out a faulty RAM module I thought I would test the memory sticks individually. Turned out that one of the sticks has no problems running either 2933MHz or 3066MHz even using ASUS auto settings. When using the other module in the same memory slot it doesn't even boot up at 2600 (not to mention higher speeds) regardless if I set all the timings manually or use ASUS auto memory overclocking profile.
At this point I am fairly certain that there is something wrong with one module - I have switched them back and forth several times and tried several settings and different speeds. One module works all the time the other doesn't apart from the lowest speeds so I doubt it is a mobo compatibility issue. Frankly, I do not quite understand why it actually works at lower speeds. Surely both sticks must use exactly the same memory chips so if a module works it should work at the same speeds as the other one. If there was something wrong with the module it probably wouldn't work at all. Since I do not have any other ideas how test the RAM or make it work could you think of anything else I could try? Am I missing something here?
I have already sent a 'note' to the Overclockers customer service so need to wait and see what they advise but I thought I'd try to post a question here as well to see if I can make it work somehow.
Many thanks for your help.
I have tried both automatic settings and also manual timings but cannot get even close to 3000MHz. I can do 2400MHz but that's about it. After spending probably half a day yesterday trying various settings and reading about problems with some other ASUS boards I concluded there were some issues with my motherboard and T-Force support by ASUS. However, before giving up and to rule out a faulty RAM module I thought I would test the memory sticks individually. Turned out that one of the sticks has no problems running either 2933MHz or 3066MHz even using ASUS auto settings. When using the other module in the same memory slot it doesn't even boot up at 2600 (not to mention higher speeds) regardless if I set all the timings manually or use ASUS auto memory overclocking profile.
At this point I am fairly certain that there is something wrong with one module - I have switched them back and forth several times and tried several settings and different speeds. One module works all the time the other doesn't apart from the lowest speeds so I doubt it is a mobo compatibility issue. Frankly, I do not quite understand why it actually works at lower speeds. Surely both sticks must use exactly the same memory chips so if a module works it should work at the same speeds as the other one. If there was something wrong with the module it probably wouldn't work at all. Since I do not have any other ideas how test the RAM or make it work could you think of anything else I could try? Am I missing something here?
I have already sent a 'note' to the Overclockers customer service so need to wait and see what they advise but I thought I'd try to post a question here as well to see if I can make it work somehow.
Many thanks for your help.